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Jane Mah Hutton's keynote address at the 2022 Living Cities forum in Melboune, Australia is now online to view.

The 5^th edition of the forum, organised by The Naomi Milgrom Foundation took place on Thursday 21 July and was based around the theme 'Material Flows'.

More information on this annual gathering of architects and urban thinkers to explore the role of design, planning and architecture in shaping our society can be found on their website.

The 2021-22 competition theme asked students in Canadian schools of architecture to design a pedestrian bridge that spans two sites “to establish a meaningful connection. The bridge, by its elegance and gesture, should draw attention and be the symbol of a link between an origin and destination.”

Images courtesy of Montreal Holocaust Museum. 

Congratulations to Emily Chen, Glenn Lu and Lyric Barnik for winning the 3rd/4th Year category in the 2022 CASA Student Showcase with their project Variance. 

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.

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. 

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.

Waterloo Alumuni and Adjunct Instructor Ella den Elzen has been named one of the inaugural members of the JAE Fellows Program.