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U of T professor wins prestigious architecture award - Aug 16, 2010 - 11:35 am

White's project focuses on Arctic

Iqaluit, Nunavut.  Source: Wikimedia Commons/Aaron M Lloyd

Professor Mason White’s Toronto architecture firm, Lateral Office, is the winner of the $50,000 Professional Prix de Rome in Architecture for 2010. White teaches at the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design. The prize, established by the Canada Council for the Arts in 1987, allows recipients to travel to other parts of [...]

Architecture students design for the desert - Feb 3, 2009 - 4:26 pm

Students creating structures for the Sahara

Source: Wikimedia Commons. Photo by Maureen

Can architecture be temporary and sustainable at the same time? It may sound like a contradiction, but Professor Aziza Chaouni’s research has found that sustainable structures in the desert must be made to be movable — just like the landscapes of the shifting sands they inhabit. continue

Engaging the Senses - Jan 29, 2009 - 9:07 am

Rodolphe el-Khoury connects architecture and new media

Rodolphe el-Khoury. Photo: Rob Waymen

Talk to Rodolphe el-Khoury and you’ll soon realize that architecture isn’t just about the look of a building.It is about everything that has to do with a place and,ultimately,how that place is interwoven with your experience. And new media technology is a tool that can enhance that experience,often in remarkable ways. continue