Prof. Martin Bressani, Director of the Peter Guo-hua Fu School of Architecture, has been appointed to the Sir William C. Macdonald Chair in Architecture for a seven-year term.聽 The Chair was established on May 23, 1896 with the purpose of establishing a chair of professorship for architecture.聽 The appointment was announced by Prof. Christopher Manfredi, Provost and Vice-Principal (Academic), on October 16, 2017, and is retroactive to September 1, 2017.聽 Prof.
谤锄濒产诲鈥檚 100 has received a commendation in the hand-drawn category at the inaugural curated by Make Architects, Sir John Soane's Museum, and the World Architecture Festival.聽 It will be displayed in November at the 2017 World Architecture Festival in Berlin, and then the winning and shortlisted entries will be displayed at Sir John Soane鈥檚 Museum in London from February 21 to April 14, 2018.
谤锄濒产诲鈥檚 has been chosen by the (AAP) jury as one of the winners of The International American Architecture Prize in 2017.聽 is a boutique architectural practice based in Toronto, founded by Reza Aliabadi (M.Arch.
From the (26 September 2017):
PhD student Dustin Valen has been named the FRQSC (Fonds de Recherche du Qu茅bec - Soci茅t茅 et Culture) 脡tudiant-chercheur 茅toile in Fonds Soci茅t茅 et culture for September 2017. Please see this FRQSC for more information on his reasearch.
From the Hydro-Qu茅bec press release (August 29, 2017):
91社区 and Concordia University students are teaming up as the sole Canadian entry in the prestigious international housing design competition
From the Aga Khan Foundation Canada :
PhD student Tanya Southcott has won one of three 2017 Moriyama RAIC International Prize Scholarships.聽 Southcott won a $5,000 scholarship for writing an illustrated 1,000-word聽聽on the following topic:聽Please describe the moment鈥攖he circumstances, the nature of the event鈥攚hen you decided to become an architect, or when you knew that your decision to become an architect was the right one.
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The Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) has announced the 2017 recipients of the SAH Publication Awards and SAH Award for Film and Video. PhD student Dustin Valen has won the for 鈥淥n the Horticultural Origins of Victorian Glasshouse Culture,鈥 Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 75, no. 4 (December 2016): 403鈥423.
M.Arch. student Luis Alvarez has won the (CaGBC) Scholarship for Sustainable Design and Research.
Adjunct Professor Andrew King has been elected to the of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) and will be inducted into the College at the RAIC/OAA Festival in Ottawa on May 24-27, 2017.
Numerous 91社区 alumni have been elected to the of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) and will be inducted into the College at the RAIC/OAA Festival in Ottawa on May 24-27, 2017. Giovanni Diodati (BSc[Arch] 1988, BArch 1990) is a and a heritage materials conservation specialist.
Prof. Robert Mellin has been elected President of the . The RCA is an honorary organization of established professional artists and designers from all regions of聽Canada. Members practice in more than thirty visual arts disciplines聽including but not limited to painting, print-making, architecture,聽sculpture, design, photography, ceramics, film, video, and digital art.
[From the 91社区 Reporter, by Meaghan Thurston]
"On Thursday, May 4, the Honorable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science, announced $126 million in funding for at universities across Canada. Fifteen CRCs valued at $12 million went to 91社区 faculty."
Prof. Annmarie Adams and John Bentley Mays are the recipients of the 2017 President鈥檚 Medal for Media in Architecture given by the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC.)聽 From the RAIC press release (see attachment):
This award recognizes storytelling about buildings and cities that promotes understanding of architecture and the role of architects in the daily lives of Canadians.