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Wednesday, May 9, 2018

DIALOG awards Michael Evamy Scholarship to alumnus Valeria Nuyanzina to explore memory and meaning in architecture

How can architects and designers help communities understand and identify their complex cultural layers and narratives? Valeria Nuyanzina, a Masters of Architecture student at McGill University, has been awarded $5000 to find out. Nuyanzina’s research proposal entitled Stitched Imprints of Living Memory has been awarded the 2018 Scholarship in Honour of Michael Evamy.

Monday, April 30, 2018

Treaty Lands, Global Stories receives an Equity and Inclusivity Award

The University of Waterloo Faculty Association’s Equity Committee presented Treaty Lands, Global Stories with an Equity & Inclusivity Award.

Monday, April 23, 2018

Philip Beesley's 'Amatria' unveiled at Indiana University

Amatria is a living, protected space of vales, canopies and membranes composed of hundreds of thousands of microprocessors, prototype cells and gently swaying Mylar fronds. Amatria was recently installed under the sunlit glass atrium on the fourth floor of Luddy Hall, the new home to most of the departments and programs in the Indiana University School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering.

Thursday, April 19, 2018

Adjunct professor Delnaz Yekrangian featured in Globe & Mail

Delnaz Yekrangian and her firm, Aleph-Bau, were recently featured in the Globe & Mail for their work on a condominium in the Toy Factory Lofts.

Read the article.

Thursday, April 5, 2018

Luc Bouliane receives RAIC’s 2018 Young Architect Award

Waterloo Architecture graduate Luc Bouliane will receive the 2018 Young Architect Award of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC).

The RAIC Young Architect Award recognizes architects 40 years or younger for excellence in design, leadership, and service to the profession. The award is intended to inspire other young architects to become licensed and to strive for excellence in their work. The award will be presented at the RAIC/AANB Festival of Architecture which takes place in Saint John, NB from May 30 to June 2.

Congratulations, Luc!

Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Michelle Bullough to compete in 3MT

image of Michelle presenting her thesis ideas

After winning the architecture heat of the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition last month, masters student Michelle Bullough heads to the university-wide final today. With only 3 minutes and 1 slide, she will be presenting her research on flood resilience and ecological urbanism in the Philippines.

3PM at Theatre of the Arts, Modern Languages, Waterloo

Good Luck Michelle!

Tuesday, March 13, 2018

Emily Guo to present thesis work at ACSA Conference

Emily Guo will present her thesis research and design, “No Man’s Land,” at the 2018 conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture in Denver, Colorado, March 16, 2017.

Monday, March 12, 2018

Teresa Tran and Thanh Tran at World’s Challenge Challenge UWaterloo

Congratulations to Teresa Tran and Thanh Tran along with Shalaka Jadhav (Urban Planning, Waterloo) for their proposal TABS, which won second place in the World’s Challenge Challenge UWaterloo on March 1st. The team proposed a sustainable, low-cost, low-maintenance rainwater collection system to provide potable water in rural Vietnam.

Thursday, March 8, 2018

Terri Boake presenting at FTI conference

Terri Meyer Boake is presenting at the Facade Tectonics 2018 World Congress, Los Angeles, March 12-13, 2018.

Monday, February 26, 2018

Anne Bordeleau elected ACSA Canadian At-Large Director

Congratulations to Anne Bordeleau, O'Donovan Director, Waterloo Architecture, for being elected Canadian At-Large Director for the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA).

View the press release.