Waterloo Architecture

The University of Waterloo School of Architecture invites alumni engaged in collaborative practice and contemporary discourse to curate the annual MASTERWORKS exhibition.  
Applicants are asked to submit proposals for an exhibition that addresses a key matter of concern in contemporary architecture, showcasing their postgraduate work within a collaborative practice alongside recent exemplary thesis work from the School of Architecture. We encourage applications from a wide range of collaborative practices, from architectural, artistic, and craft practices to publication and curation. 
Proposals are due by March 15, 2026. The exhibition is scheduled to open in July 2026 at the Riverside Gallery.  
 
Applicants are required to submit:
1) Title and brief description (150–250 words); 
2) Project documentation (up to 5 images or equivalent media); 
3) CVs of applicant(s); and  
4) Installation requirements+ prospective budge
 
For full details, questions and to submit visit the link in our bio
 
https://uwaterloo.ca/architecture/news/call-submissions-masterworks-curatorexhibitor

Waterloo Architecture students won several awards in the 4th Annual GVSA Student Competition, organized by the Grand Valley Society of Architects.

Three projects claimed $1,000 first-place awards:

Hespeler Symposium by Matthias Pahlavi and Sophie Spiegl (Collaborative Category & People’s Choice Award).

Takwaxíikaan (Turtle House) by Jackson A., Leif Lovlin, and Sophie (Jinhong) Rioux (Creative Category).

Moving Cities by Jessica Wang and Jessica J. (Technical Category).

Honourable Mentions were given to:

Rivercourt Commons by Megan Sobkowich and Mariem Saad (Collaborative Category)

Community Roots Innovation Kitchen by Caelan Shaw (Technical Category)

Rising Tides by Molly McCormack (Creative Category).

To learn more about the winning projects, visit:

Waterloo Architecture Students Win Top Honours at GVSA Student Competition | Architecture | University of Waterloo Students from the University of Waterloo School of Architecture have earned top recognition in the 4th Annual GVSA Student Competition.

Tomorrow is the opening reception for TO·BE·LONGING: Portraits of Q***r Living. An exhibition curated by our inaugural Emerging Practitioner Teaching Fellow, Quan Thai!

https://uwaterloo.ca/architecture/events

Rome term is always a highlight of our Undergraduate Program. This fall, 4a students Ella Caudle and Mattan Jin shared some of their reflections on life and learning in the Eternal City as part of an ongoing series of student articles published by Cambridge Today.

Waterloo Architecture Students Reflect on Life and Learning in Rome | Architecture | University of Waterloo Fourth-year students Ella Caudle and Mattan Jin shared reflections on their first month of the Rome term with Cambridge Today.

On Saturday, October 25 the Class of '25 received their BAS degrees. Congratulations to all!!

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Linda Zhang and the entire team behind Let’s Build a Collective Memory of Chinatown! This groundbreaking initiative has been recognized with the Heritage Toronto Public History Award, celebrating its innovative approach to preserving living heritage through community-led storytelling and design.

The project, developed as part of Assistant Professor Linda Zhang's ARCH 393 Option Design Studio, ran from Fall 2024 to Spring 2025 in Toronto and Cambridge, bringing together over 300 Chinatown residents across four generations to explore how shared memory and imagination can safeguard the area’s heritage and foster community stewardship.
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“Let’s Build a Collective Memory of Chinatown” Wins Heritage Toronto Public History Award | Architecture | University of Waterloo “Let’s Build a Collective Memory of Chinatown” Wins Heritage Toronto Public History Award

Our annual fall open house is next Saturday, November 8!

Visit our beautiful campus in Cambridge and see more of what makes Waterloo Architecture one of North America's top architecture schools!
https://uwaterloo.ca/architecture/events/fall-open-house-2

Two University of Waterloo architecture students, Matthew Dlugosz and Simon Liao, have been recognized for their outstanding design work at the 35th Toronto Urban Design Awards.

Matthew Dlugosz and Simon Liao win Toronto Urban Design Awards | Architecture | University of Waterloo Waterloo Architecture students, Matthew Dlugosz and Simon Liao, have been recognized for their outstanding design work at the 35th Toronto Urban Design Awards.

Congratulations to Darren Miranda, Sophie Longval, Cindy Ma, Mahara Falif, Yev Stepanyuk, Sadie Berzins, and faculty advisor Terri Meyer Boake for taking home the top three prizes in the 2025 Canadian Institute of Steel Construction (CISC) student competition!

Waterloo Students Sweep Top Prizes in National Architectural Design Competition | Architecture | University of Waterloo Students from the University of Waterloo have claimed the top three awards in the 2024–2025 Architectural Student Design Competition Award of Excellence.

"Peak" by Waterloo Architecture and Waterloo Engineering at the 2025 Winter Stations at Woodbine Beach in Toronto.

Cambridge Times visited Waterloo Architecture to profile the student work in ARCH 392 Intergenerational Urban Motility and Housing.

Third year student work profiled in Cambridge Times | Architecture | University of Waterloo The Cambridge Times visited Waterloo Architecture to profile the student work in ARCH 392 Intergenerational Urban Motility and Housing.