�㽶��Ƶ News - School of Architecture

Professor David Theodore (member of RGDST) appointed Director of the Peter Guo-hua Fu School of Architecture

webfull — Mon, 14 Jun 2021 12:48:37 +0000

On June 11, Professor David Theodore, member of the Research Group on Democracy, Space and Technology has been a appointed as next director of the Peter Guo-hua Fu School of Architecture.

https://kollectif.net/professor-david-theodore-appointed-next-director/

Published: 14 June 2021

$110M for nine innovative McGill research projects

webfull — Tue, 09 Mar 2021 20:28:10 +0000

Today, Élisabeth Brière, Member of Parliament for Sherbrooke and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages announced funding results from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation’s (CFI) Innovation Fund (IF) for universities in Quebec.

Published: 9 March 2021

Atelier TAG wins Governor General's Medal in Architecture

webfull — Mon, 04 May 2020 17:10:32 +0000

Atelier TAG (Manon Asselin [B.Arch. 1992, M.Arch. 2001] and Katsuhiro Yamazaki [B.Arch. 1996], principals) in consortium with Jodoin Lamarre Pratte architectes inc. have won a 2020 Governor's General Medal in Architecture for the Gilles-Vigneault Performance Hall in St.

Published: 4 May 2020

Blanche Lemco van Ginkel, FRAIC is awarded the 2020 RAIC Gold Medal

webfull — Tue, 31 Mar 2020 19:44:24 +0000

[From the RAIC website, 30 January 2020:]

The RAIC [Royal Architectural Institute of Canada] is honoured to award the Gold Medal—the highest distinction the Institute can bestow in recognition of a significant and lasting contribution to Canadian architecture—to visionary architect Blanche Lemco van Ginkel [B.Arch. '45, D.Sc. honoris causa '14].

Published: 31 March 2020

McGill students win top prize in CCA Charrette

webfull — Tue, 26 Nov 2019 15:27:36 +0000

A team of five undergraduate (U3) Architecture students from McGill has won top prize in the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) 25^th Interuniversity Charrette. Olivier Therrien, Nathalie Marj, Nour Achrafie, Diana Nigmatullina, and Alice Lemay were judged first place in a field of almost 40 submissions from schools of architecture across Canada. This year’s theme was The City Around the Corner.

Published: 26 November 2019

Irish government honours Rhona Richman Kenneally

webfull — Thu, 21 Nov 2019 21:23:38 +0000

[ from the Concordia News webpage: ]

As Concordia’s School of Irish Studies celebrates its landmark 10th anniversary, the Irish government is recognizing the school’s two co-founders.

Published: 21 November 2019

Julia Gersovitz and Andrew King appointed Professors of Practice

webfull — Fri, 01 Nov 2019 13:51:14 +0000

Julia Gersovitz and Andrew King have each been appointed as Professor of Practice at the Peter Guo-hua Fu School of Architecture at �㽶��Ƶ. The Provost, Christopher Manfredi, confirmed both appointments as of September 1, 2019.

Published: 1 November 2019

Prof. Vikram Bhatt inducted into Royal Society of Canada

webfull — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 16:10:45 +0000

Prof. Vikram Bhatt is one of nine McGill researchers and scholars out of a total of 93 new Fellows inducted into the Royal Society of Canada (RSC). Established in 1883, the RSC consists of over 2,000 Fellows who have been selected by their peers for outstanding contributions to the natural and social sciences, arts and humanities. The 2019 Fellows and Members will be welcomed into the RSC this November, in Ottawa, during the RSC’s Celebration of Excellence and Engagement.

Published: 11 September 2019

Desiree Valadares wins J.B.C. Watkins Award: Architecture

webfull — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 19:32:00 +0000

Desiree Valadares (M.Arch. 2015), a post-professional graduate of the School, has won the J.B.C. Watkins Award: Architecture, offered by the Canada Council to a Canadian architectural student wishing to pursue postgraduate studies outside Canada. Valadares is landscape architect with degrees from the University of Guelph (MLA) and �㽶��Ƶ (M.Arch.). She is a Ph.D. candidate in the Architectural History program at UC Berkeley's College of Environmental Design.

Published: 28 August 2019

McGill alumni named to the College of Fellows of the RAIC

webfull — Tue, 02 Jul 2019 18:37:34 +0000

Distinguished McGill alumni have been named to the College of Fellows of the RAIC (Royal Architectural Institute of Canada). They will be inducted at the College of Fellows Convocation ceremony on October 29 at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto during the annual RAIC Festival of Architecture which takes place October 26 to 30. Alumni named to the College include: Michel Broz (B.Arch.

Published: 2 July 2019