More than 500 people attended 12 Architects on Architecture, a free public lecture, at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Quebec on September 19. Recipients of the Governor General’s Medals in Architecture gave five-minute presentations describing their winning projects, and took part in a question and answer period. 12 Architects on Architecture was presented by the RAIC in partnership with the , the , and the .
The lecture took place the evening before the actual award ceremony, which was held at Rideau Hall in Ottawa.