Architecture is a “continuing dialogue between generations which creates an environment across time.” -Vincent Scully
Join us for a lunchtime discussion on the state of the practice through the eyes of senior (RAIC) fellows and young up and coming architects in the field. What is architecture today? What was the practice like 50 years ago? Where is it heading and what does it mean?
Lunch by Tee Pee Treats is included with your ticket.
Speaker Bios:
Ian Mulder, AAA, MRAIC
Before finding architecture, Ian Mulder worked for many years as an artist producing murals, developing educational programs and working with communities throughout Canada and beyond. He later trained as an architect (M. Arch, University of Toronto) and helped to design and manage a variety of commercial and institutional projects. Ian Mulder is currently an architect with the City of Edmonton’s facility planning group, and Chair of the Edmonton chapter of RAIC.
David Murray, Architect AAA, FRAIC
David graduated from the University of Toronto in 1969 and established his own practice in 1984. He was a founding member of the Architecture Lecture Series which delivered an annual series of well-attended public lectures in Edmonton at the Provincial Museum over the course of a decade. His practice developed a specialty in architectural conservation with many historic building restorations, main street projects and urban design studies. In the 1990s and early 2000s, David was a founding member of the Innovative Practice Group in Architecture, delivering the professional practice course to University of Calgary architecture students. Following this, David spent a decade teaching in the architecture program at Athabasca University. All along, the practice has continue to focus on the study and conservation of Alberta’s designated historic resources. David became a Fellow of the RAIC in 2002.
Barry Johns, DDes, FRAIC, (HON) FAIA, RCA
Barry Johns is an award winning, widely published architect in Edmonton,Alberta. He is a former Chancellor of the College of Fellows, Royal Architectural Institute of Canada from 2011 – 2017 and Director of Practice for the Alberta Association of Architects from 2015 – 2019. His career includes an extensive tenure with Arthur Erickson in Vancouver and spansprivate practice, teaching and public service. He is the first international recipient of the Leslie M. Boney medal from the American Institute of Architects where he is an Honorary Fellow, for outstanding service to the profession. He received the Doctor of Design (DDES) from the University of Calgary in 2023 for his pioneering work in developing BAAKFIL, an approach to addressing the housing crisis in Canada, soon to be published by Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. A monograph entitled Barry Johns Architects, was published by TUNS Press in 2000 and an eBook on the firm’s later work is available at www.bjalstudio.ca.
Rebecca Cey, B. Des, M.Arch, Intern Architect, AAA
Rebecca is an intern architect with DIALOG where her project experience includes mixed use, residential, health care, and laboratory typologies. She holds a Bachelor of Design from the University of Alberta and completed her Master of Architecture at the University of Calgary in 2020, when she was awarded the RAIC Student Medal. Rebecca is especially interested in harnessing computational design and other emerging technologies to improve the quality, performance, and sustainability of the built environment.
Cynthia Dovell, MArch, Architect AAA, AIBC, FRAIC Alberta + NWT Regional Director, Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Board
Cynthia Dovell is a creator, an architect, mentor, mother, creation coach and founder of AVID Architecture. She has designed a few unique architectural gems in Canada, teaches architectural design for Athabasca University and Edmonton Public School Board, and is the Alberta and NWT board Director and a fellow with the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada.
Having grown up around diverse people from moving to over 20 different communities across Canada before age 20, Cynthia can hold space for others in any walk of life. Her mission is to help people feel good and to support them in connecting more deeply with themselves. She has created a number of mentorship and education programs with this mission at heart.
Sponsored by: RAIC
Tickets: $20 (MADE and RAIC Members $10)
