The University of Waterloo School of Architecture is a leader in design education and research.
Offering a fully cooperative professional program, Waterloo Architecture is 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 and has been rated the greenest architecture curriculum in Canada.
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News
Marie-Paule Macdonald Featured in Toronto Star Article on Urban Design and Health
School of Architecture Associate Professor Marie-Paule Macdonald contributed her expertise to a recent Toronto Star feature: “Is Toronto’s design bad for our health? How urban spaces affect well-being and how we compare to others.”
“Let’s Build a Collective Memory of Chinatown” Wins Heritage Toronto Public History Award
Congratulations to Project Lead Linda Zhang and the entire team behind Let’s Build a Collective Memory of Chinatown! This groundbreaking initiative has been recognized with the Heritage Toronto Public History Award, celebrating its innovative approach to preserving living heritage through community-led storytelling and design.
Matthew Dlugosz and Simon Liao win Toronto Urban Design Awards
Two University of Waterloo architecture students, Matthew Dlugosz and Simon Liao, have been recognized for their outstanding design work at the 35th Toronto Urban Design Awards, held on September 10, 2025, at the Palais Royale.
Events
Fall Open House
Join us on Saturday, November 8, 2025, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. to see what makes Waterloo Architecture one of North America's top architecture schools.
Arriscraft Canada Brick Speaker Series: Andrew Ruff
Andy Ruff is the Research Director at Gray Organschi Architecture and the Timber City Research Initiative, where he focuses on developing a comprehensive approach for incorporating timber construction into cities, an approach which simultaneously addresses regional material flows, economies of carbon generation and sequestration, the development of new industrial processes, and the complex spatial, architectural, legal, and logistical challenges of constructing timber buildings in dense urban centers.
Closing reception: Projects Review 2024 - 2025
Public closing reception of the 2025 Projects Review exhibition.