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Each year CASA-ACEA put out a call for submissions from architecture students across Canada. Student work is displayed and shared in as part of a Nation Student Work Showcase. Check out our most recent call for submissions.

Several Waterloo Architecture undergraduate projects were recognized at this year's showcase.

Winners:
Nicole Cao: Solar Steps - 3^rd/4^th year
Derek Shin: Infill Village - 1^st/2^nd year

Associate Professor Jane Mah Hutton has contributed to two recent publications.

Her introduction to Cornelia Hahn Oberlander on Pedagogical Playgrounds explores the intersections of active play, ecological thinking, urban development, and the enthusiastic and often-playful advocacy of Oberlander’s writing and practice. The book, a curated selection of writings by the famed landscape architect dedicated to children’s right to play in urban environments is avaiable now from Concoria University Press.

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.

Leslie Woo (BES '83, BARCH '84), CEO of Civic Action, a respected city leader with more than 25 years of experience building sustainable communities and shaping urban development in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area.

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)

Congratulations to Ellie Kingsley, Nisha Bhathella, Daisy Zhang, Tuan Pham and Patricia Poiana on their second prize win in the CCA's More than transit competition! View their winning project on the CCA website.

Geospheric SweatbathbyChristie Pearson (BArch, 1995) is a featured installation at Public Sweat, a fusion of art and sauna culture and the latest project from the team at Art Spin.

David Correa, joined the Canadian Interiors magazine podcast Bevel (listen here), to discuss how limited access to robotics education is slowing down an industry already sluggish to adopt the exceptional potential this technology has for the built environment.

The Signs That Define Toronto: A new book from ERA and Spacing conceived and edited by School of Architecture Alumni, Kurt Kraler (BAS '12, MArch '16), ERA partner Philip Evans, and Spacing’sMatthew Blackett along with 20 contributors reveals the history, culture, and stories of the city of Toronto through its unique signage.