News
Students sweep national steel design competition
University of Waterloo architecture and engineering students claimed the top three prizes at the 2025-2026 Canadian Institute of Steel Construction (CISC) Architectural Student Design Competition. James Miller and Luke Carone won the Award of Excellence for Resonance, while the teams behind Thirteen Ascents and UBC Tropical Conservatory secured second and third place, respectively. The national contest challenges students to creatively utilize exposed structural steel in ambitious architectural frameworks. Under the guidance of professors Terri Meyer Boake and Cory Zurell, the winning Waterloo projects were recognized for their unique interplay of scale, light, and natural greenery.
Call for submissions, Masterworks Curator/Exhibitor
Alumni applications are now open for the 2026 Masterworks exhibition curator.
Waterloo Students work showcased at Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery
Material Syntax: 3D Printed Masonry Façade Systems is on view at the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery from January 16 – March 27, 2026
MSS Architects Strengthens Longstanding Partnership with Waterloo Architecture
For nearly two decades, MSS Architects has played a steady and influential role in supporting students at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture. Their commitment to hiring emerging talent has grown into a multifaceted partnership that continues to shape student experiences, professional pathways, and the culture of architectural education at Waterloo.
Crest at Winter Stations 2026
A team of students from the University of Waterloo School of Architecture and the Department of Architectural Engineering has been selected as a winner in the 2026 Winter Stations international design competition. Their installation, Crest, is now on public exhibition at Woodbine Beach in Toronto from February 16 to March 30, 2026.
Events
Masterworks 2026: A Room of One’s Home
A Room of One’s Home brings together the work of six Waterloo Architecture graduates and alumni whose research reflects on relationships between architecture, diaspora, memory, and cultural knowledge. Through drawings, publications, artifacts, and architectural research, the exhibition considers how ideas of home are carried across places and generations. The works explore architecture’s potential to reconnect people with landscapes, histories, and identities, while creating space for exchange, reflection, and renewed belonging.
Paths to Practice
Paths to Practice is coming this fall 2026, hosted by the University of Waterloo’s School of Architecture and the Co-Operative Education Department. This event is an excellent opportunity for employers to network with students across both the Bachelor of Architectural Studies Program and the Master of Architecture Program, helping to expand co-op and hiring applicant pools, while also learning about recent research and successes coming out of the school.
Fall Open House 2026
Join us on Saturday, November 14, 2026, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. to see what makes Waterloo Architecture one of North America's top architecture schools.