On June 15, you're invited to a special evening to launch a year of celebration marking the 50th Anniversary of the founding of the University of Waterloo School of Architecture. Waterloo Architecture was created in 1967, Canada’s Centennial year, in anticipation of continued growth and increased demand for design.
The Program for the Evening
6:00 pm
Design at Riverside Gallery
There will be a reception and a chance to view the exhibition Waterloo Architecture in Venice that presents the extraordinary and sustained presence of faculty and graduates from Waterloo in the Venice Biennale of Architecture, the world’s largest and most important architectural event.
7:00 pm
Atrium of the School of Architecture
The main lecture theatre of the School will be officially dedicated in honour of Dr. Laurence (Larry) A. Cummings who read the motion to create the School of Architecture at the University of Waterloo Senate and who co-founded the Cultural History Stream. His vision of the School as a place based on humanistic learning and cultural speculation inspires us to this day. Members of the Cummings family will be in attendance.
7:20 pm
Laurence A. Cummings Lecture Theatre
Two outstanding graduates, Brigitte Shim and Howard Sutcliffe (both BArch 1983) will deliver the inaugural lecture in the 50th Anniversary Lecture Series. Shim Sutcliffe Architects is one of the most distinguished design firms in Canada. They have won 14 Governor General’s Medals, an American Institute of Architects Honour Award and countless other professional accolades. Brigitte and Howard have both been awarded the Order of Canada. Brigitte is a professor at the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design at the University of Toronto.
9:00 pm
School of Architecture overlooking the Grand River
There will be drinks, food and music to celebrate 50 remarkable years in the life of a unique and creative institution. Please come celebrate with the students, staff and faculty of the School of Architecture at our home on the banks of the Grand River in Cambridge.
Please join us for this evening of celebration and festivities.
Registration is not required.