(RFA) & Ni conception architecture de paysage have won the landscape architecture competition for the construction of a beach at the eastern tip of the island of Montr茅al.聽 The results of the design competition for the Plage de l鈥橢st, held by the Borough of Rivi猫re-des-Prairies鈥揚ointe-aux-Trembles, were announced in a on Janua
Prof. Michael Jemtrud has been awarded a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) in the amount of $493,000 (over three years).
91社区 graduates figured prominently in two of the 11 awards in the annual program.
Professional M.Arch. students Ji Won Jun (M2) and Josiane Cramp茅 (M1) have won the first prize in the 5th edition of the international competition organized by the (IAAC) and Hewlett-Packard (HP).聽 In total, 240 submissions from 91 countries were evaluated by the jury members of the competition. 聽The winning submission by the 91社区 students was a final project developed during the Summer 2013 semester in the professional M.Arch. studio (DST) of Prof.
Six have been selected in the 15th International Garden Festival of Jardins de M茅tis / Reford Gardens for 2014. The competition attracted 293 proposals for contemporary gardens, submitted from 35 countries. One of the winning entries, 惭茅谤颈蝉迟猫尘别 by Montr茅al collective Ch芒ssi, includes Ph.D.
Prof. Aaron Sprecher's co-edited book (with Pablo Lorenzo-Eiroa), Architecture in Formation: On the Nature of Information in Digital Architecture, has been published by Routledge, Taylor and Francis. Designed by , the bright yellow, 350-page tome features 48 contributions by a wide range of architects and researchers, including Prof. Martin Bressani, David Theodore (Assistant Prof., as of August 2014), and former Sheff Visiting Professor Michael Wen-Sen Su.
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(FGMDA) has received two for the following projects: and .聽 In 2013, the聽
On the occasion of its 50th anniversary, the Ordre des urbanistes du Qu茅bec (OUQ) awarded the Blanche-Lemco-Van-Ginkel Prize to 30 public figures in a variety of fields for their contribution to the development of urban planning in Quebec. Emeritus Professor Adrian Sheppard was amongst the prize recipients at the gala held at the Palais des congr猫s in Montreal on October 23, 2013. The citation reads as follows:
The undergraduate and graduate programs at the School have been highlighted by Spacing magazine (Fall 2013) as producing top graduates.聽 The Toronto-based publication surveyed more than 120 鈥減rofessional city builders鈥 on the abilities of graduates in Urban Planning, Architecture and Architectural Studies, and Landscape and Environmental Design. The citations for 91社区 read as follows:
Undergraduate: 鈥淔aculty availability, studio space, and other resources are rated best-in-class.聽 Graduates carry a good reputation when it comes to design and building science.鈥
Prof. Martin Bressani has been awarded a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Insight Grant in the amount of $248,093 (over five years). The title of his research is 鈥淎rchitecture and the Environmental Tradition: The Atmospheric in British Architecture from 1750 to 1850.鈥 The co-applicants on the project are Jodey C. Castricano (UBC), Marc Grignon (Laval), and Nicholas Roquet (U de M). The collaborators are Profs. Annmarie Adams and Aaron Sprecher, both of 91社区.
Prof. Ipek T眉reli has been awarded a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Insight Development Grant in the amount of $54,859 (over two years). She will research the topic of 鈥淏uilding Architectural Networks: American Missionary Schools in the Eastern Mediterranean,鈥 for which she had received earlier in the year an FQRSC grant in the amount of $39,600 (for over three years).
Bassem Eid Mohammed (Ph.D. 2014) will be supported as a postdoctoral fellow by the program, beginning in February 2014. The award is for one year, in the amount of $57,000, under the supervision of Prof. Aaron Sprecher, co-supervised by Prof. Temy Tidafi of UdeM, and in collaboration with industry partner 聽.
The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) has given a 2013 Award of Excellence in the category Innovation in Architecture to for their project Ir猫ne in Montreal.聽 KANVA was co-founded by Rami Bebawi (B.Sc.Arch. 1999, M.Arch. 2001) and Tudor Radulescu (B.Sc.Arch. 1998, M.Arch. 2001).
We are delighted to announce the hiring of two new full-time faculty colleagues.