Prof. Ipek Türeli promoted to Associate Professor
The Board of Governors of McGill University has approved the promotion of Prof. Ipek Türeli to the rank of Associate Professor with tenure, effective June 1, 2019. Prof. Türeli was initially appointed as a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the School of Architecture on 1 January 2012.
Prof. David Theodore promoted to Associate Professor
The Board of Governors of McGill University has approved the promotion of Prof. David Theodore to the rank of Associate Professor with tenure, effective June 1, 2019. Prof. Theodore was initially appointed as a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the School of Architecture on 1 August 2014.
Prof. Radoslav Zuk exhibition at TU Wien
The churches of Emeritus Professor Radoslav Zuk are the subject of an exhibition in Vienna from May 21 to 25 -- “New Interpretation of a Thousand Year Old Tradition: Ukrainian Churches in Canada, USA and Ukraine” – at the Institut für Kunstgeschichte, Bauforschung und Denkmalpflege (Institute of History of Art, Building Archaeology and Restoration) at TU Wien (Vienna University of Technology). Please see the attached exhibition and program posters.
Ph.D. students Cigdem Talu and Laura O’Brien awarded SSHRC doctoral awards
Ph.D. student Cigdem Talu has been awarded a Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Doctoral Scholarship (Canada Graduate Scholarships - Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council) for “The Flâneuse and the Metropolis: Urban Atmospheres in Late-Victorian London” (advisor: Prof. Martin Bressani) for three years at $35,000 per year. Ph.D.
Prof. Annmarie Adams’ “Encountering Maude Abbott” research project awarded SSHRC Insight Grant
The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) of Canada has awarded a three-year Insight Grant for $78,676 to Prof. Annmarie Adams for her research project entitled “Encountering Maude Abbott.”
M.Arch. grad David Donnelly’s project selected for inaugural OAA SHIFT 2019 Infrastructure/Architecture Challenge
The Ontario Association of Architects (OAA) announced on March 29 the selected projects for the first-ever SHIFT 2019 Infrastructure/Architecture Challenge. Re-Engaging the Defunct and Historic Welland Canals, a project by David Donnelly (M.Arch.
McGill student team wins Avenue McGill College Charrette
A team of post-professional M.Arch. students in the Urban Design and Housing option – Kathleen Bono, Mayank Shekhawat, and Yiyi Zhou – have won the Avenue McGill College Charrette organized by the Interuniversity Urban Committee.
Impostor Cities chosen as Canada’s official entry to the 2020 Venice Biennale in Architecture
Following a nation-wide competition, the Canada Council for the Arts is proud to announce Impostor Cities, presented by Montreal-based T B A + David Theodore, has been selected among
Prof. Theodora Vardouli's “Architecture as Computation” research project awarded SSHRC Insight Development Grant
The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) of Canada has announced the results of the Insight Development Grants 2018 Competition, and Prof. Theodora Vardouli’s research project “Architecture as Computation: Academic Research Networks and Mobilities of Technical Practices” has been selected as an award recipient ($40,848).
McGill student teams win all four prizes at Ice Hotel
McGill undergraduate student teams won all four prizes in the Architecture Éphémère competition at the Ice Hotel outside Quebec City in Valcartier at the opening celebration on Friday, January 18. Student teams from the universities of Laval, McGill, Montréal, and UQAM submitted design panels to the competition, of which three were chosen to be built as theme rooms and a fourth to be given an award of merit.
Undergraduate student Juan Fernández González makes math discovery
One year ago, the Bulletin AMQ of the Association Mathématique du Québec published the article Le polygone du cercle d’Euler (The Polygon of Euler’s Circle). Written by third-year student Juan Fernández González, it defines and explores a convex polygon that can be associated to any triangle.
Mark Melnichuk wins Architecture MasterPrize in three categories
Mark Melnichuk (M.Arch. 2018) has won the Architecture MasterPrize (Student / Architectural Design) in three categories. His project Northern Cloud won in the categories of Agricultural Buildings, Green Architecture, and Industrial Buildings.
51st Canadian Architect Awards of Excellence
McGill graduates and professors have figured prominently amongst the 14 winners in this year’s 51st Canadian Architect Awards of Excellence. Architectural firms and students from across Canada received top honours for design proposals that embody qualities of innovation and overall design excellence, as well as social and environmental sustainability.
KANVA’s Imago project lauded at World Architecture Festival
World Architecture Festival, the world’s largest international architectural event, opened on November 29 in Amsterdam, and following a busy day of live presentations, in which hundreds of shortlisted projects were presented by architectural practices from around the world, the first award winners of the 2018 festival were announced.
Two McGill student teams win prizes in CCA Charrette
Two McGill student teams have won prizes in the annual Canadian Centre for Architecture’s Interuniversity Charrette 2018. One team composed of M.Arch. students won Second Place for their submission Retrofitting Suburbia: Andrée-Anne Théorêt, Nancy Elias, and Rosalyn Dunkley.