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