OTTAWA, May 16, 2017 鈥� A designer of the Vancouver SkyTrain; a Toronto living wall pioneer; a Montreal expert on heritage materials conservation; and two Winnipeg architects reimagining their city are among the Canadian architects to be named 2017 Fellows.
The College of Fellows of the 博彩 (RAIC) bestows Fellowship in recognition of outstanding achievement. Criteria include design excellence, exceptional scholarly contribution, or distinguished service to the profession or the community.
Representing Canada coast-to-coast, the 37 new Fellows come from Saint John, NB; Halifax, NS; St. John's, NL; Montreal, QC; Brampton, ON; St. Catharines, ON; Toronto, ON; Hamilton, ON; Ottawa, ON; Winnipeg, MB; Saskatoon, SK; Calgary, AB; Edmonton, AB; Vancouver, BC; Burnaby, B.C. and Victoria, BC.
They include:
- Alan Hart, of Vancouver and Seattle, whose infrastructure design work includes all phases of the Vancouver SkyTrain system;
- Birgit Siber, of Toronto, lead designer of the first large-scale living wall biofilter in Canada at the University of Guelph-Humber;
- Giovanni Diodati, of Montr茅al, whose heritage conservation projects include the West Block of Parliament Hill, McGill University andSir George-脡tienne Cartier Monument;
- Johanna Hurme and Sasa Radulovic of Winnipeg, co-founders of internationally recognized firm 5468796 Architecture, and leaders in Winnipeg鈥檚 architecture and design culture.
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Fellows will be inducted at the College of Fellows Convocation, which takes place during the in Ottawa, May 24-27.
In addition, the College of Fellows will induct three Honourary Fellows:
Jeanne Gang is an American architect and founding principal of Studio Gang, an architecture and urban design practice of nearly 100 people with offices in Chicago and New York. Gang will be giving the keynote address at the convocation ceremony on May 25.
Brian Carter and Annette LeCuyer are authors and professors of architecture at the University of Buffalo. They co-edited issues of the Architectural Review and Architectural Design focusing on contemporary Canadian architecture, and Carter oversaw the publication of books on Canadian architecture by TUNS Press.
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Atlantic 听 Ron Fougere Noel Fowler (deceased) A. Sandy Gibbons Douglas G. Steen 听 Quebec 听 Giovanni Diodati Martin Troy Andrea Wolff 听 Ontario North and East & Nunavut 听 David Stuart McRobie 听 Ontario Southwest 听 Philip Beesley James Kenneth Brown Martin S. Davidson Harald Bernd Ensslen Helena Grdadolnik G. Mitchell Hall Ross Hanham Carl A. Knipfel Susan Spencer Lewin Birgit Siber Kim Storey Alexandru Taranu 听 听 |
Manitoba 听 Johanna Hurme David John Kressock Sasa Radulovic Peter Sampson 听 Saskatchewan 听 Heney Nicholas Klypak 听 Alberta/NWT 听 听 Carol G. B茅langer Aziz Bootwala Catherine Chernoff Donald Wm. A. Davidson Andrew King Peter Osborne R. Allan Partridge 听 BC/Yukon David Philip Dove Alan Hart Graham McGarva Catherine Nickerson Sean Francis Rodrigues 听 听 听 |
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