Brian MacKay Lyons
Brian MacKay Lyons is the cover story of the new issue of the Maritime Edit magazine to hit newsstands on December 6th! https://maritimeedit.com/collections/volumes/products/volume-11-winter-2019-2020
MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects has won its 7th Governor General’s Medal for Architecture for Two Hulls House.
MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects has received two National AIA Housing Awards of Excellence, for Mirror Point Cottage, and Bigwin Island Cottages in Muskoka.
School of Planning Director Ahsan Habib
School of Planning Director Ahsan Habib gave an interview at Global news on the CFL stadium proposal: https://globalnews.ca/news/5971393/halifax-stadium-transportation-considerations/
School of Planning Director Ahsan Habib has been elected as the Chair of the ‘Climate Change Committee’ of the Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) for a two-year term. TAC is the largest national technical association that focusses on road and highway infrastructure and urban transportation.
Celina Abba
SSHRC awarded Celina Abba a $17,500 Bombardier scholarship to support her MArch thesis work. This is a national competition across all Canadian universities and all disciplines. The School of Architecture has a good Bombardier track record, including Naryn Davar (2012), Gavin Schaefer (2013), Matt Jones (2014), Emily Wilson (2015), Kelly Cameron (2018). https://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/results-resultats/recipients-recipiendaires/2019/cgs_masters_2019-besc_maitrise_2019-eng.aspx
Jaudat Adnan
The Royal Academy of Arts recently awarded a $5,000 Arthur Erickson Travel Study Award to Jaudat Adnan, so that she can travel to Pakistan to continue her thesis work on public spaces for women. https://alumni.dal.ca/news/47583/
Jill Grant
Professor Emeritus Jill Grant from the School of Planning has a new book coming out from the University of British Columbia Press in January 2020.
Susan Fitzgerald
Two of Susan Fitzgerald’s (FBM) projects: the Halifax Central Library and King Street Live/Work/Grow are featured in a recently released book Canadian Modern Architecture, 1967 to the present
D'Arcy Jones
Deep Cove House by D'Arcy Jones (BEDS '97) Architects selected as one of Dezeen's top 10 Canadian houses of 2019. https://www.dezeen.com/2019/11/07/deep-cove-house-darcy-jones-architects-vancouver/
T.J. Maguire
Waterfront Lessons from Halifax, NS, Canada — by T.J. Maguire (BCD ’11), Urban Designer, Develop Nova Scotia — was recognized as the top guest post of the year by Project for Public Spaces (PPS). https://www.pps.org/article/love-this-town-waterfront-lessons-from-halifax-nova-scotia-canada
School of Architecture Alumni Recognized at Mayor’s Awards
His Worship Mayor Mike Savage and the Nova Scotia Association of Architects recognized three projects done by local architects at their annual reception on December 17th. All three projects were led by Dalhousie School of Architecture alumni or instructors. https://alumni.dal.ca/news/school-of-architecture-well-represented-at-annual-mayors-awards/