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Canadian housing pioneer and RAIC Gold Medalist Jerome Markson passes away at 94

2023-11-21T12:28:00-05:00

Jerome Markson, the 2022 RAIC Gold Medalist and modern social housing pioneer whose influence was felt widely across Canada, died in Toronto on Saturday, November 18, The Globe and Mail reported. He was 94 years old.

Markson will be remembered as a progressive architect who affected the post-1970s immigration boom in Greater Toronto through humane and uplifting designs for The Smith Residence (1955), Market Square Condominiums (1980), Group Health Centre in Sault Ste. Marie (1962), and Alexandra Park Public Housing (1965), among others.

“His work epitomizes a deep caring towards those who will use and enjoy his projects as well as the communities in which they exist. Many architects will offer praise by referring to colleagues as an ‘architect’s architect’. Jerome Markson is certainly deserving of the title ‘planner’s architect’ — quite possibly a more difficult and exceptional achievement within the profession,” the jury citation for last year’s RAIC Gold Medal states concisely. ...

Get Lectured: University of Toronto, Winter/Spring '21

2021-02-12T18:42:00-05:00

The John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design at the University of Toronto shares their upcoming Winter 2021 lecture series. Through the months of January through March, the school invites speakers who will address "the urgency of our contemporary challenges, and the opportunities of our diverse programs — architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, visual studies, and forestry."

Archinect's ongoing Get Lectured series features each school's lecture series and their graphic design prowess with eye-catching lecture posters.

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

This season, the department shares "a series of thematic discussions titled Resolutions and Agencies, continues our exploration of design’s capacity to respond to activism, resilience, decolonization, density, narrative, and justice, among other topics. Lectures provide an in-depth view on a topic by one speaker, while...

Juan Du appointed as new dean of University of Toronto's John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design

2021-01-25T13:36:00-05:00

The Daniels Faculty at the University of Toronto recently announced its new incoming dean: Juan Du, a professor at the University of Hong Kong, will be commencing her five-year deanship on July 1st, 2021. Du is taking over the school's leadership from interim dean Robert Wright.

"I'm glad to know that we have been able to hire a dean of Du's caliber and welcome her to the Faculty," Wright said in a statement. "Du's socially conscious outlook, and her demonstrated skill at research and administration, make her the ideal person to lead our school into the future."

Besides her professorship at HKU, Du is also the founder of the university's Urban Ecologies Design Lab, the founding director of IDU_architecture, and was instrumental behind the inaugural Shenzhen Hong Kong Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism.

Du graduated with an undergraduate degree from the University of Florida, earned her Master of Architecture at Princeton University, and completed her PhD at ETH Zurich. As a Ful...

Indigenous Canadian architect Douglas Cardinal announced as University of Toronto Daniels 2020-2021 Gehry Chair

2021-01-05T14:59:00-05:00

The Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design announced that the 2020-21 Frank Gehry International Visiting Chair in Architectural Design is renowned Canadian architect Douglas Cardinal, OC, FRAIC. Cardinal is known both for his striking designs and for his advocacy for the rights and dignity of Indigenous peoples.

"The vicissitudes of Douglas Cardinal’s life are one of those larger-than-life tales — from the nurture of home, to the trauma of residential schools, and then perseverance and a precocious commitment to architecture and the evolution of a unique idiom of design," says associate professor Robert Levit in a statement. "We are thrilled to have him joining us this year at the Daniels Faculty to share his thoughts on architecture, and to host conversations with our students."

Detail of the National Museum of the American Indian. Image courtesy of Douglas Cardinal Architect. Originally published in the article Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day! Here's a look at some o...

Landscape architect Robert Wright selected as interim dean of Toronto's Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design

2020-05-26T20:14:00-04:00

Robert Wright, a landscape architect and former Dean of the University of Toronto's Faculty of Forestry, has been selected as the interim dean for the school's John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design. Wright is set to take over for Richard M. Sommer, the current dean who has held the position since 2009.

Wright is tasked with leading the department through the coming school year amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the university reports. In taking up the interim dean position, 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.

Previously published on Archinect: "A 'soft utopia' takes shape in University of Toronto's experimental gallery." A new installation space at the University of Toronto explores sleepy environments. Photo by Scott Norsworthy.

Wright has been a member of the Daniels Faculty since 198...

Get Lectured: University of Toronto 2019-20

2019-12-03T00:01:00-05:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Fall 2019

With a new school year already here, it's time for Archinect's latest edition of Get Lectured, an ongoing series where we feature a school's lecture series—and their snazzy posters—for the current term. Check back regularly to keep track of any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss.

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

Featuring a specially designed eye-catching lenticular poster (video below), the 2019-20 lecture series of the University of Toronto's John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design is well underway. Through next spring, upcoming speakers and events at the school include: Jonas Staal on “Propaganda Art in the 21st Century”, The BIG BIM Theory, Edouard François, Thomas Woltz, Billie Faircloth of KieranTimberlake, the "Cloister/Campus/University/City” and “PROFIT and LOSS” symposia, the “Architecture and ...

Get Lectured: University of Toronto, 2018-19

2018-11-07T20:06:00-05:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Fall 2018

With a new school year upon us, it's time for Archinect's latest Get Lectured, an ongoing series where we feature a school's lecture series—and their snazzy posters—for the current term. Check back regularly to keep track of any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss.

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

The University of Toronto's John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design recently kicked off their 2018-19 lecture series, “Home and Away”. Taking place at the Daniels Faculty's new Main Hall, this year's lecture series brings together an international lineup of speakers for discussions and debates on global design issues.

Depicted on a colorful lecture series poster, “each set of Home and Away speakers are represented by different ‘game flags,’ highlighting the Faculty’s role as an arena for debate and the exchange ...

Balkrishna Doshi's 2018 Pritzker Prize Laureate Lecture to be streamed live on May 16th

2018-05-02T18:14:00-04:00

Balkrishna Doshi, the 2018 Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, will present his public lecture “Paths Uncharted” on May 16th at 6:30pm EST. Professor Doshi’s lecture will be recorded and streamed live on Facebook and Instagram via @UofTDaniels. Following the event, the recording will be made available on the Daniels Faculty’s YouTube channel.

The University of Toronto's John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design will host this event in their new Daniels Building designed by NADAAA in collaboration with ERA Architects and Adamson & Associates. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Pritzker Prize, and the first time that the international award will be presented in Canada.

The public is invited to participate in this educational initiative, which aims to heighten discussion and debate around architecture, stimulate awareness of work in the field, and inspire greater creativity within the architectural profession.

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Shane Williamson appointed director of University of Toronto Daniels Master of Architecture program

2017-07-20T12:21:00-04:00

Shane Williamson, currently an Associate Professor, has been appointed Director of the University of Toronto Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design Master of Architecture Program, effective starting July 1, 2017.

Williamson is known for his built, projected, and speculative work, much of which involves using advanced digital tools as the means to “critically engage/transform traditional modes of construction and tectonic expression,” states the press release. “His work seeks to situate digital fabrication and wood construction in a broader cultural context and link theories of design and technology to sustainable building strategies.”

Williamson is also the Principal of Williamson Williamson Inc., a Toronto -based studio that does work across a variety of scales, from furniture design to master planning.

“Williamson brings with him his interest in our Master of Architecture program’s relationship to the City of Toronto and the broader profession, and his focus on th...

Get Lectured: University of Toronto, 2015-16

2016-01-04T13:15:00-05:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Winter/Spring 2016

Archinect's Get Lectured is back in session. Get Lectured is an ongoing series where we feature a school's lecture series—and their snazzy posters—for the current term. Check back frequently to keep track of any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss.

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

The next featured poster comes from the University of Toronto’s John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design. Collaborating with Netherlands-based catalogtree once more, Daniels Faculty wanted to change things up a bit for their 2015-2016 lecture series poster. Instead of the Miura-Ori fold, this year's poster is, yes, wearable.

Daniels Faculty students sporting the lecture poster in style.

Below are upcoming lectures.

Jan 12
"Contexts"
Wolfgang Lorch / Wandel Lorch Architekten, Frankfurt

Jan 14
"All green roofs are equal - but some ...

Building a collaborative jig-saw pavilion at the Media and Architecture Biennale in Aarhus

2014-12-09T20:51:00-05:00

"Programming Natural Affect" was one of the collaborative workshops during the Media and Architecture Bienniale 2014 last month in Aarhus, Denmark. Organized by Anna Ulak and Philipp Rahlenbeck of openconstructs, the workshop focused on fusing the organic properties of nature and the built urban environment through new media and architecture.

Participants learned about combining analog and digital production methods as they worked with each other and the organizers in building a small prefabricated pavilion. At the end of the workshop, the pavilion was displayed in the Main Exhibition during the Bienniale.

Ulak shared further project details below:

"Rather than trying to fully control/manage the relationship between the natural and built environment with computation (and its metaphors), this proposal sets out to augment the natural world. Thus creating artificial environments that evokes the organic. An architecture that artificially amplifies the experiences of nature that is diminish...

Get Lectured: University of Toronto, 2014-15

2014-10-23T20:53:00-04:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Fall 2014

Say hello to another edition of Archinect's Get Lectured! As a refresher, we'll be featuring a school's lecture series—and their snazzy posters—for the current term. If you're not doing so already, be sure to keep track of any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss.

Today's poster comes from the University of Toronto’s John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design.

Designed by catalogtree and handfolded in The Netherlands, the Daniels' poster uses the Miura-Ori fold, a technique created by Japanese astrophysicist Koryo Miura to simulate large solar panel arrays for space satellites.

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

Below are upcoming lectures only. All evening lectures begin at 6:30 p.m. in Room 103 at 230 College Street, unless otherwise noted.

2014

Nov. 4
Peter Rose / Peter Rose + Partners, Boston

Nov. 25
Michael Wilford...

Get Lectured: University of Toronto '13-'14

2013-11-07T17:42:00-05:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Fall 2013

Here on Archinect we recently launched "Get Lectured", where we'll feature a school's lecture series--along with their snazzy posters--for the current season. (UPDATE: We've begun adding international schools!) Check back regularly to stay up-to-date and mark your calendars for any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss.

Today's poster comes with nifty extras from the University of Toronto, Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design.

Designed and handfolded in The Netherlands by catalogtree, the Daniels' poster uses the Miura-Ori fold -- a technique created by Japanese astrophysicist Koryo Miura to simulate large solar panel arrays for space satellites. The school's poster from last year also includes the Miura-Ori fold and was featured on Fold Factory (video below).

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

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