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Associate Professor Adrian Blackwell and Professor Dr. David Fortin are among the key organizers of a bold, collaborative initiative for the 2025–2026 academic year: a Superstudio focused on ending housing alienation. This nationwide effort brings together students and faculty from 14 institutions, including the University of Waterloo School of Architecture, to explore design solutions that address housing unaffordability, disrepair, precarity, and homelessness.

Professor Philip Beesley is the recipient of the 2024 Acadia Design Excellence Award.

Given to exceptional architects, designers, and researchers who have made significant, innovative, and impactful contributions to the fields of architecture and computational design the ACADIA Design Excellence Award

The University of Waterloo awarded KPMB founding partner Bruce Kuwabara an honorary doctorate, the highest honour conferred by the University, at its spring convocation ceremony on June 15. 

Neal Leach visited Waterloo Architecture on Friday, March 1, 2024 and delivered the lecture, Alien Intelligence: An Introduction to AI For Architects.

Professor Rick Haldenby received the Order of Canada on Thursday, February 22, in recognition of his contributions to the advancement of architectural education in Canada and for his efforts to preserve industrial and mid-century buildings.

Associate Professor Adrian Blackwell and Professor / Associate Director, Graduate Studies Lola Sheppard have been announced as recipients of the ACSA 2024 Architectural Education Award.

University of Waterloo School of Architecture Professor Adrian Blackwell recently appeared on Toronto's City News alongside Parkdale Neighbourhood Land Trust. To discuss a Gentrification Tax proposal developed through a collboartion between Gentrication Tax Action, Parkdale Nighbourhood Land Trust, LGA Architectural Partners, Blackwell Engineers.

The University Tenure & Promotion Committee has awarded Philip Beesley the designation of University Professor.

The University of Waterloo owes much of its international reputation and stature to the quality of its eminent professors. University of Waterloo recognizes exceptional scholarly achievement and international pre-eminence through the designation 'University Professor'. Once appointed, a faculty member retains the designation until retirement.

Hive, designed and developed by Ye Sul E. Cho, Ji Shi, Meghan Taylor, James Clarke-Hicks, Isabel Ochoa and David Correa was recently profiled in Detail.

Iris van Herpen at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, from November 29, 2023 – April 28, 2024 (Photo Credit: Musée des Arts Décoratifs: Metamorphosis dress, by Iris van Herpen and Philip Beesley)