The John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design at the University of Toronto presents its Winter 2026 Public Program.

This semester’s program of lectures, exhibitions and screenings features leading global thinkers and practitioners working across the built and natural environments, contemporary visual art and curatorial practice. 

The program explores themes such as innovative material use and the changing relationships among designers, builders, craftspeople, interactive technologies and AI. It also highlights regional ecologies and decolonizing practices in landscape, urban design, and housing—from Inuit Nunangat to the Middle East—and considers how messiness, imagination and cultural generosity can shape art and design in the public realm.

All events in the series are free and open to the public. Register in advance and consult this listing for up-to-date details. Many events will be livestreamed or recorded and made available on the Daniels Faculty YouTube channel.

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Thursday evening lecture series

All times ET (Eastern Time) 

January 22, 6:30 p.m.  |  Exhibition opens, 5:30 p.m.
Jeffrey Cook Memorial Lecture: A Measure of Architecture
Featuring Pierre Bidaud (The Stonemasonry Company), Amin Taha (GROUPWORK) and Steve Webb (Webb Yates Engineers)

January 29,  6:30 p.m.
The Annual George Baird Lecture
Building a Planetary Solution: Regenerative Design and Construction for the Future of Human Settlement
Featuring Alan Organschi (GOA, Yale School of Architecture)

February 12, 6:30 p.m.
Undisciplined: Conversations across Architectural Knowledge Domains
Symposium keynote lecture by Theodora Vardouli (McGill University) and Daniel Cardoso Llach (Carnegie Mellon University)

February 26, 6:30 p.m.  |  Exhibition opens, 5:00 p.m.
Unruly Intelligences: Body, Tools, AI
Featuring Humbi Song (University of Toronto, Daniels Faculty)

March 5, 6:30 p.m.
2026 Michael Hough/OALA Visiting Critic in Landscape Architecture Lecture
Unravelling a colonial Legacy: Grounding landscape architecture 
Featuring Dr. Jala Makhzoumi, (International Federation of Landscape Architects, Middle East)

March 12, 6:30 p.m. 
The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces
Screening and Panel Discussion

March 19, 6:30 p.m. 
Land Narratives & Protopian Futures: From Fictions to the Just City
Featuring Toni L. Griffin (urban american city)

March 26, 6:30 p.m. 
The Harold Solomon Kaplan Lecture: Public Act
Featuring Peter Sampson and Liz Wreford (Public City)

Symposia

January 16, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Sikumit Aisimajugut
At Home on Ice - ᓯᑯᒥᑦ ᐊᐃᓯᒪᔪᒍᑦ Roundtable
Organized by Mason White (Daniels Faculty, University of Toronto) and Lola Sheppard (University of Waterloo)

February 11-12, All Day
Undisciplined: Conversations across Architectural Knowledge Domains
Organized by Ameen Ahmed, Mono Mo, Brian Slocum, and the Daniels Faculty ALD PhD Program

• Keynote lecture by Theodora Vardouli (McGill University) and Daniel Cardoso Llach (Carnegie Mellon University): February 12, 6:30 p.m. 

Visual Studies public lectures

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January 20, 6:30 p.m. 
Allison Glenn
Curator, 2026 Toronto Biennial of Art

January 27, 6:30 p.m. 
Liam Gillick
Artist

February 25, 6:30 p.m. 
Aimée Zito Lema
Artist

March 3, 6:30 p.m. 
CANCELLED Defne Ayas
Curator, Director of the Van Abbemuseum

March 10, 6:30 p.m.
Lucy Raven
Artist
In partnership with the Vega Foundation and the Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery

March 24, 6:30pm ET
Juliet Kothe
Curator
In partnership with OCAD University

March 31, 6:30 p.m. 
Alexandre Singh
Artist and Filmmaker

Exhibitions at 1 Spadina Crescent

December 9, 2025—February 16
Sikumit Aisimajugut
At Home on Ice - ᓯᑯᒥᑦ ᐊᐃᓯᒪᔪᒍᑦ
Larry Wayne Richards Gallery (DA196)

• Roundtable event: January 16, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

January 23—April 3
The New Stone Age: Towards an Ethical Architecture
Architecture + Design Gallery (DA095)

• Opening event: January 22, 5:00 p.m. / Lecture at 6:30 p.m. 

February 26—March 27
Unruly Intelligences: Body, Tools, AI
Larry Wayne Richards Gallery (DA196)

• Opening event: February 26, 5:00 p.m. / Lecture at 6:30 p.m. 

Gallery Hours of Operation
Monday to Friday: 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday: Closed