EVENTS
1. T.S.A. 2010 walkable cities POSTER DESIGN COMPETITION:
2. Study Trip to the Cotswolds, UK
3. Erratics: Claude Cormier retrospective exhibition
4. Adrian Blackwell: Model for a Public Space [Knot]
5. Demonstration to Save Brantford Main Street
6. Ron Williamson Lecture: Graves at Don Jail
7. Willowbank Canova Field School in Northern Italy
8. Willowbank Lecture Series
9. Building Storeys 2010: A Photo Exhibit of Toronto's Industrial Past
10. Study Trip to the Cotswolds, UK Presented through: Heritage Resources Centre
11. Heritage Resources Centre Witner 2010 Lunch and Learn Series
12. Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada Annual Conference
13. CCA's exhibition Actions: What You Can Do With the City
1. T.S.A. 2010 walkable cities POSTER DESIGN COMPETITION:
5th Annual Competition to Celebrate and Raise Awareness of Walkability
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| Yonge Street north of Queen Street, 1901 (City of Toronto Archives) |
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The Toronto Society of Architects (TSA) invites submissions for this years poster design competition to promote and raise awareness around walkability . The purpose of the competition is to produce an image that draws attention to the value of pedestrian oriented design in cities, and that illustrates how a culture of walking can enhance economic, social, and ecological sustainability. Fostering a robust culture of walking will make daily life in the city healthier, richer, and more enjoyable. Creating spaces for sustainable and active modes of transportation on city streets is essential, through streets, public spaces, and environments that promote walking, cycling, and transit. The focus of this competition is how to foster a public realm which promotes walking and thus leads to a more sustainable city environment. Competition Sponsors: Astley-Gilbert and the Public Realm Section, Transportation Services, City of Toronto Competition Details: Competition is open to everyone, including students and professional artists Participants must register by April 6, 2010 Cash prizes: $1,000 first prize; $600 second prize; $400 third prize Submissions are due by April 20, 2010 (only electronic submissions will be accepted) Designs may use any form of photography, illustration, collage, or typography, provided no copyrights are violated in the design Intellectual property rights (copyright and moral rights) of the poster design submissions will remain with the designers Posters must be A1 size (594 x 841 mm / 23.4 x 33.1 inches) Judging is scheduled for April 27, 2010 Full details about the competition, including a copy of the competition brief, are available on the TSA website or by writing to poster@torontosocietyofarchitects.ca. Announcements and exhibition of winners will be made at the Toronto the Good party, which will take place in May. . The TSA will announce a list of exhibition venues at this time as well. Interested parties and sponsors should contact the TSA at tsa@torontosocietyofarchitects.ca.
2. Study Trip to the Cotswolds, UK
Presented through: Heritage Resources Centre
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Come and tour the Cotswolds with us. This area of England is known for its scenic villages, historic architecture and as a Regional Destination for Heritage Tourism. We will learn from local people about how the small towns and villages promote themselves cooperatively and attract tourists. We will meet local tourism officials, site operators, entrepreneurs and cultural experts. |
Date: |
June 27 to July 4, 2010 |
Cost: |
The cost is $1,800.00 per person. Includes: the flight, five days bed and breakfast and tour. |
Info: |
A $200 deposit will be required to hold your spot Full Payment by March 15, 2010. Make Cheques Payable to: Robert Shipley or Marg Rowell with Cotswolds Study Tour 2010 in the Memo Line on the cheque Contact: rowell01@sympatico.ca |
Flight:
The tour leaves on Sunday June 27, 2010 from Toronto. We fly to Gatwick Airport in London and arrive Monday June 28, 2010. Return flight from London is on July 4th but different return date can arranged subject to a surcharge of $100.
The Tour Includes:
Return Flight Bus from Gatwick to Oxford
" 5 nights bed & breakfast in Oxford Brooks University Residence (Private single rooms with ensuite bath - very basic university rooms but walking distance fro central Oxford)
" 4 days of touring in a coach with local guide Mike Breakell, former Senior Lecturer in Planning and current District Councillor
" Professor Robert Shipley will meet the tour in Oxford
Program:
Details Subject to Change
Day 1 - Monday
Check in to Residence, optional walking tour of Oxford, free time
Day 2 - Tuesday
North Cotswolds - Chipping Norton, Moreton in Marsh, Stow on the Wold
Day 3 Wednesday
Trip to Bath
Day 4 Thursday
Southern Area Lechlade, Cirencester, Kelmscot
Day 5 Friday
Central Cotswolds - Burford, Witney and meetings with tourism officials
3. Erratics: Claude Cormier retrospective exhibition
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Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States Location Harvard University Graduate School of Design |
Date: |
March 22-May 12 2010 |
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Erratics, an exhibition focused on the genealogy of rock landscape features the work of Montreal-based Claude Cormier, and will be on display in GUND Hall at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. On April 7, 2010, Cormier will also deliver the Daniel Urban Kiley lecture, entitled “Colour is Not a Decoration” at Harvard GSD. Cormier leads the design firm Claude Cormier, architectes paysagistes inc., a highly successful landscape architecture and urban design firm based in Montreal whose portfolio of work extends across North America, Europe and Asia. He spent the first 20 years of his life on the family farm in rural Quebec and the past 20 in the city of Montreal. He studied agronomy at Guelph University, Landscape Architecture at the University of Toronto, and History & Theory of Design at Harvard University. In 1995, Cormier founded his Montreal-based landscape design office, which now comprises a team of six diverse landscape architects, all well-travelled individuals. They work on many projects types, from metropolitan planning mandates to temporary installations for garden festivals and everything in between.
Over the past decade, Claude Cormier Architectes Paysagistes has produced an iconic body of work that has been recognized nationally and internationally. Cormier was selected as an Emerging Voice for North America by the Architectural League of New York, and his firm’s projects have garnered honours from organizations that include the American Society of Landscape Architects, the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects, the Montreal Institute of Design, Heritage Montreal, and the Quebec Association of Landscape Architects. Cormier has taught at the University of Montreal and has lectured across Canada and the United States.
4. Adrian Blackwell: Model for a Public Space [Knot]
Exhibition
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Location Reading Room, Hart House, University of Toronto, 7 Hart House Circle |
Date: |
March 1-31 2010 |
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Admission is free and open to the public |
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Toronto artist/architect Adrian Blackwell presents a new instance of Model for a Public Space. Staged in the Reading Room, a students’ social space located in Hart House at the University of Toronto, Blackwell’s project is concerned with the inevitably knotted nature of public discourses. They intertwine, affect, antagonize, fold over themselves, and flee in different directions. Model for a Public Space [Knot] is a seating formation which reflects this structure of discourse in its physical arrangement. Consisting of a set of concentric bleachers, the installation provides singular locations for divergent perspectives while allowing a large number of people to sit and talk comfortably in close proximity to one another, The work considers both senses of the word “model” – it is at once a projective idea about how people relate to one another, and a temporary maquette. It acts as both an idea or diagram, and a material object, an experiment in the relation between form and social engagement. MPS [Knot] is part of extra-curricular: between art and pedagogy, an international conference exploring the relationship between art and education. It will be the site for various discussions taking place during the second phase of the conference titled, beyond institutions.
Adrian Blackwell is a visual artist and architectural and urban designer whose work has been exhibited at artist-run centres and museums across Canada.
5. Demonstration to Save Brantford Main Street
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| Colborne St. in and out |
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RBC bank (22 Colborne St., by the bridge) |
Date: |
Monday, March 8th |
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5:00 pm |
We'll travel up Colborne Street, past the 41 heritage buildings we're striving to save, and walk up to Brantford's City Hall to peacefully gather before Monday's Council Meeting.
Editor’s Note: I would be there if I could, but alas will be on a plane coming back from a holiday in Sanibel.
6. Ron Williamson Lecture: Graves at Don Jail
Riverdale Historical Society AGM
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Riverdale Public Library |
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Saturday, April 17th |
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Please mark Saturday, April 17th on your calendars for our Annual General Meeting at the Riverdale Library. This year Ron Williamson will be our guest and we will be viewing 'Hangman's Graveyard', a story of the archeological excavation at Toronto's infamous Don Jail which uncovered the graves of 15 men who went to the gallows between 1880 and 1932.
7. Willowbank Canova Field School in Northern Italy
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Northern Italy |
Date: |
June 13- July 4 |
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Join Canadian conservation architect Julian Smith and his Italian conservation colleagues for a rare educational opportunity. The Willowbank Canova Field School program involves documenting and revitalizing an abandoned medieval stone village near Milan. The structure of the field school reflects Willowbanks emphasis on combining theory and practice. Participants will be engaged in philosophical and technical debates as well as the hard but satisfying work of rebuilding beautiful stone and wood medieval structures.
For more than 30 years, Julian has been a leader in efforts to ensure the conservation of Canadas historic places. He has established a national and international reputation for his work in the conservation, restoration and adaptive reuse of historic properties. He is noted for his sensitive designs for contemporary insertions in historic settings, and for the development of master plans, urban design studies and heritage district plans for significant urban and rural places. His Italian colleagues have been breathing new life into decaying medieval villages in the Domodossola area of northern Italy, in the foothills of the Alps. The Canova Association brings together local and international participants to share experiences and stimulate local investment in conservation and adaptive reuse. It also hosts an annual Canova International Architect Encounter, an intimate international forum with participants from around the globe. They gather in the beautiful Canova setting to discuss and debate best practices in conservation, sustainability, and revitalization.
2010 Canova International Architect Encounter
Highly respected Gustavo Araoz, AIA, President of the International Council of Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) will be participating in the 2010 Canova Encounter.
Born in Cuba, Mr. Araoz is a preservation architect by training. His career combines professional practice, academia, and institutional management. He has served as Executive Director of the United States Committee of ICOMOS since 1995. Since 2002, he has served as International Vice President of ICOMOS, spearheading organizational reforms and advocating greater engagement of ICOMOS members worldwide. He has taught at several universities in the US, including the University of Pennsylvania. He has been visiting professor at the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil, the Catholic University of Salta in Argentina, and at CICOP in Tenerife and Buenos Aires.
Participants in the Willowbank Canova Italy field school will have a rare opportunity to spend 2 days at the Encounter.
Field School Program
Field Documentation and Design Analysis (five days)
Canova Encounter (two days)
Stone Building Restoration (nine days)
Case Studies (two days)
Field Trips (three days)
For more information about the Field School Program visit: willowbank.ca
8. Willowbank Lecture Series
THE ART OF LANDSCAPE: THE PICTURESQUE, THE BEAUTIFUL AND THE SUBLIME
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Willowbank, 14487 Niagara Parkway, Queenston, Ontario |
Date: |
March 20th |
Time: |
10 -12 pm |
Info: |
http://www.willowbank.ca/content/school/lecture-series/lecture/ |
March 20: Julian Smith, architect and scholar, will introduce the topic and the series. He has recently returned from Paris, where he worked with UNESCOs World Heritage Centre to draft a new International Recommendation on Historic Urban Landscapes. His cultural landscape approach to heritage conservation has gained international attention through his projects and writings. He will also be joined by chamber musicians performing early 19th Century music inspired by landscape, and by John Osbaldeston, well known to BBC and CBC listeners, reading poetry of the period.
April 3: Wendy Shearer, landscape architect, will speak about her experiences restoring some of the great landscapes of southern Ontario, from the 19th and 20th Century. She is known as one of Canadas foremost landscape restoration specialists, and is familiar with Willowbank and its early 19th Century context as a faculty associate.
April 17: Jennifer Dickson, Order of Canada and member of the Royal Academy of Arts in England, is broadly recognized as the pre-eminent artist interpreting the Picturesque tradition in landscape. Her work is in the National Gallery and other collections world-wide, and her gallery shows and presentations are always much anticipated. Her presentation will be intensely visual, with commentary.
May 1: Linda Dicaire, has been involved with historic landscapes in Canada and abroad. She was Chief Landscape Architect for the National Historic Sites program of Parks Canada, and has been active with the ICOMOS International Committee on Gardens and Landscapes. She is currently head of Design Approvals for the National Capital Commission. She will speak about the historic landscape traditions across Canada.
May 15: Noah Richler, is a writer and journalist, who has explored many facets of our connection with landscape. Among his projects for the BBC was a series on landscape and identity in different countries. His book This is My Country, Whats Yours? A Literary Landscape of Canada reflects his own literary tradition, including that of his father Mordecai Richler, and our present Canadian reality.
May 29: Mark Laird, landscape architect and historian, divides his time between teaching at Harvard, working out of his Toronto home, and restoring some of the great National Trust properties in the U.K. including Hestercombe and Painshill Park. He is one of the worlds authorities on the Picturesque, and his book The Flowering of the Landscape Garden, has been so influential that a major conference will be held this year in the U.K. to discuss the Laird phenomenon. He will speak about the great 18th Century landscape tradition and its legacy.
June 12: Joan Coutu, is an art historian whose two special areas of interest have been the 18th Century landscape garden in England and the 20th Century landscape tradition in Canada. She has focused specifically on the Niagara Parkway and other large-scale public landscapes built during the period of Mackenzie King as Prime Minister and Thomas McQuesten as Ontarios Minister of Public Works. She will speak about the reinterpretation of the Picturesque in the Niagara Parks Commission activities of the 1930s, and their relationship to ideas of Canadian and Ontario identity.
Early July: Jackie Maxwell is known in Canada and abroad as Artistic Director of the Shaw Festival, and acclaimed director. She has agreed to direct a play reading of Tom Stoppards Arcadia, a provocative and complex play which uses the Picturesque landscape tradition as a sub-text and foil for Stoppards exploration of order and chaos. The actors and actresses will be drawn from the Shaw Festival and acting community, and they will bring the play to life in a Willowbank setting. There are fascinating parallels the historical play is set in the early 19th Century, close to the time Willowbanks original landscape was created, and a key figure is Hannah Jarvis, the name of the woman who spent many years at Willowbank in the mid-19th Century helping her widowed daughter Hannah Jarvis Hamilton raise her 10 children.
Admission to each session is $25, with an admission price of $20 for Friends of Willowbank. Seating is limited, so advance registration is advised. For reservations, contact Carol Perrin at 905-262-1239, x21, or email willowbank@willowbank.ca.
Willowbank is located on the Niagara Parkway overlooking the historic Village of Queenston, Willowbank is conveniently located 5 minutes from Highway 405, or 10 minutes along the Niagara Parkway from the town of Niagara-on-the-Lake.
To learn more about the lecture series or Willowbanks academic programs visit www.willowbank.ca
This lecture series has been generously sponsored by E. Oliver-Malone and R. Malone.
9. Building Storeys 2010: A Photo Exhibit of Toronto's Industrial Past
Place: |
The Gladstone Hotel 3rd and 4th Floors 1214 Queen St. W. Toronto |
Date: |
February 4 to April 25th |
Time: |
12:00 - 5:00pm daily |
Info: |
Due to popular demand, we have extended the exhibition to April 25th!
A collaborative effort by Heritage Toronto and members of Toronto's Shadow Collective and DK Photo Group, Building Storeys is a visual documentation and anecdotal exhibit of our city's historical industrial buildings and sites. Building Storeys changes the perception of industrial heritage in our city, by revealing the hidden beauty of these sites.
Featured in this years free exhibit are 12 of Torontos notable and in some cases closed to the public industrial buildings and sites:
The John Street Roundhouse
R.L. Hearn Generating Station
R.L. Clark Water Treatment Plant
Commissioners Street Transfer Station
Ashbridges Bay Wastewater Treatment Plant/Ashbridges Bay Treatment Plant Pumping Stations
CNR Eastern Lines Locomotive Shop, 85 Laird Drive
R.C. Harris Water Filtration Plant
The Pease Foundry, 211 Laird Drive
Toronto Island Water Filtration Plant
North Toronto Wastewater Treatment Plant
Canada Linseed Oil Mills
Wellington Destructor
10. Study Trip to the Cotswolds, UK Presented through: Heritage Resources Centre
Date: |
June 27-July4 - Deadline for application, March 15, 2010 |
Cost: |
$1800.00/person |
Info: |
To Register Please E-mail rowell01@sympatico.ca A $200 deposit will be required to hold your spot Full Payment by March 15, 2010. Make Cheques Payable to: Robert Shipley (In trust ? Study Tour 2010) |
Study Trip to the Cotswolds, UK Presented through: Heritage Resources Centre
TOUR LEAVES SUNDAY JUNE 27, 2010 FROM TORONTO TO LONDON GATWICK
FIVE DAY STAY IN OXFORD WITH FOUR DAYS TOURING IN THE COTSWOLD HILLS
RETURN SUNDAY JULY 4, 2010 ? DIFFERENT RETURN DATE CAN BE ARRANGED SUBJECT TO ADDITIONAL CHARGE
Come and tour the Cotswolds with us. This area of England is known for its scenic villages, historic architecture and as a Regional Destination for Heritage Tourism. We will learn from local people about how the small towns and villages promote themselves cooperatively and attract tourists. We will meet local tourism officials, site operators, entrepreneurs and cultural experts.
Flight:
The tour leaves on Sunday June 27, 2010 from Toronto. We fly to Gatwick Airport in London and arrive Monday June 28, 2010. Return flight from London is on July 4th but different return date can arranged subject to a surcharge of $100.
The Tour Includes:
Return Flight Bus from Gatwick to Oxford
5 nights bed & breakfast in Oxford Brooks University Residence (Private single rooms with ensuite bath - very basic university rooms but walking distance fro central Oxford)
4 days of touring in a coach with local guide Mike Breakell, former Senior Lecturer in Planning and current District Councillor
Professor Robert Shipley will meet the tour in Oxford
Program:
Details Subject to Change
Day 1- Check in to Residence, optional walking tour of Oxford, free time
Day 2- North Cotswolds - Chipping Norton, Morton-on-Marsh, Stow
Day 3- Southern Area ? Lechlade, Cirencester, Cheltenham
Day 4- Central Cotswolds - Burford, Whitney and meetings with tourism officials
Day 5- Trip to Bath
Limit of 23 people
Cost Includes the flight, five days bed and breakfast and tour.
Lunches and dinners are not included
Historic Places Initiative
Heritage Resources Centre
Tel: (519) 888 4567 ext. 36921
Email: pdubniak@uwaterloo.ca
Website: http://www.fes.uwaterloo.ca/research/hrc/
11. Heritage Resources Centre Witner 2010 Lunch and Learn Series
Info: |
Join the Heritage Resources Centre
from 12pm until 1pm
Bring your lunch and learn about heritage issues!
Monday, February 22nd
Adaptive Reuse
By: Ronald Bean - Professor, Conestoga College
Location: University of Waterloo
Room: Ev1 221
Monday, March 22nd
Urban Energy
By: Dr. Geoffrey Lewis - Assistant Professor, Faculty of Environment, University of Waterloo
Location: University of Waterloo
Room: Ev1 221
12. Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada Annual Conference
Traditions of Ingenuity
Place: |
Lunenburg, Nova Scotia |
Date: |
May 26 - 29, 2010 |
Info: |
The Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada is now accepting paper proposals for its 2010 conference, Traditions of Ingenuity, which will be held in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, May 26-29.
A UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site since 1995, Lunenburg offers a compact and comprehensible townscape, an intact 18th-century colonial street plan, a fine
collection of buildings from a broad span of time, and a vivid maritime setting. It also faces, on a daily basis, the many problems and opportunities of a heritage site in the 21st century.
Proposals for papers will be accepted until January 31, 2010. Please see the SSAC website for details.
13. CCA's exhibition Actions: What You Can Do With the City
travels to Chicago's Graham Foundation
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Date: |
until 13 March 2010 |
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After great critical and public acclaim while it was on view in Montreal from 26 November 2008 to 19 April 2009, the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) is pleased to announce that its exhibition Actions: What You Can Do With the City is now presented by the prestigious Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts in Chicago .
