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Alumni News
Alumni team wins Winnipeg Warming Huts Competition
A team of Dalhousie architecture alumni including Lisa Tondino (MArch’94), Alexandra Bolen (MArch’12), Mathew Rodrigues (BEDS’16), and Drew Klassen (MArchFP’92) was one of three winners of this year’s Warming Huts competition in Winnipeg.
Alumna honoured by Interior Design Magazine
Rand Abdul Jabbar (BEDS’11) of Dubai, UAE had been listed as one of ten emerging talents in the Middle East and North Africa in Interior Design Magazine.
Seeking alumni lab leaders for 2017 summer free labs!
To celebrate twenty-five fantastic years of Free Labs we’re inviting all Dalhousie Architecture alumni to consider joining this adventure. The Labs have grown into a vital part of our school and of our students’ learning: we now see them as a way of reconnecting and enriching the whole TUNS/Dalhousie Architecture community.
Bohdanow receives inaugural HUB award
Stephanie Bohdanow (MPlan’07) receives one of the inaugural HUB Awards for her impact on an industry dedicated to re-purposing damaged land.
Hope Blooms community greenhouse wins Lieutenant Governor’s Award
The Hope Blooms Community Greenhouse in Halifax, NS has been awarded a 2015 Lieutenant Governor’s Award from the Nova Scotia Association of Architects for its outstanding design.
Library architects win Governor General’s Medal
George Cotaras (BSc’76, BEDS (TUNS)’79, BArch (TUNS)’81) reflects on winning the Governor General’s Medal in Architecture for the Halifax Central Library.
Scott & Scott win Young Architect Award
Partners in life and business, Susan and David Scott of Scott & Scott Architects are the 2016 RAIC Young Architect Award winners.
2016 Keystone Awards a success!
Celebrating the success of the third biennial Keystone Awards, hosted by Dalhousie’s School of Architecture, in partnership with the Nova Scotia Association of Architects.
Architects take “life-changing” menstrual kits to Ghana
Architecture alumni Jennifer Corson (BEDS (TUNS)’90, MArFP (TUNS)’91) and Keith Robertson (BEDS (TUNS)’91, MArFP (TUNS)’92) prepare hand-made menstrual kits to carry on their latest journey to West Africa.
MacKay-Lyons receives lifetime honour in London
A Q&A with Brian MacKay-Lyons (BSc’73, BEDS (NSTC)’77, BArch (NSTC)’78), whose recent award win ranks him among Canada’s all-time most decorated architects.