Archived Architecture & Design


ZAB will lecture in Architecture & Design Now
Monday, March 3, 2008 - 11:00am - 1:00pm
Zab Design & Typography is a graphic design firm specializing in book design and fine typography, located in Toronto. Zab Design & Typography has designed award-winning books for the Canadian Centre for Architecture, The Southern Alberta Art Gallery, The Winnipeg Art Gallery, The Dunlop Art Gallery, YYZ Books, and Pedlar Press, among others. The companyís...

Graphic design historian, Brian Donnelly, will talk in Architecture & Design
Monday, February 25, 2008 - 11:00am - 1:00pm
Brian Donnelly grew up in suburban Ottawa, a fan of American advertising and comic books. He studied for his BFA at Queenís University during the conceptual upheaval of the mid-70s, majoring in printmaking and performance art. Active in a number of artist-run centres, he developed a working knowledge of design by volunteering at an arts magazine in Edmonton, and went on...

Dr. Shelley Gruendler will lecture in architecture&design Now
Monday, January 28, 2008 - 1:00pm - 3:00pm
"Examples and innovations in typography today" Dr Shelley Gruendler is a typographer, designer, and educator. She holds a Doctorate and a Masters in Typography and Graphic Communication from the University of Reading, England, and a Bachelor of Environmental Design from North Carolina State University College of Design.

Mark Gomes, Box Design- Build, will lecture in Architecture&Design Now
Monday, October 1, 2007 - 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Mark Gomes lives and works in Toronto. He has an extensive record for exhibiting sculpture and installations, well documented in a series of catalogues and publications. His work has been collected by the Art Gallery of Ontario and the department of Foreign Affairs. Gomes collaborating with artist Susan Schell has received several public commissions, including Bloor/Spadina...

Mark Gomes, Box Design- Build, will lecture in Architecture&Design Now
Monday, October 1, 2007 - 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Mark Gomes lives and works in Toronto. He has an extensive record for exhibiting sculpture and installations, well documented in a series of catalogues and publications. His work has been collected by the Art Gallery of Ontario and the department of Foreign Affairs. Gomes collaborating with artist Susan Schell has received several public commissions, including Bloor/Spadina...

Paul Mathieu, Saidye Bronfman winner, will lecture in Architecture&Design
Monday, September 24, 2007 - 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Paul Mathieu was awarded the 2007 Governor General Award in Visual Arts, Saidye Bronfman Award for Excellence in Crafts Paul Mathieu has been a student of ceramics since 1972; in Montreal, Calgary, Stoke-on-Trent in England, and San Francisco and Los Angeles in the USA; where he received a Master of Fine Art degree from UCLA in 1987. He has taught ceramics since 1976...

Paul Mathieu, Saidye Bronfman winner, will lecture in Architecture&Design
Monday, September 24, 2007 - 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Paul Mathieu was awarded the 2007 Governor General Award in Visual Arts, Saidye Bronfman Award for Excellence in Crafts Paul Mathieu has been a student of ceramics since 1972; in Montreal, Calgary, Stoke-on-Trent in England, and San Francisco and Los Angeles in the USA; where he received a Master of Fine Art degree from UCLA in 1987. He has taught ceramics since 1976...

Calgary architect Gerald Forseth will lecture in Architecture&Design Now
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 12:00pm - 2:00pm
NEW ARCHITECTURE IN SPAIN AND PORTUGAL by World Architects: Siza, Moneo, Meier, Gehry, Calatrava, Foster. Forseth has been a presenter in the Architecture & Design Now series for more than eight years and sixteen lectures. He has a small, creative architectural firm that encompasses a variety of architecture, planning, urban design and interior projects located in...

Calgary architect Gerald Forseth will lecture in Architecture&Design Now
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 12:00pm - 2:00pm
NEW ARCHITECTURE IN SPAIN AND PORTUGAL by World Architects: Siza, Moneo, Meier, Gehry, Calatrava, Foster. Forseth has been a presenter in the Architecture & Design Now series for more than eight years and sixteen lectures. He has a small, creative architectural firm that encompasses a variety of architecture, planning, urban design and interior projects located in...

Quebec architect and artist Pierre Thibault in Architecture and Design
Monday, April 2, 2007 - 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Through environmentally incisive responses to the needs of clients in urban, regional and wilderness settings, Pierre Thibault's practice has been distinguishing itself since 1988 when he opened his studio. Primarily active in landscaping, and cultural and institutional design, his penetrating vision and finely honed vocabulary have earned him citations and awards in Canada,...

Calgary architect Gerald Forseth to speak in Architecture&Design Now
Monday, March 26, 2007 - 12:00pm - 2:00pm
"Current Architecture in Los Angeles Adds to Past Iconic Architecture to Make a Vibrant City -- There is No(w a) There, There" Forseth has been a presenter in the Architecture & Design Now series for more than eight years and sixteen lectures. He has a small, creative architectural firm that encompasses a variety of architecture, planning, urban design and...

Ruth Chambers will lecture in Architecture & Design Now
Monday, March 19, 2007 - 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Visual artist Ruth Chambers graduated from the Ontario College of Art and Design (AOCA 83) and the University of Regina (MFA 94). She has taught at the University of Regina since 1994 and is currently Associate Professor in the Department of Visual Arts and Associate Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts. Her work incorporates a range of media, usually in an installation format,...

Designer Paula Dozios will lecture in Architecture and Design Now
Monday, March 12, 2007 - 12:00pm - 2:00pm
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Calgary architect Andrew Silver King will lecture in Architecture & Design
Monday, March 5, 2007 - 11:00am - 1:00pm
Andrew King is an adjunct professor at the University of Calgary School of Architecture and has been a practitioner of architecture for the past 15 years. His firm, aka/andrewkingstudio, has been involved in numerous architectural projects, competitions and exhibitions over the past several years, including the Kensington Clinic medical facility, the Thread studio, the Tros/...

Lethbridge architect Christopher Babits will lecture in Architecture&Design
Monday, February 26, 2007 - 11:00am - 1:00pm
Christopher Babits is an associate architect with Ferrari Westwood Architects. He is a graduate of the University of Toronto Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design, where he was awarded the Toronto Society of Architects Prize in his thesis year. Christopher has extensive involvement at the community level in Calgary. Currently, he is a board member with the Allied Arts...

Brendan Tang will lecture in Architecture & Design Now
Monday, February 12, 2007 - 11:00am - 1:00pm
My artistic practice embodies the influences, tensions and contradictions that define the postmodern world. At once, my works exhibit the paradoxical tendency to be irreverent, frivolous, and playful, as well as thoroughly engaged in critical reflection. Admittedly, my aesthetic is driven by a hedonistic engagement with visual culture, yet I remain apprehensive about the all-...

Regina architect Bernard Flaman will lecture in Architecture and Design Now
Monday, January 29, 2007 - 11:00am - 1:00pm
Evolving Heritage The growing interest in Modernist architecture and the creation of national Standards and Guidelines for the Conservation of Historic Places in Canada have broadened the perception of what constitutes a heritage property and the role it might play in a contemporary built environment. This momentum intersects with sharp rise in environmental awareness that...

Regina architect Bernard Flaman will lecture in Architecture and Design Now
Monday, January 29, 2007 - 11:00am - 2:00pm
"Evolving Heritage The growing interest in Modernist architecture and the creation of national Standards and Guidelines for the Conservation of Historic Places in Canada have broadened the perception of what constitutes a heritage property and the role it might play in a contemporary built environment. This momentum intersects with sharp rise in environmental awareness...

Bronfman award winner Kai Chan will lecture in Architecture&Design Now
Monday, January 22, 2007 - 11:00am - 2:00pm
"Apparition Kai Chanís exploration of textile form and construction has evolved over the years from experimentation with body adornments to more recent contemporary sculpture and installation work. The artist draws his inspiration and materials from everyday life and his works have utilized the most humble of materialsótwigs from his garden,...

Senior designer Diti Katona will lecture in Architecture and Design Now
Monday, January 15, 2007 - 11:00am - 1:00pm
"?Senior designer, Diti Katona, is a founding partner and creative director of Concrete Design Communications living in Toronto . Since the late eighties Concrete has established an international reputation winning nearly 500 awards from every major design competition throughout North America and Europe. Diti is a vocal advocate for the value of compelling design over...

Vancouver artist Eric Metcalfe will lecture in Architecture and Design Now
Monday, January 8, 2007 - 11:00am - 2:00pm
"Eric Metcalfe's Long-standing practice in performance, video, installation, ceramics and sculpture has consistently drawn from popular culture, including film and television, jazz improvisation and the graphic novel. In his talk titled ìFilm Noir Architectureî, Metcalfe looks in detail at film noir, a genre of great importance to film and cultural...