Visiting Lecturers

The School of Architecture invites architects and lecturers from around the world to discuss their current work and other architectural topics.

2023–24

Brigitte Shim
Shim-Sutcliffe Architects, Toronto

Jorge Spencer
University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

Paul Fast
Fast + Epp Structural Engineers, Vancouver

Jake Labarre
Miller Hull, Seattle

Anne McIlroy
Brook McIlroy, Toronto

Renée Daoust
Daoust Lestage Lizotte Stecker, Montréal

Glen McMinn
Painter, Halifax

Omar Gandhi
Omar Gandhi Architects, Halifax/Toronto

Rana Abughannam
University of British Columbia, Vancouver

Ingrid Waldron
McMaster University, Hamilton, ON

2022–23

Matthias Bouw
One Architecture, Amsterdam

Tura Cousins Wilson
Studio of Contemporary Architecture, Toronto

Gena Wirth
Scape Studio, New York

Tom Fisher
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

Adrian Blackwell
University of Waterloo, Cambridge, ON

Matthew Soules
University of British Columbia, Vancouver

2021–22

Elora Hardy
IBUKU, Bali, Indonesia

Anne-Marie Armstrong
AAmp Studio, Toronto and Los Angeles; University of Toronto

Greg Whistance-Smith
AVID, Edmonton

Jay Pooley
Jay Pooley Production Design, Toronto

Zachary Mollica
Architectural Association, Hooke Park, UK

João Caeiro
Root Studio, Oaxaca, Mexico

Reza Nik
SHEEEP, Toronto

Suzanne Doucet and Colleen Lashuk
Pivot Architectural Cooperative, Montreal

Silva Stojak and Shallyn Murray
Nine Yards Studio, Charlottetown, PEI

Bryan Langlands
NBBJ, New York

2020–21

Matthew Rosenberg
M-Rad Architecture, Los Angeles

Craig Wilkins
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Peter Yeadon
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Yeadon Space Agency, New York

Mindy Fullilove
New School, New York

Vernelle Noel
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Ron Wickman
Architect, Edmonton

DeRico Symonds
Halifax Regional Municipality, Halifax

Juanita Peters
Africville Museum, Halifax

Richard Kroeker
Dalhousie University

Vyjayanthi Rao
City College of New York, New York

Tau Tavengwa
London School of Economics, London, UK

Jennifer Llewelyn
Dalhousie University

Frank Palermo
Dalhousie University

Ingrid Waldron
Dalhousie University

Bryan Langlands
NBBJ, New York

Benjie Nycum
Nycum + Associates, Halifax

Dirk Sijmons
H+N+S Landscape Architects / Technical University of Delft, Netherlands

Joep Storms
Technical University of Delft, Netherlands

Michaela Büsse
Critical Media Lab, Basel, Switzerland

Thomas Pathuret
Atlas of Places, France

Ludovica Galeazzo
Harvard Center for Renaissance Studies, Italy

Kristina Hill
University of California, Berkeley, CA

Lola Sheppard
Lateral Office, Toronto
University of Waterloo, ON

Elisa Iturbe
Yale University, New Haven, CT

Ciro Miguel
ETH, Zürich, Switzerland

Matthijs Bouw
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Han Meyer
Deltastad / Technical University of Delft, Netherlands

Roberto Buizza
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy

Ana Maria Duran
Estudio A0, Ecuador

Frank G. van Oort
Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Maria Chiara Tosi
University of Venice, Italy

Tanja Herdt
Technical University of Delft, Netherlands

Milica Topalovic
ETH, Zürich, Switzerland

Telmo Pievani
University of Padua, Italy

Alessandro Melis
University of Portsmouth, UK

Angelo Bucci
SPBR Arquitetos, University of Sao Paolo, Brazil   

2019–20

Edwin Chan
EC3, Los Angeles

Betsy Williamson
Williamson Williamson Architects, Toronto

Nicolas Demers-Stoddart
Provencher_Roy, Montreal

Carol Phillips
Moriyama & Teshima Architects, Toronto

Zachary Mollica
Hooke Park, Architectural Association, London, UK

Peter Busby, Susan Fitzgerald, Steven Mannell
Vancouver and Halifax
Canadian Architecture and the Climate Crisis

Lisa Landrum, Diogo Burnay, et al.
Winnipeg and Halifax
CAFE Atlantic

Chris Magwood
Endeavour Centre, Peterborough, ON

Ted Cavanagh, Geoff Gjertson, Chris Trumble, Arlene Oak, Claire Nicholas, Letitia Meynell
Thinking While Doing: Experiments in Educational Design-Build

Albena Yaneva
University of Manchester, UK

2018–19

Monica Adair
Acre Architects, Saint John, NB

Annmarie Adams
McGill University, Montreal

Manon Asselin
Atelier TAG, Montreal

Jennifer Corson
Solterre Design, Halifax

Tom Fisher
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

Roger Lewis
Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax

John Maher
MASS Design Group, Boston

Marianne McKenna
KPMB Architects, Toronto

Letitia Meynell
Dept. of Philosophy, Dalhousie University

Michael Putnam
SUPRBLK Architects, London, UK

Chloe Town
University of Toronto, Toronto

2017–18

John Brown 
Housebrand and University of Calgary, Calgary

Youki Cropas
McGill University, Montreal

Heather Dubbeldam
Dubbeldam Architecture + Design, Toronto

Susan Fitzgerald
Fowler Bauld and Mitchell Architects, Halifax

Pavel Getov
Studio Antares and SCI-Arc, Los Angeles

Nuno Grande
University of Coimbra, Portugal

Jeanette Hansen
3XN Architects, Copenhagen, Denmark

Roger Hubeli
APTUM Architecture and Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

Matthew Kennedy and Mark Erickson
Studio North, Calgary

Ian MacDonald
Ian MacDonald Architect, Toronto

Luis Mateus and Victor Ferreira
University of Lisbon, Portugal

Arlene Oak
University of Alberta, Edmonton

Erkin Özay
University at Buffalo; Özay Office

Brady Peters
University of Toronto, Toronto

Sasa Radulovic
5468796 Architecture, Winnipeg

Georg Rafailidis
University at Buffalo; Davidson Rafailidis

David Scott and Susan Scott
Scott and Scott Architects, Vancouver

Anne Sinclair
Anne Sinclair Architect, Halifax

Suzan Tillotson
Tillotson Design Associates, New York

Chris Trumble
University of Arizona, Tucson

Stephen Verderber
University of Toronto, Toronto

Ron Wickman
Ron Wickman Architect, Edmonton

2016–17

Silva Ajemian
TODODA and First Street Green Art Park, New York

Peter Busby
Perkins + Will, San Francisco

Trevor Butler
Archineers, Kelowna, BC

Salmaan Craig
Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA

Joseph Dahmen
AFJD Studio, Vancouver

Graeme Duffus
G.F. Duffus & Co., Halifax

Roberta Feldman
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago

Sascha Hastings
Arts producer, Toronto

Peter Hemmersam
Oslo School of Architecture and Design, Oslo, Norway

Rick Joy
Rick Joy Architects, Tucson, AZ

Ted Landsmark
Boston Architectural College, Boston

William Loasby
Fast + Epp Structural Engineers, Vancouver

Kai Wood Mah and Patrick Lynn Rivers
Afield, Montreal, Chicago, Capetown

Christopher Meyer
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR

Sofia Morgado
University of Lisbon, Portugal

Andrew Murphy
Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia, Halifax

Gavin Renwick
University of Alberta, Edmonton

Lara Ryan
Canada Green Building Council, Halifax

Geoffrey Thün
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Matthew Trimble
American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Paul Vincent
Paul Vincent Architecture / Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Bordeaux, France

J. Grant Wanzel
Affordable Housing Association of Nova Scotia, Halifax

William Zahner
A. Zahner Company, Kansas City, MO

2015–16

Marie Law Adams and Dan Adams
Landing Studio, Somerville, MA

George Baird
Baird Sampson Neuert Architects, Toronto

Essy Baniassad
Chinese University of Hong Kong

Aziza Chaouni
Aziza Chaouni Projects, Toronto

Jean-Pierre Chupin
Université de Montréal

Elisa Dainese
Università iuav di Venezia, Venice, Italy

Sabine von Fischer
EPF Lausanne, Switzerland

Michael Fox
FoxLin Architects, San Clemente, CA

Kenneth Frampton
Columbia University, New York

Omar Gandhi
Omar Gandhi Architect, Halifax and Toronto

Jan Gehl
Gehl Architects, Copenhagen, Denmark

Anna Goodman
Portland State University, Portland, OR

Maggie Hansen
Tulane City Center, New Orleans

Frank Harmon
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

Christopher Meyer
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR

Steven Moore
University of Texas at Austin

Barry Sampson
Baird Sampson Neuert Architects, Toronto

Jack Stanley
Art curator and critic, Montreal

Marie and Keith Zawistowski
design/buildLAB, Villefontaine, France

2014–15

María Arquero de Alarcón
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Deborah Berke
Deborah Berke Partners, New York

Trevor Butler
Archineers, London, UK, and Kelowna, BC

Morgan Carter
L'OEUF Architects, Montreal

Joe Carter
Towns Consultants, Beijing, China

Coleman Coker
Building Studio, Memphis

Joseph Dahmen
University of British Columbia, Vancouver

Howard Davies
Atelier Big City, Montreal

Talia Dorsey
The Commons Inc., Montreal

Thomas Fisher
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

Lawrence Friesen
Gen Geometry Intelligent Buildings, London, UK

Pedro Gadanho
Museum of Modern Art, New York

Deborah Gans
Pratt Institute and Gans Studio, New York

Hans Ibelings
The Architecture Observer, Montreal

Naomi Kriss
Kriss Communications, Toronto

William Loasby
Fast + Epp Structural Engineers, Vancouver

Letitia Meynell
Department of Philosophy, Dalhousie University

Paul Nakazawa
Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA

Joaquin Perez-Goicoechea and Nasser Abulhasan
AGI Architects, Madrid, Spain

Christopher Platt
Mackintosh School of Architecture, Glasgow

Pedro Ravara
Baixa atelier de arquitectura, Lisbon, Portugal

Mary-Ann Ray
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Carl Solander
Reverse Architecture, Cambridge, MA

Nathalie de Vries
MVRDV, Rotterdam

Tod Williams
Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects, New York