2024-11-21T10:08:23-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150199429/landscape-architect-robert-wright-selected-as-interim-dean-of-toronto-s-daniels-faculty-of-architecture-landscape-and-design Antonio Pacheco 2020-05-26T20:14:00-04:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/e3/e3ea715dad971d1e4a3fb06fb234ebd4.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Robert Wright, a landscape architect and former Dean of the&nbsp;<a href="https://archinect.com/daniels" target="_blank">University of Toronto</a>'s Faculty of Forestry, has been selected as the interim dean for the school's&nbsp;<a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/358674/daniels-faculty-of-architecture-landscape-and-design" target="_blank">John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design</a>.&nbsp;Wright is set to take over for Richard M. Sommer, the current dean who has held the position since 2009.</p> <p>Wright is tasked with leading the department through the coming school year amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the university <a href="https://www.daniels.utoronto.ca/news/2020/05/21/robert-wright-named-interim-dean-daniels-faculty" target="_blank">reports</a>. In taking up the interim dean position,&nbsp;Wright will also facilitate the department's efforts restart the selection process for a replacement for Sommer. The search for Sommer's replacement had to be paused, the school reports, due to the COVID-19 situation.&nbsp;</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/71/716a4ec7471e049a66fedf0ce6e6b28f.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/71/716a4ec7471e049a66fedf0ce6e6b28f.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Previously published on Archinect: <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150169188/a-soft-utopia-takes-shape-in-university-of-toronto-s-experimental-gallery" target="_blank">"A 'soft utopia' takes shape in University of Toronto's experimental gallery</a>." A new installation space at the University of Toronto explores sleepy environments. Photo by Scott Norsworthy.</figcaption></figure><p>Wright has been a member of the Daniels Faculty since 198...</p>