Lola
Sheppard,
a School of
Architecture professor,
has
been selected as
the recipient
of Architecture
Canada's 2012
Young
Architect
Award.
Sheppard,
who
has been
honoured
with
several
awards
in
the
past year
including the 2011
Holcim
Gold
Award, is
one
of
the
founding
directors
of
InfraNet
Lab,
a
design
research
company dedicated
to
the
role
infrastructures
and
networks
play
in
our
environment.
Along with teaching at the School Architecture, she is a visiting critic at schools across Canada and the U.S. In choosing Sheppard for the Young Architect Award, the jury said she is “a talented architect, design leader, and influential educator whose work is contributing to larger societal concerns, going well beyond the bounds of traditional architectural practice.” She will receive her award during the 2012 Architecture Canada | RAIC – NLAA Festival of Architecture taking place June 13-16 in St. John's.