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Waterloo Architecture Open House

November 25, 10am – 4:00pm

The School of Architecture invites all interested students, along with their parents and friends to join us on our satellite campus 7 Melville Street, S, in Cambridge on Saturday, November 25th from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm

This is a great opportunity to see the Architecture campus, speak to professors and current students and tour the facilities. Guests will also see demonstrations, displays of student work and successful admission portfolios.

All seats in our formal information sessions have been fully booked. We apologize for this inconvenience. We encourage you to still come to the event as there will be lots to do here including fabrication lab demonstrations, displays of student work and self-guided tours of the building that provide lots of opportunity to interact with current students. The third-floor loft will have portfolios on display and there will be faculty members and current students there to chat about portfolio requirements. 

We will be hosting a Webinar on Tuesday, November 28, 2023 at 7pm which will provide the same information as the Open House sessions. Please Register for the Webinar here: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/d8695c68-2ec4-4ef6-93db-8df46c9bb778@723a5a87-f39a-4a22-9247-3fc240c01396

The webinar will be recorded and posted on our website for future reference and for anyone who can’t attend.

We are also offering semi-private tours of the Cambridge campus on Thursdays, which you can book here: https://uwaterloo.ca/architecture/cambridge-campus-tours.

If you have specific questions regarding admissions, please email archinfo@uwaterloo.ca.

We hope to see you on November 25th at the School of Architecture and online for the Webinar on November 28th at 7pm.

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Contact Information

Waterloo Architecture

7 Melville Street South Cambridge,
Ontario N1S 2H4

Phone: 519.888.4567 x27602
Fax: 519.622.3525

Email: archadm@uwaterloo.ca

Hours: Monday to Friday 8:30am to 12:00pm 1:00pm to 4:30pm

The main administration offices are located on the 2nd floor. For office locations of individual staff or faculty members, see Our people.

Directions by car

From Hwy 401

  • Take exit 282 to Hwy 24 South/Hespeler Road
  • Continue south on Hespeler Road for approximately 8km when Hespeler Road splits and becomes Water Street North and Ainslie Street North
  • Keep right to continue south on Water Street North
  • Turn right at the third set of lights onto Main Street
  • Immediately after crossing the bridge over the river, turn left onto Melville Street South
  • Waterloo Architecture is the large red building on your left; free parking is located at the far end of the building.

Air Travel

International Travel
The closest major airport is Toronto Pearson International Airport airport approximately 75 km (46 miles) east of Cambridge.

The easiest way to reach the School of Architecture from the Pearson International Airport is to hire an airport limo or airporter service such as Airways Transit.

Travel Inside Canada
There are direct flights from Edmonton, Halifax and Newfoundland  to John C. Munro International Airport in Hamilton approximately 48 Kilometers east of Cambridge. 

There are also direct flights from Calgary, Oattawa to the Region of Waterloo International Airport

Taxi service from either of these airports can be arranged through Golden Triangle Taxi