David Gerofsky of Great Gulf Group will be giving the last lecture of the season with Jon van Nostrand and Leslie Woo. The lecture is entitled “The Chicken and Egg Dilemma: Infrastructure or Development?” and will be given on Thursday, February 13 at 6:45pm in the main lecture theatre.   Current: Great Gulf Group of […]

Listen up UWSA! As part of the Arriscraft Lecture Series, Susan Zielinski will be giving a lecture tomorrow, Thursday February 6th at 6:45pm, in the main lecture theatre. The lecture is titled “The Whole Enchilada: A Systems Approach to Transforming Transportation.”   Susan Zielinski Managing Director, SMART, Michigan Transportation Research Institute: http://www.umsmart.org/ Susan Zielinski is Managing Director […]

Come down to the main lecture hall TODAY, Thursday January 30, at 6:45 pm, where writer Jane Farrow and Professor Paul Hess will be giving a lecture entitled “It’s Not All Café Latté: Walking Toronto’s Inner Suburbs”.   Jane Farrow Journalist; Founding Director of Jane’s Walk, an NGO based in Toronto engaged in walkability initiatives […]

As a part of the Arriscraft Lecture series, Leslie Woo of Metrolinx will be giving a lecture entitled “Mobility Choice: Who Will Save Us From Ourselves?” this Thursday, January 23 at 6:45pm in the main lecture theatre.   Leslie Woo leads innovative and award-winning urban planning initiatives transforming urban development in one of the world’s most […]

Kelly Shannon of the Oslo School of Architecture will be kicking off the winter term of the 2013-2014 Arriscraft Lecture Series with a lecture entitled: “Interplays: Policy, Politics, and Design” this Thursday, January 16, 2014 at 6:45pm in the main lecture theatre.   Current: Professor of Landscape Architecture at Oslo School of Architecture & Design, […]

The Arriscraft lecture series is back for the winter term with new and exciting lecturers who, by complete coincidence, have incorporated some form of food into the title of their lecture. Either they happened to be hungry while writing it, or food and architecture will always go hand in hand. Maybe they are trying to […]

  Would you like to see your studio project published on the BRIDGE website and exhibited in Monigram? The BRIDGE team is inviting you to submit your most recent studio project to the Fall 2013 Call for Submissions.   Submission Requirements: project description project title manifesto, 200-300 words 3 jpeg images, 900px wide Send all submissions […]

Pamela Blais will be the last of the lecturers from the Arriscraft series for this fall term. Pamela will be giving a lecture entitled “Building On Transit” this Thursday, November 21 at 6:45pm in the Main Lecture Hall.   Pamela Blais is an urban planner and Principal of Metropole Consultants Ltd. Her professional focus is […]

Last week, Super Typhoon Haiyan (also known as Super Typhoon Yolanda) made landfall in the central islands of the Philippines. This has been one of the most severe typhoons ever recorded- Haiyan brought sustained winds of 235km/h. The UN has estimated that 9.5 million people have been affected nationally, and 10,000 have lost their lives. […]

UWSA’s own Professor Donald McKay will be giving a lecture entitled FINDING WAYS I & II on his past and recent work with WayFinding this Thursday, November 7 at 6:45pm in the main lecture theatre.   Team I (2010-11) Lauren Barhydt Maun Demchenko Chloe Doesburg Sarah Neault   Team II (2013) James Clarke-Hicks Lindsey Nette […]

Paul Noskiewicz of NORR Architects and Engineers will be kicking off the 2013-2014 Arriscraft Lecture Series with a lecture entitled: “Re-Working Union Station” this Thursday, October 17, 2013 at 6:45pm in the main lecture theatre.   Paul Noskiewicz, Project Director with NORR Limited Architects Engineers Planners, joined the firm in 1990 and has led numerous large scale […]

The Arriscraft Lecture Series is back! This last year [2012-13] the Twenty-Fifth Annual Arriscraft Lecture Series – ARCHITECTURE OUTSIDE THE LINES – at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture investigated the edge of architecture, where architects, clients, planners, and other participants in the building world talked about work outside of the conventional boundaries of the architectural profession. Eight remarkable individuals engaging in new […]

Last weekend the 2A class was able to visit and experience one of the most exhilarating cities in the world: New York, New York (a city so nice, they had to name it twice). Here are a few photos from our travels.     Photos by Nikola Miloradovic       Photos by Ji Shi […]

  Who doesn’t love food? Who doesn’t love FRESH food? Who doesn’t love LOCAL, FRESH food? Who doesn’t love DELICIOUS, LOCAL, FRESH food? No one, that’s who. Get your sleep-deprived butts out of bed on Wednesday and Saturday mornings for the best selection of fresh fruits & vegetables (hand-picked, some organic, come from a 100km radius of the market), farm […]

If you ask me, the final days of Waterloo Architecture O-Week 2013 were just precious. SO MUCH LOVE! No seriously, the incoming first years showed so much enthusiasm, making them super fun to photograph. Bridge, meet a few of our newbies! (We dressed them up as architects… creative, right?)   Q: Where are you from? […]

I step out of Ossington station into the summer heat, in search of a magical place called Site3. “Just cross the street, turn into the back alley behind the church, and look for the big red door!” the internet tells me. I have to convince myself to trust the internet, at least just this once. […]

On June 18th and 19th, The Stop Community Food Centre will be hosting their second annual Stop Night Market in the Honest Ed’s alleyway in Toronto, inviting over 50 Toronto chefs as well as showcasing the food cart designs of Waterloo Architecture students and alumni. A call for proposals back in February got the […]

  I recently had the pleasure of meeting up with the amazing Timea Jakab, who is a Waterloo Architecture alumna and current adjunct professor at our school. We met in Toronto at University and Adelaide, over green tea and avocado-on-toast, where we discussed her current role as a member of the design committee in this […]

On June 18th and 19th, The Stop Community Food Centre will be hosting their second annual Stop NightMarket in the Honest Ed’s alleyway in Toronto, inviting over 50 Toronto chefs as well as showcasing the food cart designs of Waterloo Architecture students and alumni. A call for proposals back in February got the juices flowing, […]

On June 18th and 19th, The Stop Community Food Centre will be hosting their second annual Stop Night Market in the Honest Ed’s alleyway in Toronto, inviting over 50 Toronto chefs as well as showcasing the food cart designs of Waterloo Architecture students and alumni. A call for proposals back in February got the juices flowing, […]