- Winter 2014
- Fall 2013
- Brown Bag: ASA-sponsored lecture series, Winter 2014
- Brown Bag: ASA-sponsored lecture series, Fall 2013
- History and Theory of Architecture lecture series, Winter 2014
Selected lectures are available on McGill PODCASTS.
Winter 2014
Place: Room G10 of the Macdonald-Harrington Building (unless otherwise noted)
Time: Mondays at 6:00 pm (unless otherwise noted)
Information: 398-6704
Coordination: Prof. Aaron Sprecher
Student committee: Clothilde Caillé-Lévesque, Jan Casimir, Fouzi Ouadhi, Etienne Sédillot, Kristen Too
Monday 13 January 2014
Eric Gauthier
Architect, Les Architectes FABG, Montreal
"Recent Projects"
(Gerald Sheff Visiting Professor in Architecture)
Monday 27 January 2014
Oren Safdie
Playwright
"Private Jokes, Public Places" (film screening, followed by Q&A)
Monday 17 February 2014
Manuelle Gautrand
Principal, Manuelle Gautrand Architecture, Paris
"To Re-enchant the City"
(Sheila Baillie Lecture)
Monday 10 March 2014
Georges Teyssot
Professor, École d'architecture, Université Laval, Québec
"A Topology of the Everyday"
(Followed by a book presentation)
Monday 17 March 2014
Paul Kassabian
Engineer, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger, Boston
Lecturer, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, MIT
"Design (R)evolution: New Approaches to Structural Design and Performance"
(Steel Structures Education Foundation Lecture)
Monday 24 March 2014
Mark Major
Principal, Speirs + Major, London and Edinburgh
"Light + Dark = Architecture"
(Axis Lighting Lecture)
Monday 31 March 2014
(rescheduled from February 24)
Ipek Türeli
Assistant Professor, School of Architecture, McGill University
"Housing for Spatial Justice"
Fall 2013
Place: Room G10 of the Macdonald-Harrington Building (unless otherwise noted)
Time: Mondays at 6:00 pm (unless otherwise noted)
Information: 398-6704
Coordination: Prof. Aaron Sprecher
Student committee: Clothilde Caillé-Lévesque, Jan Casimir, Fouzi Ouadhi, Etienne Sédillot, Kristen Too
Monday 9 September 2013
Bjarke Ingels
Principal, Bjarke Ingels Group, Copenhagen and New York
"Yes is More"
(David J. Azrieli Lecture in Architecture)
NOTE special location: Leacock 132
NOTE special time: 6:30 pm
Monday 30 September 2013
Michael Hansmeyer
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich
"Digital Grotesque"
(William Hobart Molson Lecture)
Monday 21 October 2013
Matthew Lella
Principal, Diamond Schmitt Architects, Toronto
"Performance Space"
(Gerald Sheff Visiting Professor in Architecture)
Monday 28 October 2013
Didier Faustino
Architect and Artist, Mésarchitecture, Paris
"Brutal Fragility"
(Siew Fang Chan Lecture)
Monday 11 November 2013
Katherine Clarke
Artist Partner, muf architecture/art, London
"Prototyping Uncertainty"
(Sheila Baillie Lecture)
Brown Bag: ASA-sponsored lecture series, Winter 2014
Place: Room 212 of the Macdonald-Harrington Building
Time: 12:30 to 1:30 pm (unless otherwise noted)
Coordination: Mirna Wasef and Leila Rached-d'Astous
Tuesday 8 April 2014
Morgan Carter
"Ecologies of Place: Landscape, Energy, and Material Assembly"
Tuesday 11 February 2014
Shawn Moscovitch
"Touch the Earth Lightly: 2 Weeks with Glenn Murcutt"
Brown Bag: ASA-sponsored lecture series, Fall 2013
Place: Room 212 of the Macdonald-Harrington Building
Time: 12:30 to 1:30 pm (unless otherwise noted)
Coordination: Mirna Wasef and Leila Rached-d'Astous
Monday 7 October 2013
Lynne Horiuchi
"Dislocations and Relocations:
The Planning, Designing and Building of Prison Cities for Japanese and Japanese Americans during World War II"
Tuesday 15 October 2013
Ronnie Araya
Research Associate, CAST, University of Manitoba
"Experimental Projects in Concrete Formed with Textiles"
Tuesday 12 November 2013
Elizabeth Cahn
“Project Space(s) in the Design Professions: The Women's School of Planning and Architecture, 1974-1981”
Tuesday 19 November 2013
Matthew Griffin
“Expanding Architecture”
Monday 25 November 2013
Nanne de Ru
“Keeping it Real: Nanne de Ru on Powerhouse Company and the Berlage”
History and Theory of Architecture lecture series, Winter 2014
Place: Rare Books and Special Collections, McLennan Library Building, 3459 McTavish, 4th floor
Time: 4:30 pm
Friday 18 April 2014
Dr. Lian Chang
Director of Research and Information, ACSA
"Proportioning Bodies: Articulation and the Origins of Architecture in Ancient Greece"
Place: School of Architecture, room 212
Wednesday 23 April 2014
Dr. Stephen Parcell
Professor, School of Architecture, Dalhousie University
"Four Historical Definitions of Architecture"
Friday 25 April 2014
Dr. Louise Pelletier
Professor, École de Design, Université du Québec à Montréal
"A Conversation around the Genius of Architecture: The World of Nicolas Le Camus de Mézières"
Place: CCA Library
Time: 3:00 pm
