A graduate of the Waterloo School of Architecture has been recognized by a national organization for young entrepreneurs for her work to make fashion greener.
Congratulations to Elisia Neves, a Waterloo Architecture Alum, who won the Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the 2022 Cambridge Chamber of Commerce's Business Excellence Awards for Fabrik Architects Inc. after establishing her business in 2017.
LeiLei Zhao is one of two winners of the American Galvanizers Association's (AGA) 2022 Galvanize the Future Scholarship. He participated in an essay contest with applicants throughout North America enrolled in architecture, construction or engineering programs. Two scholarships are awarded annually ($2,500 each) for the top essays submitted. He is currently working on his Architectural Studies Degree with a major in Engineering from the University of Waterloo.
Student designers and builders of the tiny house: Jennifer Chen, Nini Chen, Johannah-Gwyneth Del Rosario, Marc Eugenio, Anita Hu, Ernest Lee, Lauren Mok, Max Perry, Kenneth Siu, Niara Alexandra van Gaalen, LeiLei Zhao, Catherine Zheng. Studio faculty: Adrian Blackwell, John McMinn.
Please join the University of Waterloo School of Architecture at the Design at Riverside Gallery for the opening reception of our master’s theses exhibitions on Thursday, June 23rd, 6-7:30 pm. Masks are required in the gallery. All are welcome.
The OAA announced the winners of its 2022 Design Excellence Awards, as well as the recipients of this year’s OAA Service Awards.
Adjunct Professor, Anwar Jaber, recieves grant from the Palestinian American Research Center (PARC) for her research project titled “Palestinian Museums and the National Struggle: Spatial Analysis of three Palestinian museums.”
PARC is a US-based institution that promotes Palestinian studies and exchange among scholars interested in Palestinian affairs Anwar will be a ‘PARC fellow’ for 2022-2023, and she will be conducting fieldwork in Palestine this summer.
School of Architecture students, Enoch Liu and Niara van Gaalen, created blueprints for potential Indigenous community hub for the redevelopment of the Charles Street Bus Terminal. They have been working together with Landback Camp to transform this space for the Indigenous community to connect and celebrate. They created a petition, which currently has over 3,000 signatures and is only growing.
The Churches of Pelion: Vessels of Faith, Tradition, & Cultural Endurance in Post-Byzantine Greece
Christina Vogiatzis, a graduate student here at the School of Architecture, placed second out of more than 100 entries from 26 universities across the U.S. and Canada. Now in its fifth year, the competition invites interior design, architecture and furniture design to create furniture pieces using Formica® Brand products. This year's theme called for students to express the future of design through a furniture piece using Formica® Laminate woodgrain products.