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The School of Architecture at Waterloo is a leader in design education and research. It offers a fully cooperative professional program, and has been rated the greenest architecture curriculum in Canada. It is also the only Canadian school of architecture to have a permanent international facility, which has operated since 1979 in Rome, Italy. The school attracts top students from across Canada and around the world.

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News

  1. May 15, 2020Lola Sheppard's Lateral Office Featured In Arch Daily
    Concpt campground rendering

    Nomadic Architecture: A New Way Of Living on the Go

  2. May 13, 2020Anne Bordeleau re-appointed as O’Donovan Director, School of Architecture

    Professor Anne Bordeleau has been re-appointed as O’Donovan Director, School of Architecture for a four-year term commencing May 1, 2020.

    During her first term as Director, Professor Bordeleau established herself as an inspirational leader for students, faculty and staff in the School. Guided by a strong vision, the School made considerable improvements on many fronts including curriculum, graduate programming and student wellbeing. 

  3. May 7, 2020Philip Beesley collaborates with Iris van Herpen for Virtual Design Festival
    Morphogenesis Dress

    Morphogenesis Dress, Iris van Herpen with Philip Beesley/Living Architecture Systems Group, for the Sensory Seas collection, Paris Fashion Week January 2020 (photograph: Philip Beesley)

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Events

  1. June 3, 2020Cohousing Symposium

    Dear UWSA Community,

    You are invited to the first of a four part symposium series to take place over the spring term.

    The topic of this symposium is Cohousing and it will explore the intersection of affordable housing, co-ownership, diversity + inclusion, aging-in place, and architecture in this innovative and untapped housing model.

  2. June 10, 2020Meet the MBETs Information Sessions - Part-time MBETs
    MBET recruitment poster

    Join us for a one-hour webinar about the part-time Master of Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology (MBET) program with our special guests - current part-time MBET students!

    This session will include a brief presentation and is mostly Q&A with a panel of MBET students and alumni so you can learn more about their experiences with the program.

    Please register to join us.

  3. Oct. 3 to 7, 2020Robot Made: Large-Scale Robotic Timber Fabrication in Architecture
    The 2019 Dragon Skin Pavilion at the UBC campus was made during the annual Robotic Fabrication workshop. Photo by David Correa.

    Assistant Professor David Correa from University of Waterloo, Director of Technology Oliver David Krieg from Intelligent City, and Associate Professor AnnaLisa Meyboom from UBC SALA, will hold a technical workshop on robotic fabrication in collaboration with UBC Centre for Advanced Wood Processing (CAWP).

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