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Friday, June 19, 2015

Nada Nafeh, M.Arch candidate, launches initiative and website in Cairo

Nada Nafeh, M.Arch candidate launched the [in]formal Pattern Language initiative and the website by hosting a Talk entitled "Towards an [in]formal Pattern Language" at the American University in Cairo (AUC) on June 3rd, 2015. The Talk, co-organized by the School of Architecture, University of Waterloo and AUC hosted the following Speakers: Nada Nafeh, Magda Mostafa, Associate Professor at The American University in Cairo and Omar Nagati, Beth Stryker and Hanaa Gad from CLUSTER.
Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Velocity Company DraftingSPACE Acquired By BuildDirect

Former Waterloo Architecture students Beth Nenniger and Laura Austin have sold their first company, DraftingSPACE, to Vancouver-based BuildDirect.
 

DraftingSPACE enables homeowners to design their own renovation projects. BuildDirect has an wide-reaching distribution network for renovation materials. It’s the perfect partnership and we are super excited to have been offered a seat on BuildDirect’s rocketship.

Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Magdalena Milosz presents papers at annual SSAC Conference

Magdalena Milosz presented two papers based on her thesis research at
the Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada's (SSAC) annual
conference in Annapolis Royal, NS, held May 27-30.
Magdalena completed her Master of Architecture in January 2015, entitled "Don’t Let Fear Take Over": The Space and Memory of Indian Residential Schools.
Friday, April 24, 2015

Chanel Dehond wins HD Award 2015

Waterloo Architecture graduate Chanel Dehond has won an award for her project The Lost Day Spa in the Student Project category of the 11th annual HD Awards.

Monday, April 20, 2015

Tristan van Leur receives Michael Evamy scholarship

Waterloo Architecture would like to congratulate M.Arch candidate Tristan van Leur, the 2015 recipient of the Michael Evamy Scholarship. 

Instead of trying to convince people to put their devices away, Tristan's thesis entitled Spacebook will examine ways to empower public spaces through mobile devices.

Congratulations Tristan!

Read the DIALOG press release.

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Chanel Dehond receives Honourable Mention in Fairy Tales competition

Waterloo Architecture graduate Chanel Dehond (BAS, M.Arch) received an Honourable Mention in the 2015 Fairy Tales competition.
Hosted by Blank Space, it was the second iteration of the popular ideas contest that challenges participants to produce inspired architectural projects accompanied by fictional stories. With over 1,200 participants from 65 countries around the world, the Fairy Tales competition has cemented itself as the largest ideas competition in the industry.

Congratulations Chanel!
Monday, February 9, 2015

Terri Meyer Boake wins AISC award

Professor Terri Meyer Boake has been selected to receive the American Institute of Steel Construction's (AISC) 2015 Educator Special Achievement Award. This award honours individuals who have demonstrated notable singular or multiple achievements in the structural steel design, construction, research or education. The prestigious award will be presented to Terri at NASCC: The Steel Conference in March 2015. Congratulations Terri!

Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Terri Meyer Boake published by Birkhäuser

Available January 2015, Professor Terri Meyer Boake has just published a new text, Architecturally Exposed Structural Steel: Specifications, Connections, Details, through Birkhäuser of Switzerland. The book is available for pre-order through DeGruyter.