Read the Globe and Mail online edition for a wonderful review of a recent house design by John McMinn and Melana Janzen. The project is situated in Mississauga, Ontario.
Tammy Gaber, an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the School and Professor of Cultural History, has been awarded a prize in association with the UIA.
Associate Professor Terri Meyer Boake was invited to appear on the TVOntario series the Agenda. The show was one in a 5 part series forming a set of discussions on Energy related design issues coming from the Equinox Summit. The Summit was held at the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo and was put together by the University of Waterloo WISE committee. The conference brought experts from around the world to brainstorm on current energy issues and arrive at the means to provide sustainable energy to the year 2030.
The Living Cities Colloquium was held at the School in the Winter 2011 term as part of Professor Philip Beesley's Arch 392 Studio curriculum. The event brought many notable professionals to the School to share their experiences with the students and visitors. A book has been published from the event and is accessible through the Resource Positive web site.
Vision and Method for Regenerative Design
Edited by Philip Beesley
Copy Editor: Robin Paxton
Design and Production: Victoria Beltrano
2010-11 Faculty Design Award represents theoretical investigations advancing the general understanding of the discipline of architecture. The awards recognize exemplary built and unbuilt work that reflects upon practice and research.
Water Economies / Ecologie: Farming the Salton Sea
Lola Sheppard, University of Waterloo
Mason White, University of Toronto
2010-11 Faculty Design Honorable Mentions
M.Arch. Candidate Marianna DeCola was selected in a highly competitive peer reviewed full paper process to present her paper, "Shifting Infrastructures".
Waterloo Architecture BAS Graduate Kimchi Ho has received recognition through the Eco Canada Internship program to pursue enriched employment in sustainable architecture. The internship program is supporting her work for Whiting Design in Waterloo, Ontario. Graham Whiting, principle of the firm is also a UWSA graduate and has made a name for himself though his Sustainable practice.
Podcasts from the Fourth Natures Conference, held at the School of Architecture in February 2011 are now available for viewing.
Buoyant Light - Claire Lubell and Virginia Fernandez
This project has been given an Honourable Mention in the 2010 Velux Student Design Competition and has also won the LAMP Lighting Awards Competition in the Student Category.
Two Ontario architecture students have big ideas on how to light up Arctic communities that remain dark through the winter months.
University of Waterloo students Virginia Fernandez and Claire Lubell, both 24, just won an honourable mention in an international architecture competition for their project called Buoyant Light.