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Lectures and Events

Lectures by visiting architects, artists, and historians are open to the public. Except as noted, they are held in the Faculty of Architecture and Planning auditorium, 5410 Spring Garden Road, Halifax.


Auditorium

Past Events - 2010-11

Exhibition
2011 Free Labs
Friday 29 July 2011, 2:00


Presentation by an Architecture Director Candidate
Diogo Burnay
Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Portugal
Wednesday 27 July 2011, 4:00-5:30

Presentation by an Architecture Director Candidate
Michelangelo Sabatino
University of Houston
Thursday 21 July 2011, 4:00-5:30

Presentation by an Architecture Director Candidate
Dale Clifford
Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh
Tuesday 19 July 2011, 4:00-5:30

Lectures
Barton Myers
Barton Myers Associates, Los Angeles
Tuesday 28 June 2011, 3:30 and 7:30 pm

Lecture
Chris Williams
Structural engineer, University of Bath, Bath, U.K.
Tuesday 31 May 2011, 7:00 pm

Exhibition
2011 Graduation Exhibition
Tuesday 24 May - Friday 27 May 2011, 9:00-5:00

Event
Convocation ceremony for Architecture and Planning
Wednesday 25 May 2011, 9:30 am
Dalhousie Arts Centre, 6101 University Av. at Seymour St.

Event
Convocation Tea
Wednesday 25 May 2011
2:30-3:30 pm: Convocation Tea for School of Architecture
4:00-5:00 pm: Convocation Tea for School of Planning

Lecture
Julie Snow
Julie Snow Architects, Minneapolis
Monday 4 April 2011, 7:00 pm

School of Planning Conference
Imagine
Thursday 10 March - Saturday 12 March 2011

Exhibition
Rosetti Scholarship Exhibition
Monday 7 February - Wednesday 9 February 2011, 9:00-5:00
Opening and presentations: Monday 7 February, 5:30 p.m.

Lecture
Barry Sampson
Baird Sampson Neuert Architects, Toronto
Tuesday 1 February 2011, 7:00 pm

Exhibition
The Making of Architecture
Monday 10 January - Friday 28 January 2011, 9:00-5:00

Lecture
Glen McMinn
Breakhouse, Halifax
Thursday 13 January 2011, 7:00 pm

Lecture
Susan Fitzgerald
Architect, Halifax
Wednesday 12 January 2011, 7:00 pm

Lecture
Elke Krasny
Cultural theorist and curator, Vienna
Tuesday 11 January 2011, 7:00 pm

Lecture
Morten Schmidt
Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects, Copenhagen, Oslo, London, Aarhus, Shanghai
Monday 10 January 2011, 7:00 pm

Lecture
Kim Smith
Architect, Blue Sky Architecture, West Vancouver
Thursday 18 November 2010, 7:00 pm

Event
2010 Keystone Awards
Thursday 18 November 2010, 6:30 pm
Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, 1675 Lower Water Street, Halifax

Lecture
Alessandra Cianchetta
Architect and landscape architect, AWP, Paris
Wednesday 3 November 2010, 7:00 pm

Alumni event
Dalhousie Homecoming 2010
Lecture and panel discussion: Halifax 2020
Friday 22 October 2010, 5:00-7:00 pm

Lecture
Stan Kochanoff
Environova Planning Group Inc.
School of Planning lecture: Tree Planting in Urban Areas
Thursday 21 October 2010, 12:00-1:00 pm

Convocation
Fall convocation for Architecture and Planning
Dalhousie Arts Centre, 6101 University Avenue
Sunday 17 October 2010, 9:30 am

Event
Open House
Discover the Unexpected
Friday 15 October 2010

Lecture
Mark Gilbert and Bruce Fisher
School of Planning lecture: Tax Reform
Thursday 7 October 2010, 12:00-1:00 pm

Lecture
Aldric Beckmann
Beckmann N'Thépé, Paris
Tuesday 28 September 2010, 7:00 pm

Auditorium

Past Events - 2009-10

Lecture
Paul Shepherd
University of Bath, Bath, U.K.
"Advanced Structures"
Thursday 24 June 2010, 7:00 pm

Lecture
Paul Shepherd
University of Bath, Bath, U.K.
"Building the Olympics"
Tuesday 22 June 2010, 12:30 pm

Lecture
Michael Cook
City Repair, Portland, Oregon
"The Magic of Placemaking: Reclaiming Urban Spaces for Communities"
Monday 21 June 2010, 7:00 pm

Lecture
Ingerid Helsing Almaas
Editor-in-chief, Arkitektur N, The Norwegian Review of Architecture, Oslo, Norway
Tuesday 15 June 2010, 7:00 pm

Lecture
Peter Stutchbury
Peter Stutchbury Architecture, New South Wales, Australia
Tuesday 8 June 2010, 7:00 pm

Exhibition
2010 Graduation Exhibition
Design projects by graduating students from Architecture and Planning
Tuesday 25 May - Friday 28 May 2010, 9:00-5:00

Event
Convocation ceremony for Architecture and Planning
Wednesday 26 May 2010, 9:30 am
Dalhousie Arts Centre, 6101 University Av. at Seymour St.

Event
Convocation Tea
Wednesday 26 May 2010

2:30-3:30 pm: Convocation Tea for School of Planning
4:00-5:00 pm: Convocation Tea for School of Architecture

Lecture
Vincent James
Vincent James Associates Architects, Minneapolis
Thursday 25 March 2010, 7:00 pm

Lecture
Janike Kampevold Larsen
Oslo School of Architecture and Design, Norway
"The Spectacle of Roads and Nature: The Norwegian Tourist Route Project"
Thursday 25 March 2010, 12:00 pm

School of Planning Conference
PLAY
Thursday 18 March - Friday 19 March 2010

Exhibition
Twenty + Change 02
Monday 1 March - Monday 15 March 2010
Opening: Monday 1 March, 5:30 - 7:00 pm

Lecture
Dominic Cullinan
Scabal Architects, London
"Schools: Where We Sit"
Monday 8 March 2010, 12:30 pm

Lecture
Ian Chodikoff
Editor, Canadian Architect magazine
"The New Canada and the New Canadians"
Monday 1 March 2010, 7:00 pm

Lecture
Marlon Blackwell
Marlon Blackwell Architect, Fayetteville, Arkansas
Thursday 18 February 2010, 7:00 pm

Exhibition
Rosetti Scholarship Exhibition
Monday 8 February - Tuesday 9 February 2010
Opening and introduction: Monday 8 February, 5:30 pm

Lecture
James Cutler
Cutler Anderson Architects, Bainsbridge Island, Washington
Wednesday 27 January 2010, 7:00 pm

Lecture
Amale Andraos and Dan Wood
Work Architecture Company, New York
Wednesday 13 January 2010, 7:00 pm

Lecture
Janna Levitt
Levitt Goodman Architects, Toronto
Tuesday 12 January 2010, 7:00 pm

Lecture
James Timberlake
KieranTimberlake, Philadelphia
Monday 11 January 2010, 7:00 pm

Exhibition
Grant Wanzel
"Inside AND Outside the Lines"
Monday 4 January - Friday 8 January 2010, 9:00-5:00

Lecture
Elke Krasny
Academic of Fine Arts, Vienna
"The Making of Architecture"
Tuesday 17 November 2009, 7:00 pm

Exhibition
Installations by Architects
Monday 26 October - Saturday 31 October, 9:00-5:00
Opening: Monday 26 October, 5:30 pm

Exhibition
Nocturne Installation
Saturday 17 October 2009, 6:00 pm - midnight

Event
The Roadshow: Architectural Landscapes of Canada
Friday 2 October 2009, 7:00 pm

Lecture
H. Allen Brooks
"Frank Lloyd Wright and the Design of Interior Space: A History of Wright's Spatial Designs for Houses"
Wednesday 30 September 2009, 7:00 pm

Lecture
Carmen Corneil
"Architecture e+c : Work of Elin + Carmen Corneil, 1958 to 2008"
Wednesday 16 September 2009, 7:00 pm

Exhibition
Architecture e+c : Work of Elin + Carmen Corneil, 1958 to 2008
Thursday 10 September - Friday 25 September 2009


Auditorium

Past Events - 2008-09

Lecture
Timothy Newton
Yale University
Tuesday 7 July 2009, 7:00 pm

Lecture
Roland Hudson
University of Bath, England
Thursday 2 July 2009, 7:00 pm

Lecture
Diebedo Francis Kéré
Francis Kéré Architecture, Berlin and Burkina Faso
Tuesday 23 June 2009, 7:00 pm

Lecture
Tom F. Peters
Tuesday 16 June 2009, 7:00 pm

Exhibition
2009 Graduation Exhibition
Tuesday 19 May - Friday 22 May 2009, 9:00-5:00

Convocation
Wednesday 20 May 2009
9:30 AM: Convocation ceremony for Architecture and Planning
2:00-3:00 pm: Convocation Tea for School of Planning
3:30-5:00 pm: Convocation Tea for School of Architecture

Lecture
Robert Mellin
McGill University
Thursday 14 May 2009, 7:00 pm

Exhibition
Robert Mellin
"Tilting: Architecture and Material Culture in Fogo Island, Newfoundland"
Monday 4 May - Friday 15 May 2009, 9:00-5:00

Lectures
Winters Lecture Series: Design in Architecture and Planning and in Engineering
Thursday 7 May 2009, 9:30-5:30
Room B310, B Building, Faculty of Engineering, Sexton Campus
Siamak Hariri
Partner, Hariri Pontarini Architects, Toronto
"Falling Backwards: The process of designing and fabricating the Bahá'í Mohter Temple for South America in Santiago, Chile"
Paul Gavreau
Engineer, NSERC Chair in Design Engineering, University of Toronto
"Knowledge, Skills, and Values: Reforming Engineering Design Education"

Lecture
Barton Myers
Barton Myers Associates, Los Angeles
Thursday 2 April 2009, 7:00 pm

Lecture
Diogo Burnay and Cristina Verissimo Burnay
CVDB Arquitectos, Lisbon, Portugal
Thursday 26 March 2009, 7:00 pm

Lecture
Stephen Teeple
Teeple Architects, Toronto
Thursday 12 March 2009, 7:00 pm

Lecture
Rick Joy
Rick Joy Architects, Tucson
Thursday 5 March 2009, 7:00 pm

Lecture
Tom Kundig
Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects, Seattle
Thursday 29 January 2009, 7:00 pm

Lecture
Billie Tsien
Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects, New York
Wednesday 14 January 2009, 7:00 pm

Lecture
Kelly Hayes-McAlonie
Cannon Design, Buffalo, New York
Tuesday 13 January 2009, 7:00 pm

Lecture
Richard Murphy
Richard Murphy Architects, Edinburgh, Scotland
Monday 12 January 2009, 7:00 pm

Lecture
Geoffrey Thün
RVTR Architects and University of Waterloo
"Matters of Concern: Future Ecologies, Situated Infrastructures, and Emerging Inhabitations"
Monday 24 November 2008, 6:00 pm

Lecture
Perry Kulper
Architect and professor, University of Michigan
"Fourteen Winds / Recent Works"
Tuesday 28 October 2008, 7:00 pm

Exhibition
Kip Harris
"Walks in Rome"
Monday 15 September - Friday 26 September 2008, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Publication launch and exhibition
Two Communities in The Gambia
Monday 8 September to Friday 12 September 2008


Auditorium

Past events - 2007-08

Lecture
Deborah Berke
Deborah Berke and Partners Architects, New York
Tuesday, 17 June 2008, 7:00 pm

Lecture
Robin Collyer
Artist, Toronto
Tuesday 10 June 2008, 7:00 pm

Exhibition
2008 Graduation Exhibition
Tuesday 20 May - Friday 23 May 2008, 9:00-5:00

Convocation
Wednesday 21 May 2008
9:30 AM: Convocation ceremony for Architecture and Planning
Rebecca Cohn Auditorium, Dalhousie Arts Centre, 6101 University Avenue
1:30 - 2:45 pm: Convocation Tea for School of Planning
3:30 - 4:45 pm: Convocation Tea for School of Architecture

Lecture
David Blackwood
Master printmaker, Wesleyville, Newfoundland
Wednesday 14 May 2008, 7:00 pm

Lecture
Brian MacKay-Lyons
"Talking Timbuktu"
Tuesday 1 April 2008, 7:00 pm

Exhibition
Rosetti Traveling Scholars Exhibition
Wednesday 12 March - Thursday 13 March 2008 9:00 - 7:00

Lecture
David Buege
Rural Studio, Newbern, Alabama
Tuesday 4 March 2008, 7:00 pm

Lecture
Peter Cardew
Peter Cardew Architects, Vancouver
Thursday 21 February 2008, 7:00 pm

Killam Lecture Series
Randolph Hester
Landscape architect, urban designer, and professor, University of California at Berkeley
"Design for Ecological Democracy"
Tuesday 12 February 2008, 7:00 pm
Potter Auditorium, Kenneth C. Rowe Management Building, 6100 University Avenue

Lecture
Trevor Butler
Director, BDP Sustainability / Archineers, London
"Sustainable Practice: Mainstream Green"
Thursday 31 January 2008, 7:00 pm

Killam Lecture Series
Clive Doucet
City councillor and author, Ottawa
"Cities, Climate Change, and Politics as Usual"
Wednesday 30 January 2008, 7:00 pm
Potter Auditorium, Kenneth C. Rowe Management Building, 6100 University Avenue

Lecture
Richard Henriquez
Henriquez Partners Architects, Vancouver
Wednesday 16 January 2008, 7:00 pm

Lecture
Meg Graham
superkül inc. architect, Toronto
Monday 14 January 2008, 7:00 pm

Lecture
Peter Yeadon
Rhode Island School of Design / Decker Yeadon, New York
"Novel Properties: Speculations on Nanotechnology in Architecture"
Wednesday 9 January 2008, 7:00 pm

Lecture
Dirk Alten
Alten Architekten, Berlin
Recent Work
Thursday 29 November 2007, 5:00 pm

Lecture
Peter Lynch
StudioTHEM and City College, New York
"Quo Vadis"
Tuesday 27 November 2007, 5:00 pm

Lecture
Brigitte Shim
Shim-Sutcliffe Architects, Toronto
Thursday 22 November 2007, 7:00 pm

Killam Lecture Series
Ken Greenberg
Wednesday 7 November 2007, 7:00 pm
McInnes Room, Dalhousie Student Union Building, 6136 University Avenue

Exhibition
41° to 66°: Regional Responses to Sustainable Architecture in Canada
Monday 15 October 2007 - Monday 29 October 2007
Opening: Tuesday 16 October, 8:30 pm

Lecture
Marco Polo

Ryerson University, Toronto
Tuesday, 16 October 2007, 7:00 pm

Conference
ACADIA 2007
"Expanding Bodies: Art · Cities · Environment"
Monday 1 October - Sunday 7 October 2007


Auditorium

Past events - 2006-07

Lecture
Robert McCarter
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
"Louis I. Kahn: The Eternal and the Circumstantial"
Tuesday 10 July 2007, 7:00 pm

Lecture
Ted Flato
Lake | Flato, San Antonio, Texas
Tuesday 3 July 2007, 7:00 pm

Lecture
Todd Saunders
Saunders Architecture, Bergen, Norway
Thursday 21 June 2007, 7:00 pm

Lecture
Pierre Thibault
Pierre Thibault Architecte, Quebec
Wednesday 16 May 2007, 7:00 pm

Lecture
Don Shiner
Professor, Mount Saint Vincent University
"Housing Needs of Seniors"
Wednesday 21 March 2007, 7:00 pm

Lecture
Diogo Burnay
Professor, Faculdade de Arquitectura Universidade Tecnica Lisboa
Architect, CVDB Arquitectos, Lisbon, Portugal
"Urban Landscapes: Recent Projects"
Friday 16 March 2007, 7:00 pm

Lecture
Paul de Guzman
Artist, Vancouver
"Material Transfer"
Friday 9 March 2007, 7:00 pm

Lecture
Emmanuel Jannasch
Film designer, Halifax
"The 'Vilest Pope' as Inventor of Rome"
Wednesday 28 February 2007, 7:00 pm

Lecture
Matthew Lella
Architect, Diamond & Schmitt, Toronto
"The New Canadian Opera House"
Friday 9 February 2007, 7:00 pm

Design charette
Street Visioning Workshop: Street Utopia
Facilitator: Terrance Galvin
Thursday 8 February 2007, 7:00 pm

Lecture
Ian MacBurnie
Dept. of Architectural Science, Ryerson University
"Infrastructure as Architecture"
Thursday 25 January 2007, 7:00 pm

Lecture
Mark Ostry
Acton Ostry Architects, Vancouver
Thursday 11 January 2007 at 7:00 PM

Lecture
Dan Rockhill
Architect, Rockhill and Associates; Professor, University of Kansas
Tuesday 9 January 2007, 7:00 pm

Lecture
Stephen Best
Foster & Partners, London, U.K.
Monday 8 January 2007, 7:00 pm

Lecture
Vivian Manasc
Manasc Isaac, Edmonton
Monday 8 January 2007, 9:15 am

Lecture
Ted Cullinan
Architect, London
"The Work of Edward Cullinan Architects"
Tuesday 14 November 2006, 7:00 pm

Lecture
Eric Bunge
nArchitects, New York; Director of Graduate Thesis, Parsons School of Design
Friday 3 November 2006, 7:00 pm

Lecture
Beverly Sandalack
Professor and Director, Urban Design Program, University of Calgary
"Opportunities in Urban Design"
Monday 30 October 2006, 12:30 pm

Lecture
Matthias Sauerbruch
Architect, Berlin
"The Work of Sauerbruch and Hutton"
Tuesday 24 October 2006, 7:30 pm

Lecture
Sergio Palleroni
Architect and Visiting Associate Professor, School of Architecture, University of Texas at Austin
"Building to Learn and Learning to Build"
Monday 23 October 2006, 7:30 pm

Lecture
Essy Baniassad
Director, School of Architecture, Chinese University of Hong Kong
"Current Thoughts - Part II"
Thursday 19 October 2006, 6:00 pm

Lecture
Essy Baniassad
Director, School of Architecture, Chinese University of Hong Kong
"Current Thoughts - Part I"
Wednesday 18 October 2006, 6:00 pm

Exhibition
Rosetti Scholars 2006
Friday 29 September - Wednesday 4 October 2006, 9:00 - 5:00

Lecture
Teddy Cruz
Architect and Associate Professor, Visual Arts Department, UCSD
"Manufactured Sites: Infrastructures of Ambiguity"
Tuesday 26 September 2006, 8:00 pm
Ondaatje Hall, Marion McCain Building

Roundtable discussion
John Fernandez, Ute Lehrer, Pierre Desrocher
Saturday 23 September 2006, 2:00 pm
Lord Dalhousie Room, Henry Hicks Building

Lecture
John Fernandez
Architect and Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, MIT
"Dreams of Green"
Friday 22 September 2006, 8:00 pm
Ondaatje Hall, Marion McCain Building

Exhibition
Student Portfolios
Monday 11 September - Wednesday 27 September 2006, 9:00 - 5:00