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Waterloo Architecture Alumni included in OAA's 2022 Design Excellence Awards and Service Awards
The OAA announced the winners of its 2022 Design Excellence Awards, as well as the recipients of this year’s OAA Service Awards.
Students create docuseries "Recollections and Imaginings" based on redevelopment for Indigenous community hub
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.
"Pawd" takes home second place at the 2022 FORM Student Innovation Competition
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.
Ella den Elzen announced as one of the Inaugural JAE Fellows
Waterloo Alumuni and Adjunct Instructor Ella den Elzen has been named one of the inaugural members of the JAE Fellows Program.
Living Architecture Systems Group to host live webinar after release of new episode
Living Dialogs is a podcast series presented by @lasg_research that brings together scholars and thinkers to collectively reflect on living architecture and its implications for our changing world. The latest episode, featuring Behnaz Farahi, Bianca Weeko Martin, Michael Lee Poy, Brian Porter, is now live on their website and available through all major podcast apps. In this episode, four guests from diverse backgrounds and practices explore the connections between inclusivity and the philosophy and practice of Living Architecture.
Architecture alumnus create COVID-19 sewage monitoring startup
COVID-19 sewage monitoring startup cracks global TIME list of 100 most influential companies
A company that was co-founded by a Waterloo Engineering architecture alumnus is in elite company – for the second time – on a worldwide list announced this week by TIME magazine.
Celebrating International Women’s Day
Today we celebrate International Women's Day (IWD), a day to recognize the variety of achievements of women in all aspects of life. All around the world, women push limits and challenge stereotypes to make the world a better place for future generations.
Waterloo professors named to the Order of Canada
Rick Haldenby and Geoffrey Fong, have been appointed to be a member of the Order of Canada.
Nashin Mahtani recognized with Young Alumni Achievement Medal in Faculty of Engineering
A remote ceremony has recognized Faculty of Engineering medal and award recipients, including Waterloo Architecture alum, Nashin Mahtani (BAS ’14 and MArch '15).
As the director of the Indonesian nonprofit Yayasan Peta Bencana, Nashin Mahtani leads the development of software to support disaster relief.