Christine Leu was named to the RAIC College of Fellows for 2020. The College of Fellows of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) bestows Fellowship to RAIC members in recognition of outstanding achievement. Christine joins Anne Cormier, Patricia Swanson, Dan McNeil, D’Arcy Arthurs and other architects from across Canada in this year’s cohort.
We had an opportunity to guide the talented students of the Institute Without Boundaries in the development of their exhibition ‘Playroom TO: Towards an Ethical Smart City’, part of the DesignTO Festival 2020. Examining the potential of ethical smart cities to solve global challenges, the exhibition invites guests to contribute their values and ideas in building innovative models for the future.
Our multi-part public artwork at TTC’s Wilson subway station is taking shape this month as elements are being installed on-site. The series of pieces located throughout the several levels and spaces in the station will be visible and touchable as people navigate their respective transportation trajectories.
Watch the development and process of our project Thermally Speakingfor Nuit Blanche 2019, realized with collaborative support and engagement from the CITYLights Toronto initiative.
We had the good fortune of being awarded Honourable Mention at the City of London’s 2019 Urban Design Awards for our Terry Fox commemorative landscape artwork ‘Following in his Footsteps’. Realized in collaboration with Robert Cram Workshop, the project provides an experiential perspective into Terry Fox’s journey, inviting participants to physically engage with the pathway and gardens along London’s Thames River.
We were also nominated for a City of Edmonton Urban Design Award in the Urban Fragments category for our project ‘Animal Family’ at the Edmonton Valley Zoo.
Our transformation of the Fort York Visitor Centre saw thousands of visitors over the course of Nuit Blanche 2019 Toronto, with participants engaging the work in surprising ways. The success of the project was the result of a collaboration with Mulvey & Banani Lighting and volunteers, along with close communication with curators Rui Pimenta and Layne Hinton, as well as the staff at the Fort York Visitor Centre and City of Toronto. Stay tuned for full photographic and video documentation.
Our ‘Animal Family’ project, opened this summer at the Edmonton Valley Zoo, is up for an Urban Design Award with the City of Edmonton.
Vote for our project for a People’s Choice Award!
LeuWebb Projects is a part of this October’s Nuit Blanche Toronto, with our project Thermally Speaking. The independent project, realized in collaboration with Mulvey & Banani, will take over the Fort York Visitor Centre, within the Creation: Destruction zone of the festival. More details to follow…
August saw media international coverage for our ‘Long Division’ project in several publications, including Glocal Design Magazine (Mexico), mooool design (China), Floor Nature (Italy). We’re happy that the project is able to reach a larger audience and potentially engage in a wider discourse around the nature of barriers and divisions across a variety of global contexts.
Fabrication work is underway for our ‘Outside the Lines’ public art piece for the TTC’s Wilson Subway Station. Working with Punchclock Metalworks, the sinuous curves of the elements are taking shape.
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