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Babyn Yar Synagogue
Thursday, January 27, 2022

A synagogue unfolds for all faiths

A special place of worship opens on the site of the Holocaust’s largest single massacre of Jews

Robert van Pelt head and shoulders shotA suggestion by a Waterloo School of Architecture professor to build a synagogue at the site of the largest single massacre of Jews during the Holocaust has developed into a unique place visited by people of all faiths.

Nashin Mahtani headshot
Wednesday, December 15, 2021

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.

Bamboo Bamboo, Canopy and Pavilions / IILab, GUILIN, CHINA
Friday, November 26, 2021

llLAB. project Bamboo Bamboo wins ArchDaily’s 2021 Small Scale & Installations award & Dezeen's 2021 Small building of the year

At present, large clusters of bamboo cover most of the site, creating structures of mingling pipes and leaves. As a means to coincide with what is already there, the new architecture looked at borrowing the materiality of the bamboo, re-configuring it to form new space....it aims to augment, albeit very gently, the surrounding bamboo groves and hills.

Gentrification tax
Wednesday, November 24, 2021

Upcoming panel: “Human beings are more important than real estate”, or why we need a gentrification tax in Toronto

Gentrification Tax Action (GTA) is a collective of artists and designers formed to campaign for a Gentrification Tax. Current members of GTA: Jane Mah Hutton teaches landscape architecture at the University of Waterloo; Sameer Farooq is an artist and documentary filmmaker; Kika Thorne is an artist; Adrian Blackwell is an artist and urbanist, teaching at the University of Waterloo.

Thursday, November 18, 2021

galt. Publication Issue 04: Pause/Play Launch Party

Digital launch of galt. Issue 04: PAUSE/PLAY

Our reality has shifted. Through sporadic lockdowns, movements for social change shake the world while we organize within the digital realm. As time becomes nebulous, galt’s fourth issue pauses to question the design of our current reality and critically addresses our path towards better ones.

The book launch featured talks from two issue 04 contributors and two fellow publication initiatives:

Projects Review Promotion
Monday, November 15, 2021

2021 Projects Review Exhibition

The University of Waterloo School of Architecture Projects Review 2021 features graduate and undergraduate projects from the past year.

The exhibition showcases the creativity, craft and commitment to architectural excellence that are internationally recognized qualities of the School.