Join us on Thursday, 29 October for a lecture by Farida Abu-Bakare.
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
29 October 2026, 6pm to 7:30pm
Community Capital: People, Place, Practice, with Farida Abu-Bakare
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Join us on Thursday, 29 October for a lecture by Farida Abu-Bakare.
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
How can architecture meaningfully bridge inherited traditions and contemporary realities? Join us for a talk with architect Olayinka Dosekun-Adjei, co-founder and creative director of Studio Contra.
11 June 2026, 6pm to 7:30pm
Reworking Material, Craft, and Form in Contemporary West Africa with Olayinka Dosekun-Adjei
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How can architecture meaningfully bridge inherited traditions and contemporary realities? Join us for a talk with architect Olayinka Dosekun-Adjei, co-founder and creative director of Studio Contra.
The 2025 Toolkit for Today explores how computational optics are systems of perception powered by software, and is organized in collaboration with researcher, graphic designer, and new media artist Simone Niquille.
14 July 2025 to 18 July 2025
Toolkit for Today: Computation Is the New Optics
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The 2025 Toolkit for Today explores how computational optics are systems of perception powered by software, and is organized in collaboration with researcher, graphic designer, and new media artist Simone Niquille.
In 2027, join us for #100Phyllis, a year of conversations connecting architecture to the pressing questions of our time. From housing and heritage to law, justice, ecology, and public life, the centennial program explores the forces that shape the world we inhabit—and the role each of us can play in shaping its future.
January 2027 to December 2027
100Phyllis
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In 2027, join us for #100Phyllis, a year of conversations connecting architecture to the pressing questions of our time. From housing and heritage to law, justice, ecology, and public life, the centennial program explores the forces that shape the world we inhabit—and the role each of us can play in shaping its future.
Please join us for a conversation around Mark Wasiuta latest publication, The Archival Exhibition: A Decade of Research at the Arthur Ross Architecture Gallery, 2006–2016, published by Columbia Books on Architecture and the City.
15 October 2026, 6pm to 8pm
The Archival Exhibition with Mark Wasiuta
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Please join us for a conversation around Mark Wasiuta latest publication, The Archival Exhibition: A Decade of Research at the Arthur Ross Architecture Gallery, 2006–2016, published by Columbia Books on Architecture and the City.
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Join us on Thursday 1 October for the opening of American Remediation. The exhibition revisits a series of documentaries produced by the US Department of the Interior in the 1950s and their role in constructing, reinforcing, and circulating a mythical image of US American culture on a global scale.
Paul-Desmarais Theatre, Octagonal Gallery, and Shaughnessy House Keyword(s):
Opening, Film, America, American, Remediation
1 October 2026, 5pm to 9pm
Opening: Reframing the American Landscape
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Join us on Thursday 1 October for the opening of American Remediation. The exhibition revisits a series of documentaries produced by the US Department of the Interior in the 1950s and their role in constructing, reinforcing, and circulating a mythical image of US American culture on a global scale.
Paul-Desmarais Theatre, Octagonal Gallery, and Shaughnessy House Keyword(s):
Opening, Film, America, American, Remediation
Join us on Thursday, 17 September for a talk by architect Nana Biamah-Ofosu. As founder and director of YAA Projects, she presents the work of the practice, which explores counter-histories and material cultures of diasporic communities through making, writing, and speaking architecture.
17 September 2026, 6pm to 7:30pm
Exploring Counter-Histories with Nana Biamah-Ofosu
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Join us on Thursday, 17 September for a talk by architect Nana Biamah-Ofosu. As founder and director of YAA Projects, she presents the work of the practice, which explores counter-histories and material cultures of diasporic communities through making, writing, and speaking architecture.
Marking the conclusion of the 2026 CCA-WRI Research Fellowship Program research period, join Kent Mundle and Yusuke Yabutani as they discuss how vacancy can be actively engaged with through the tools available to architects working in the distinct but related contexts of rural Japan and the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal.
Self-Renovating and Frameworking Vacancy
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Marking the conclusion of the 2026 CCA-WRI Research Fellowship Program research period, join Kent Mundle and Yusuke Yabutani as they discuss how vacancy can be actively engaged with through the tools available to architects working in the distinct but related contexts of rural Japan and the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal.