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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.

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

Quan Thai has been appointed the position of Emerging Practitioner with the University of Waterloo School of Architecture.

On June 12, 2023, Mary Wells, Dean of the University of Waterloo Faculty of Engineering announced the appointment of Maya Przybylski as O'Donovan Director of the School of Architecture.

This summer, Engineering Science Quest is offering summer day camp programming for children entering grades 2 to 5 at the School of Architecture Campus in Cambridge. Brooks camp, named in recognition of School of Architecture graduate, esteemed architect, Alison Brooks, offers hands-on STEM activities throughout the summer.

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.

Gary McCluskie (BArch '86), a principal architect with Diamond Schmitt Architects, and his team helped complete a $550-million US renovation that solved a notorious problem in the cultural heart of the United States. The acoustics of Geffen Hall were so terrible that some started to call it a curse after two expensive renovations failed to fix the issue.

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.