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Get Lectured: University of Waterloo, Fall '24

2024-10-09T14:28:00-04:00

The University of Waterloo’s School of Architecture has shared its Arriscraft Canada Brick Speaker Series information for the Fall 2024 semester.

Upcoming events include a panel discussion on 'Climate Resilience Inspired by Monsoon Culture' with Turenscape founder and 2023 Oberlander Prize winner Kongjian Yu on Thursday, October 24. Following that will be a discussion on creating public space with Class of 1999 BArch graduate Rosa Chang on Friday, November 1. Yale University's Mae-ling Lokko closes the term with a look at the potential for climate adaptation and bio-based materials on Thursday, November 21.

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University of Waterloo School of Architecture's former GM on trial for fraud

2016-03-30T12:50:00-04:00

A University of Waterloo employee secretly arranged for his mother to be paid $148,000 from the school’s coffers, his fraud trial heard Tuesday. Jeffrey Lederer is charged with fraud, theft and uttering forged documents. He was employed by Waterloo until 2011, when he was asked to leave his position as general manager of the university’s architectural school.

Although he's no Bernie Madoff, just how does the former General Manager's illegal fund finagling rank in the annals of architectural rip-offs?

Here's a tour of recent questionable architectural appropriations:

PLANT Partners Receive Faculty of Engineering Team Alumni Achievement Medal

2012-11-23T11:34:00-05:00

PLANT partners Lisa Rapoport, Chris Pommer, and Mary Tremain have been awarded the 2012 Faculty of Engineering Team Alumni Achievement Medal from the University of Waterloo. The awards ceremony took place on Thursday 22 November 2012 at the annual Dean of Engineering Dinner in Waterloo, Ontario, where Dean Pearl Sullivan presented the medal to the team. Since 2005, this prestigious award has established a tangible recognition of the professional achievements, volunteer leadership, and research excellence of Waterloo Engineering alumni.

Rapoport, Pommer, and Tremain founded PLANT Architect Inc. in 1997, using their academic experience as a launching pad for their collaborative practice. Since that time, the partners have moved beyond architecture, branching into the domains of landscape, ecology, furniture, art, graphic design, and public space.

“We are thrilled to receive this award from the institution that set our careers in motion,” said PLANT partner Lisa Rapoport. “It is ...