We’re honoured to have been selected for consideration for Azure Magazine’s AZ Awards 2021, category Lighting Installations, for our project ‘Thermally Speaking’.
Voting closes May 21, 2021, so please hop on over and cast your ballot!
Christine was a invited as a featured guest speaker on the Architectural Education / Off the Record podcast. Hosted by Ryerson University Architectural Science Associate Professor Vincent Hui, the podcast provides a candid series of interviews on all things related to architectural education.
A preview: “Professor, Practitioner, Artist, and more recently, a newly-appointed Fellow of the Royal Architecture Institute of Canada, Christine Leu gives us a glimpse into her perspectives on design-builds to disastrous studio projects. In this episode shares some tips on how she expanded her career beyond practicing architecture into creative, public artwork and teaching.”
Bringing this one out of the archives, a nice little video from when we were interviewed by the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) way back in 2017.
This video features excerpts from interviews with emerging architectural and urban design professionals in which they discuss their experiences and approach to design practice. The video features: Steven Beites (Beites & Co.); Christine Leu and Alan Webb (LeuWebb); Ariane Cote-Belisle, Raphael Brissette, Maggie Cabana, and Olivier Lajeunesse-Travers (Microclimat); Maxim Bragoli (Pepiniere&Co); Mark Erickson and Matthew Kennedy (Studio North); Vanessa Fong [pictured above] (VFA and The Fold Collaborative Workspace).
Our feature interview in STIR World was published this month. A thoughtful conversation with author Dilpreet Bhullar provided some interesting insights into our creative process and projects.
Alan presented his research on Gordon Matta-Clark’s film work at the 2021 Architecture & Film symposium this month. ‘The Gravity of Perception: Unearthing the Subterranean Films of Gordon Matta-Clark’ examines the works ‘Substraits: Underground Dailies’ (1976) and ‘Sous-Sols de Paris’ (1977) in the context of architecture and the cinematic lens.
We’re honoured to be working with Adrian Stimson and the MBTW Group in developing a design proposal for the National Monument to Canada’s Mission in Afghanistan. Team Stimson would like to express our appreciation to Veterans Affairs Canada, the Department of Canadian Heritage, the National Capital Commission and the Phase I jury for selecting our team for the shortlist for Phase II of this design competition.
We will honour and reflect upon the consultations with veterans, families and other stakeholders in our research, creative exploration and design process. The mission was and continues to be an important and complicated part of both Canada and Afghanistan’s history. Our hope is to create a monument that expresses Canada’s gratitude for the sacrifices made by Canadians who lost their lives or were injured. To examine and understand the mission, to create a place where all people can gather to learn, reflect, remember and heal.
Alan and Christine were each awarded an Artscape Daniels Launchpad Digital Bursary to explore and create new work in the digital realm.
The bursary provide a unique opportunity to develop work drawing upon the resources, infrastructure and creative support network of the Launchpad.
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.
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