February 2012
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15th Annual Sustainable Building Symposium →
Dates May 3 2012 City Calgary, Alberta, Canada Location BMO Centre Contact Name Wendy Campbell Local Phone 780 4329550 Fax 780 4332458 Email wendy@thedagnyparntership.com Website www.asbs2012.ca Main Body With the theme, “The business of green: what’s in it for you?” our speakers will be exploring the value that the green building movement offers individuals, companies,...
Feb 8th
January 2012
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Upcoming Design Matters Lectures #yycarch →
February 23, 2012 Nick Puckett Alt N Research March 15, 2012 Ken Wood Lunar Design April 5, 2012 Preston Scott Cohen Preston Scott Cohen Inc.
Jan 4th
September 2011
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Open Lecture with Urban Designer Nan Ellin →
Start: 2011/09/22 - 1:15pm Teaser: American author Nan Ellin, Chair of the University of Utah Department of City and Metropolitan Planning, will be in at the University September 22, 2011 to share her ideas and expertise on sustainable cities. Ms. Ellin’s work in urban design, community-building and university-neighborhood partnerships aims to enhance quality of life, specifically through...
Sep 22nd
Stephen Teeple lecture →
Dates November 10 2011 City Calgary, Alberta, Canada Location University of Calgary downtown campus Website www.ucalgary.ca/evds Main Body As part of the lecture series hosted by the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Environmental Design (EVDS), Stephen Teeple, principal of Teeple Architects in Toronto delivers this lecture at 7:00pm at the University of Calgary downtown campus, located...
Sep 9th
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Jane Rendell lecture →
Date October 13 2011 City Calgary, Alberta, Canada Location University of Calgary downtown campus Website www.ucalgary.ca/evds Main Body As part of the lecture series hosted by the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Environmental Design (EVDS), Jane Rendell of the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London delivers the Gillmor Visiting Lectureship at 7:00pm at the...
Sep 9th
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Catalyst: Provoking Calgary’s Next Chapter →
Dates September 29-October 1 2011 City Calgary, Alberta, Canada Location University of Calgary downtown campus Website http://makecalgary.com Main Body Hosted by makeCalgary 2011, this event will examine places that have experienced real change and its associated catalysts – the conditions in the social, environmental, cultural and economic realms that provoked the shift to a new chapter....
Sep 9th
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June 2011
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Brutal Bus Tour →
Date June 26 2011 City Calgary, Alberta, Canada Email rsvp@calgaryheritage.org Website www.calgaryheritage.org Main Body The Calgary Heritage Initiative Society (CHI) and the Calgary Architecture and Urban Studies Alliance (CAUSA) have partnered for a unique fundraising event to raise awareness of Calgary’s often-maligned and misunderstood Brutalist period of architecture (1960s to...
Jun 13th
Andres Duany lectures on Agricultural Urbanism:... →
Date June 17 2011 City Calgary, Alberta, Canada Location Glenbow Museum Theatre Main Body The course of 21st-century urbanism will be defined in large part by food. Our connections to it, our relationships with growers and providers, and the manner in which we integrate its system elements into the projects and neighbourhoods we build. New models are needed for viable (and desirable) forms...
Jun 13th
March 2011
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How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr. Foster? →
Dates March 25 2011 City Calgary, Alberta, Canada Location Alberta College of Art + Design Local Phone 403.284.7633 Website www.acad.ab.ca/raff.html This film, entitled How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr. Foster? looks at the rise of one of the world’s premier architects, Norman Foster, and his unending quest to improve quality of life through design. Portrayed are Foster’s origins...
Mar 24th
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Marcelo Spina lecture →
Dates April 7 2011 City Calgary, Alberta, Canada Location Uptown Stage and Screen Main Body As part of the Design Matters lecture series hosted by the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Environmental Design, Marcelo Spina of Patterns Architecture in Los Angeles speaks at 7:00pm at the Uptown Stage and Screen in Calgary. Fees Admission is $5 but free for University of Calgary students. ...
Mar 7th
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Marjan Eggermont lecture →
Dates March 17 2011 City Calgary, Alberta, Canada Location Uptown Stage and Screen Main Body As part of the Design Matters lecture series hosted by the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Environmental Design, Marjan Eggermont, artist and instructor at the Schulich School of Engineering speaks at 7:00pm at the Uptown Stage and Screen in Calgary. Fees Admission is $5 but free for University...
Mar 7th
January 2011
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Drura Parrish lecture →
Dates February 24 2011 City Calgary, Alberta, Canada Location Uptown Stage and Screen Main Body As part of the Design Matters lecture series hosted by the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Environmental Design, Drura Parrish of the University of Kentucky’s College of Design speaks at 7:00pm at the Uptown Stage and Screen in Calgary. Fees Admission is $5 but free for University of Calgary...
Jan 6th
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Lecture Tonight! →
Adam Caruso Lecture: 7:00 pm, The Uptown Stage, 612 8th Avenue SW.
Jan 6th
December 2010
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Adam Caruso Lecture
The Faculty of Environmental Design is pleased to announce that January 2011 marks the 20th Anniversary of the William Lyon Somerville Visiting Lectureship! In celebration of the success of this program, Dean Nancy Pollock-Ellwand invites you to join her for the Design Matters lecture entitled, “Almost Everything”, featuring this year’s visiting lecturer, Adam Caruso of Caruso St. John...
Dec 21st
October 2010
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Todd Hirsch lecture →
Dates December 2 2010 City Calgary, Alberta, Canada Location Uptown Stage and Screen Website www.evds.ucalgary.ca Main Body As part of the Design Matters lecture series hosted by the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Environmental Design, Todd Hirsch, Senior Economist at ATS Financial in Calgary speaks at 7:00pm at the Uptown Stage and Screen in Calgary. Fees Admission is $5 but free...
Oct 25th
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Julian Bleecker lecture →
Date November 18 2010 City Calgary, Alberta, Canada Location Uptown Stage and Screen Main Body As part of the Design Matters lecture series hosted by the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Environmental Design, Julian Bleecker of Near Future Laboratory in Los Angeles speaks at 7:00pm at the Uptown Stage and Screen in Calgary. Fees Admission is $5 but free for University of Calgary...
Oct 25th
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Design Matters Lecture Series 2010 / 2011 →
Oct 25th
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Edouard Francois Lecture →
M.A.D.E. and CAUSA  in partnership with the Alberta Association of Architects, presents a lecture by: EDOUARD FRANCOIS Wednesday, October 20, 2010 7:00 p.m. Engineered Air Theatre, Epcor Centre, Calgary The work of Edouard Francois Paris based Edouard Francois will share his work on a wide-range of projects.  With great interest in use, enviornment, project economics, and innovation of...
Oct 18th
September 2010
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Jeremy Sturgess: Current Work →
Date September 9 2010 City Calgary, Alberta, Canada Location Engineered Air Theatre, Epcor Centre Award-winning Calgary-based architect Jeremy Sturgess will speak about his most recent work and reflect on 30 years of varied and impressive architectural practice in Calgary with projects ranging from individual houses to civic buildings and urban design. The lecture takes place at 7:00pm in...
Sep 7th
August 2010
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Aug 18th
April 2010
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Full Spectrum: The Architecture of Jeremy Sturgess →
Dates: May 7 – September 17, 2010 City: Calgary Alberta Canada Location: Nickle Museum, University of Calgary This exhibition on the career of Calgary architect Jeremy Sturgess takes place at the Nickle Arts Museum at the University of Calgary. The exhibition coincides with the launch of a book of the same name, and with the announcement of the creation of the Jeremy Sturgess Archives in the...
Apr 25th
Apr 15th
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April: Ferda Kolatan →
From Fitness to Finesse  Ferda Kolatan . su11 architecture + design . New York, US Date: Thursday, April 22 Time: 7 p.m. Location: Uptown Stage and Screen - 612, 8 Ave SW Price: $5 at the door. FREE for U of C students Description: From Fitness to Finesse will focus on the recent projects and research of Ferda Kolatan’s award-winning firm, su11 architecture+design. Based in New York, su11...
Apr 15th
March 2010
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Design Matters - March: Alistair Bath →
March: Alistair Bath Human Dimensions: Working with People Towards Conservation Alistair Bath . Memorial University . Saint John’s Date: Thursday, March 25 Time: 7 p.m. Location: Uptown Stage and Screen - 612, 8 Ave SW Price: $5 at the door. FREE for U of C students Description: When it comes to wildlife management issues, listening to locals is generally the most effective way to achieve...
Mar 16th
February 2010
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February lecture - Andrew Kudless - FLUX →
Date: February 18, 2010 Lecture will go from 7-8:30 pm followed by a cash bar reception Location: Uptown Stage and Screen (612 8 Ave SW) The work of the emerging research and design firm Matsys will be explored through the relationship between form, fabrication, and performance. Several projects from the firm’s work will be discussed in regards to how digital tools such as...
Feb 1st
January 2010
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Arthur Erickson's Wunderkammer →
lecture with MICHELANGELO SABATINO Michelangelo Sabatino, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture, University of Houston. He was trained as an architect and architectural historian in Venice and Toronto. His publications on European and North-American architecture and urbanism have appeared in journals such as Casabella, Cite, Harvard Design Magazine, JAE,...
Jan 11th
December 2009
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Smout Allen Lecture →
EVDS Design Matters Lecture Series Smout Allen, Smout Allen Architects Mark Smout and Laura Allen are senior lecturers at the Barlett School of Architecture, UCL. Their work focuses on architectural competitions and conceptual design projects. Emphasis is placed on the dynamic relationship between the natural and the man-made and how this can be revealed to enhance the experience of...
Dec 1st
November 2009
4 posts
Nov 3rd
Square_Space
Sent on behalf of the EVDS Students’ Association: Dear Friends of EVDS, The Faculty of Environmental Design (EVDS) Students’ Association is pleased to present the 2009 annual EVDS student, staff and faculty gallery show and silent auction - “Square_Space”. You are invited and encouraged to submit works to the show.  If you wish to submit work, you can purchase a 23x23x4.5 cm RIBBA...
Nov 3rd
Nov 3rd
October 2009
6 posts
Oct 26th
BiodiVersions_Biology and Design →
EVDS Kasian Gallery Invites you to attend the opening reception for BiodiVersions_Biology and Design, featuring the work of: Christian Bök Eveline Kolijn Open Source Architecture Opening: Oct. 29th 5-7 pm EVDS Kasian Gallery, Professional Faculties Building, University of Calgary; sponsored by Kasian. BiodiVersions BiodiVersions refers to a continuing pre-occupation with biology and its...
Oct 25th
Next Design Matters Lecture →
Book the evening of November 5th for the next design matters lecture: Hernan Diaz Alonso
Oct 19th
Is Green the New Black?
Adrian Parr discusses the sustainability movement tonight at The Uptown: 610 8 Ave SW Calgary AB. Tickets will be sold at the door for $5; student attend for free. http://www.ucalgary.ca/evds/design_matters/oct
Oct 15th
Oct 2nd
EVDS Design Matters Lecture Series →
Adrian Parr, University of Cincinnati - Is Green the New Black? How to slow or reverse the warming of the earth’s average temperature is a matter of extreme urgency. Adrian Parr will discuss the politics of the sustainability movement in light of an urgent need to articulate the political condition of sustain- ability and its subversive relationship to neoliberalism. When: Oct. 15, Calgary ...
Oct 2nd
September 2009
2 posts
September Lecture - Thom Mayne →
EVDS brings LA Architect to kick-off Design Matters lecture series. Thom Mayne will present at the inaugural lecture on September 25.
Sep 21st
Sep 10th
July 2009
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Thom Mayne lecture →
Event Name Thom Mayne delivers EVDS inaugural lecture Dates September 25 2009 City Calgary, Alberta, Canada Location Metropolitan Conference Centre Sponsors The EVDS Design Matters lecture series is sponsored by: HOK, Marshall Tittemore Architects, Nexen, Calgary Airport Authority, the City of Calgary, RGO Flooring, RGO Office Products, Section 23 Group, Shaw Contract Group, Simpson...
Jul 27th
May 2009
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EVDS Lecture Series
I just got word that the CAUSA lecture series is being retooled as an EVDS series. Once this gets organized, watch this space for upcoming lecture dates.
May 29th
Canadian Architect Calendar →
More agreement on Jeremy Sturgess speaking last night.
May 29th
More Misinformation →
According to this link, Jeremy Sturgess was indeed speaking last night. Doors were locked, though.
May 29th
Richard Lindseth Lecture →
Perhaps it was Richard Lindeth speaking last night. Does anyone know where it was?
May 29th
Sturgess Lecture
Many apologies to anyone who went to the Nickel last night. Apparently the lecture was cancelled without notice.
May 29th
Tonight's Lecture
Jeremy Sturgess, Sturgess Architecture, Calgary, Nickel Arts Museum. Lecture at 6 pm, May 28th, 2009.
May 29th
May 29th