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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. Apr. 11, 2021Waterloo Architecture Employee Recognition 2021

    The University of Waterloo would like to honour and recognize our fellow colleagues who celebrate milestones of distinguished service to the University of Waterloo community.

    These recipients who celebrate their loyal and tireless work have left a legacy of excellence that has developed the University of Waterloo into a world-class institution.

    Waterloo Architecture would like to congratulate our colleagues celebrating a milestone in 2021:

  2. Mar. 29, 2021Architecture alumni win award for lasting impact

    Two architects who have compiled a long list of accomplishments since graduating from the University of Waterloo added to it this week with a prestigious award from a national organization.

    Brigitte Shim and A. Howard Sutcliffe, who met at Waterloo and graduated together from the School of Architecture in 1983, were named the winners of the 2021 Gold Medal by the Royal Architecture Institute of Canada (RAIC).

  3. Mar. 20, 2021From Behind the Mask, now in the Design at Riverside Gallery window
    From Behind the mask quilt project, image of sample hanging in gallery

    A UWSA segment of the From Behind the Mask quilt is now installed at the school, next to the Melville Café entrance! These blocks are authored by members of the UWSA community, tying their stories back to the site of the school. 

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Events

  1. Apr. 12 to 29, 2021Global Practice Sessions - Speakers Series
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  2. Apr. 13, 2021Thesis Defence: Elizabeth Lenny
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    Of the thesis entitled: 
    More than a "Thing-in-Itself":  An Inquiry into Work through the Interrelations of Making, Material, and Design
     

  3. Apr. 16, 2021Thesis Defence: Alexander Robinson
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    Of the thesis entitled: 
    THE RE-AMORTIZATION ACT: A MATERIAL DURATIONAL AGENDA FOR CONSERVATION

     

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