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Blanche Lemco van Ginkel awarded the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Gold Medal

lanthierj — Thu, 21 May 2020 14:47:41 +0000

Blanche Lemco van Ginkel awarded the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Gold Medal

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Blanche Lemco van Ginkel, former dean of the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design, has received the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Gold Medal in recognition of her significant and lasting contributions to architecture in Canada.

Lemco van Ginkel, who became dean in 1977, is believed to be first woman to have led a school of architecture in North America. She taught at the Daniels Faculty until 1993.

Her notable achievements as an architect include studies of Old Montreal that helped preserve the city’s historic core amid highway construction, a design for Bowring Park in St. John’s, and a preliminary plan for Expo 67.

The award jury wrote that Lemco van Ginkel “has had a profound influence on architectural thinking, education and practice. She has been an inspiration to generations of architects, and has consistently furthered the architectural and planning discourse through publication and practice.”

In 2015, the Daniels Faculty established the Professor Blanche Lemco van Ginkel Admission Scholarship, in recognition of her achievements and leadership.

Richard Sommer Receives Distinguished Professor Award

s.anderson — Wed, 26 Feb 2020 13:23:35 +0000

Richard Sommer Receives Distinguished Professor Award

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Richard Sommer, dean of the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design, is one of the recipients of this year’s Distinguished Professor Awards from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA).

The awards recognize individuals whose work provides significant insight into the understanding and advancement of architecture and architectural education.

Since arriving at the ��Ƶ in 2009, Professor Sommer has led a transformation of the Daniels Faculty. Mobilizing talented colleagues, he built an inventive undergraduate foundation in architectural studies, renewed the school’s three graduate professional programs, created a PhD in Architecture, Landscape, and Design, incorporated U of T’s programs in art, curatorial studies and forestry, and ultimately quadrupled the size of the school. His boldest achievement – overseeing the construction of the award-winning One Spadina Crescent – was the result of a collaboration with a large design team led by NADAAA.

Sommer will receive his medallion and be elected to ACSA’s College of Distinguished Professors at the organization's national conference in San Diego on March 12.

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First-year PhD students from Atlantic provinces receive C. David Naylor University Fellowships

rahul.kalvapalle — Sun, 10 Nov 2019 15:05:11 +0000

First-year PhD students from Atlantic provinces receive C. David Naylor University Fellowships

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rahul.kalvapalle Sun, 11/10/2019 - 10:05

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Seshu Iyengar and Joel Goodwin (Photos by Perry King)

Seshu Iyengar and Joel Goodwin, both first-year PhD students from the Maritimes, have been selected as the recipients of the C. David Naylor University Fellowships.

Established with the support of the Arthur L. Irving Family Foundation, the fellowship, named after ��Ƶ President Emeritus David Naylor, awards $30,000 to outstanding students from Atlantic Canada who are entering the first year of a full-time doctoral or doctoral-stream program.

Iyengar, a graduate of the University of New Brunswick, is working on a PhD in physics at U of T Mississauga. His research focuses on biological physics with a view to developing better drugs for cancer treatments, enhancing genetic therapies and improving patient interventions.

Goodwin,a graduate of Acadia University, is pursuing a PhD in the forestry program at the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design. He is studying the optimization of traps for invasive beetle species, with field research to be conducted in northern Ontario and central Louisiana.

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