Date :	Friday, December 2, 2016
Time :	Friday 10:00 am -12:00 pm
Location :	Attendees will meet by the guest services desk in the North building of the Metro Toronto Convention Centre on Level 200, street level, 255 Front St. West.
Price :	$15;
Tickets :	REGISTER FOR THIS SEMINAR CEU: 0.2 IDCEC: SE-10418-274; OAA Continuing Education

Join #IIDEX16 attendees for a downtown walking tour featuring some of Toronto’s most exciting contemporary art, theatre, and cinema-related buildings hosted by the Toronto Society of Architects. The Art & Performance Tour features dynamic and controversial structures designed by top international and Canadian architects.

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Some of Toronto’s most exciting contemporary buildings are related to art, theatre, and cinema. The Toronto Society of Architects outdoor walking architecture tour features dynamic and controversial structures designed by top international and Canadian architects. You’ll see some of the results of Toronto’s Cultural Renaissance, an exciting program of buildings that solidified our city’s reputation as an arts centre. Highlights of the tour include the TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival) Bell Lightbox, Sharp Centre at Ontario College of Art & Design University, and the Art Gallery of Ontario.

Featured Buildings

•    CBC Broadcast Centre, 1988-92 John Burgee Architects Inc. with Phillip Johnson; with Bregman + Hamann Architects / Scott Associates Architects Inc. in joint venture
•    Roy Thomson Hall, 1978-82 Arthur Erickson with Mathers & Haldenby; interior transformed 2000-02 KPMB
•    Princess of Wales Theatre, 1991-93 Peter Smith of Lett/Smith Architects
•    TIFF Bell Lightbox, 2007-10 KPMB
•    Artscape Sandbox, 2015 Kirkor Architects with interior by +tongtong
•    proposed John Street Arts & Culture Promenade
•    Umbra Concept Store, 2007 Kohn Shnier Architects
•    Pachter Hall / Moose Factory Gallery, 2005 Stephen Teeple
•    Sharp Centre, Ontario College of Art  and Design University, 2004 Will Alsop with Robbie/Young + Wright Architects
•    Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), 2003–08 Gehry International Architects

with Adamson Associates Architects

Tour Guide Bio:
Eric Gertner is a retired attorney who has always had a passion for world travel and architecture.  After being on the receiving end of walking tours in other cities he travelled to, he decided to share is passion by volunteering with the Toronto Society of Architects.  Eric was part of the founding group of tour guides in 2010 and the most seasoned Towers Tour guide on our team.

Reserve your spot early as space is limited.

AMPLA E ACOLHEDORA, MORADA DESTACA ABUNDANTE ILUMINAÇÃO NATURAL

Nos interiores, destaca-se o cantinho verde que aparece junto às escadas e que permite o acesso da garagem para as demais acomodações. Garantindo bem-estar e aconchego aos moradores, a casa é contemplada, a partir do estar, com uma bela vista do entorno. Além disso, proporcionando o máximo de privacidade, a residência abriga estrategicamente os cinco cômodos íntimos em seus níveis, separando os dormitórios infantis e o dormitório do casal. Além disso, a arquitetura apresenta características sustentáveis, uma vez que está equipada com paineis solares para captar e produzir energia limpa a toda a morada.Com arquitetura assinada pelo escritório Alva Roy Architects, a Garden Void House é composta por materiais naturais, destacando o uso do vidro. Localizada em Toronto, Canadá, a residência organiza a área social e os espaços íntimos em dois níveis compreendendo aproximadamente 372 m², e recebe diversas aberturas que levam, de forma única, a luz solar para dentro dos ambientes.

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Six exemplary projects have been announced as winners of the 2016 Aga Khan Award for Architecture. Presented once every three years, the award was established by the Aga Khan in 1977 to “identify and encourage building concepts that successfully addressed the needs and aspirations of communities in which Muslims have a significant presence.” To be considered for the award, projects must exhibit not only architectural excellence, but also the ability to improve users overall quality of life.

Selected from a shortlist of 19 candidates, the five winning projects will receive a $1 million dollar prize as they join an acclaimed list of previous winners, which includes buildings from Zaha Hadid, Norman Foster, Charles Correa, Frank Gehry, Jean Nouvel and Hassan Fathy.

The Award’s “Master Jury” is appointed by a steering committee chaired by His Highness the Aga Khan (the 49th hereditary Imam of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims), who together establish the eligibility criteria for project submissions and provide thematic direction in response to “emerging priorities and issues” that relate to the architectural sphere.

Part of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, which also engages in a series of programs related to the revitalization of historic Islamic cities from India and Syria to Pakistan and Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Award also supports a major online resource on architecture in Muslim societies. This archive—ArchNet—collaborates with the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to “improve the teaching” of Islamic art, architecture, urbanism and visual culture while “[increasing] the visibility of Islamic cultural heritage in the modern Muslim world.” Their primary aim is to advance the practice, analysis, and understanding of Islamic architecture as both a discipline, and a cultural force.

From September 29 to October 1, the Media Architecture Summit 2016Presented by York University’s School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design and Sensorium: Centre for Digital Arts & Technologies, The Media Architecture Summit 2016 explores the role of urban screens, interactive media façades, and large-scale public projections in architecture, public art, civic engagement and urban renewal. Beyond mere decoration, civic spectacle and city branding, Media Architecture shapes our collective identity through digital place-making, 24-hour architecture, and reanimating public space. Held for the first time in North America, MAS 2016 brings together artists and designers, architects, scholars, and representatives from the cultural sector and industry presenting a range of projects including context aware illuminated spaces, architectural projection, animated building façades, and interactive installations inviting spontaneous public performance.

MAS 2016 welcomes attendees from around the world to the TIFF Bell Lightbox, home of the Toronto International Film Festival. MAS opens with an evening keynote from internationally acclaimed media artist, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer. The summit continues with a day of featured talks, panel discussions followed by an evening social hosted at InterAccess. The final day of the summit features workshops and an industry panel. MAS closes with a curated walk at Nuit Blanche Toronto, one of the world’s largest outdoor dusk-to-dawn art events.

TIFF Bell Lightbox
350 King Street West,
Toronto, ON   M5V 3X5
September 29 – October 1, 2016

BLAIR CRAWFORD, OTTAWA CITIZEN

Twelve of Canada’s finest architects will offer a lightning-quick explanation of their prize-winning designs at a public talk Monday night on the eve of the Governor General’s Gold Medal in Architecture awards.

In a sort of speed-dating for builders, the 12 winners will each give a five-minute talk on their structures and what makes them unique.

Like the knee-buckling, glass-floored Glacier Skywalk in Jasper, Alta., that is cantilevered over the floor of a glacial valley, 280 metres below. The design by Calgary’s Sturgess Architecture “makes you feel safe and frightened at the same time,” according to one jury member.

And the elegant nine-storey Wood Innovation and Design Centre in Prince George, B.C., which holds the record as the world’s tallest all-wooden structure.

Of particular interest to Ottawa residents is the Halifax Central Library, a bold design of three stacked glass cubes with a commanding view of the Atlantic Ocean designed by Fowler Bauld & Mitchell Ltd. / Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects. The library “combines the best of a traditional library with new and innovative programs and facilities and it provides free public space in the heart of the city,” according to the Royal Architect Institute of Canada, which is sponsoring the lecture.

The $57-million Halifax Central Library opened in 2014 and has been cited as an example of successful civic architecture as Ottawa sputters along with plans to replace its own central library.

Of the 12 winning designs, four are in Ontario (all in Toronto), three in B.C., two in Quebec, and one each in Alberta, Manitoba and Nova Scotia.

It’s been four years since an Ottawa building was honoured with a gold medal. That was the Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat on Sussex Drive near the Lester B. Pearson Building.

The gold medals are awarded every two years in conjunction with the RAIC and the Canada Council for the Arts.

The Architects on Architecture lecture takes place on Monday, Sept. 19 from 6-8 p.m. at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau. Admission is free. It is hosted by the RAIC and the Carleton University Forum Lecture Series.