Stephen Parcell

Education

• BArch, University of Toronto
• MArch, Cranbrook Academy of Art
• PhD, McGill University

Current Teaching (2024–25)

• (on leave)

Research / Practice Interests

Prof. Parcell's general research areas are architectural history, theory, and design. Research studies have focused on historical definitions of architecture, alliances between architecture and other disciplines, and tensions between architectural representations and the world at large. Philosophically, these studies are grounded in hermeneutics: how architecture is engaged and interpreted. New research is translating primary health care principles into architectural situations.

Selected Publications

• Parcell, Stephen. 2012. Four Historical Definitions of Architecture. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press.
• Pérez-Gómez, Alberto, and Stephen Parcell, ed. 1994–2016. Chora: Intervals in the Philosophy of Architecture, vol. 1, vol. 2, vol. 3, vol. 4, vol. 5, vol. 6, vol. 7. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press.
  
• Parcell, Stephen. 2015. "An Architectural Creation Myth Borrowed from the Phenomenology of Music." In Architecture's Appeal, ed. Marc Neveu and Negin Djavaherian, 205–17. London: Routledge.

Selected Honours and Awards

• ARCC/King Medal for Research, McGill University, 2008

Current Service Activities

• Member, Tenure and Promotion Panel, Dalhousie University
  
• Member, Training Committee, Canadian Architectural Certification Board
• Member, Awards to Scholarly Publications Program, Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences
  
• External reviewer for book manuscripts, journal articles, conference papers, grant applications, awards, and tenure and promotion applications
  
• Editor for book manuscripts and doctoral dissertations
• Former member, Willow Tree Group, Halifax