News

Congratulations to Professor Philip Beesley and his team for being awarded the STARTS – Grand prize of the European Commission honouring Innovation in Technology, Industry and Society stimulated by the Arts 2016. 

The Magnetic Motion project with Iris van Herpen received the grand prize for ‘artistic exploration and art works where appropriation by the arts has a strong potential to influence or alter the use, deployment or perception of technology’.

Congratulations to the finalists in the Canadian Institute of Steel Construction (CISC) competition. Suspend, the 15th annual Architecture Student Design Competition, challenged students to design a structure that explores ‘suspend’ on a site of the designers’ choosing.

Congratulations to Alison Brooks, who received an Honorary Doctor of Engineering on Saturday, June 18 at the University of Waterloo Engineering convocation ceremony. Brooks is one of the leading architects of her generation, and she has designed some of the most original and important buildings in the United Kingdom over the last two decades.

The University of Waterloo School of Architecture contributed The Evidence Room to the international exhibition "Reporting from the Front," curated by Alejandro Aravena for the 15th Architecture Biennale.

The Evidence Room examines the role of architecture in the Holocaust, and was organized by principals Anne Bordeleau, Sascha Hastings, Donald McKay and Robert Jan van Pelt. Team members included Siobhan Allman, Piper Bernbaum, Anna Beznogova, Anna Longrigg, Michael Nugent, Bradley Paddock, and Alexandru Vilcu.

Architecture graduate student Evelyn Hofmann has been selected by the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (RCA) jury to receive this year’s Arthur Erickson Travel Study Award. Established by the RCA, Arthur Erickson Foundation (AEF), and Erickson Family (EF), Ms. Hofmann was chosen from a group of highly talented and skilled applicants, as it was felt that her work was most in tune with Arthur Erickson’s philosophy and worldview.

Professor Anne Bordeleau has been appointed as the Director of the School of Architecture for a four year term beginning May 1, 2016.

Congratulations to Architecture graduate students Samuel Ganton and Safira Lakhani, who were finalists in the UW 3 Minute Thesis (3MT) competition!

Congratulations to Rui Hu, Marisa Musing, Justin Ng and Mary Chiu for winning awards in the student competition category of the 31st annual Architecture in Perspective (AIP) competition.

Architecture in Perspective is the annual international competition and exhibition of the American Society of Architectural Illustrators (ASAI).  AIP furthers the Society’s objectives by selecting its members’ most outstanding work and presenting it in major venues worldwide over the course of the year.  Selected artwork also appears in the AIP catalog and on the website.

From co-op to academic exchange, UWaterloo students have the opportunity to travel the world and share their experiences with us. Earlier this month, Waterloo International showcased 13 student photographers in a campus-wide competition for International Celebrations Week. The finalists displayed their artwork in the second-floor bridge connecting the Math and computing building (MC) and Davis Centre (DC). All afternoon, students and staff had the opportunity to evaluate the photo submissions and vote on their favourites.

Congratulations to M.Arch candidate Elisa Nicoletto for her project, Just Home. Elisa won 1st place in the Ryterna modul Architectural Challenge 2015.