Wednesday, April 8 to Tuesday, April 28
Daniels Building
1 Spadina Crescent

Whether you're a future student, an alum or a member of the public with an interest in architecture, forestry, landscape architecture or urban design, you're invited to join the Daniels Faculty for Winter 2026 Reviews. 

Throughout April, students from across our undergraduate and graduate programs will present final projects to their instructors and guest critics from academia and the professional community. 

All reviews will take place in the Daniels Building at 1 Spadina Crescent from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. (unless otherwise stated). Follow @uoftdaniels on Instagram and join the conversation using the hashtags #danielsreviews and #danielsreviews26. 

Please note that times and dates are subject to change. 

Current students should reference the Final Examinations & Reviews schedule for more information.

Wednesday, April 8  

Design + Engineering I (ARC112) | Undergraduate
Instructors: Jay Pooley & Mahsa Malek
Room: 200

Thursday, April 9  

Design Studio I: How to Design Almost Anything (JAV101) | Undergraduate
Coordinator: Petros Babasikas
Instructors: Anthony Kalimungabo, Mo Soroor, Reza Nik, Erica Kim, Scott Sorli, Harry Wei, Kara Verbeek, Katy Chey, Jeannie Kim
Rooms: Main Hall (170A, 170B), 215, 230, 330 

Friday, April 10  

Drawing and Representation II (ARC200) | Undergraduate
Coordinator: Jeffrey Garcia
Instructors: Roberto Damiani, Nova Tayona
Room: 330

Design Studio II: How to Design Almost Nothing (ARC201) | Undergraduate
Coordinator: David Verbeek
Instructors: Francesco Valente-Gorjup, Daniel Briker, Anne-Marie Armstrong, Maria Denegri, Adrian Phiffer, Michael Piper, Anne Ma, Jay Pooley, Miles Gertler, Fiona Lim Tung
Rooms: Main Hall (170A, 170B, 170C), 230, 215, 240, 2/F hallway

Monday, April 13

Architecture Studio IV (ARC362) | Undergraduate
Coordinator: Shane Williamson
Instructors: Chloe Town, Laura Miller
Rooms: Main Hall (170A, 170B), 230

Technology Studio IV (ARC381) | Undergraduate  
Instructors: Paul Howard Harrison, Suzan Ibrahim
Room: 330

Tuesday, April 14

Design Studio 2 (LAN1012) | Graduate
Instructors: Behnaz Assadi, Liat Margolis
Rooms: Main Hall (170A, 170B, 170C)

Comprehensive Studio III (ARC369) | Undergraduate  
Coordinator: Daniel Briker
Instructors: Mauricio Quiros Pacheco, Fiona Lim Tung
Rooms: 209, 215, 230
Time: 10:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. 

Wednesday, April 15

Architectural Design Studio 2 (ARC1012) | Graduate  
Instructors: Fiona Lim Tung, Shane Williamson, John Shnier, Behnaz Assadi, Mauricio Quiros Pacheco, Laura Miller
Rooms: Main Hall (170A, 170B), 215, 230, 240, 330

Landscape Architecture Studio IV (ARC364) | Undergraduate   
Instructor: Peter North 
Room: 315

Undergraduate Thesis
ARC462

Senior Seminar in Design
Instructor: Jeannie Kim  
Room: 209
Time: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Thursday, April 16

Comprehensive Studio (ARC2014) | Graduate 
Coordinators: James Macgillivray, Aleris Rodgers
Instructors: Maria Denegri, Jon Cummings, Steven Fong, Pina Petricone, Christopher Cornecelli, Carol Phillips
Rooms: Main Hall (170A, 170B, 170C), 215, 230, 240

Design Studio 4 (LAN2014) | Graduate  
Instructors: Robert Wright, Francesco Martire, Todd Douglas
Room: 330

Friday, April 17

Comprehensive Studio (ARC2014) | Graduate 
Coordinators: James Macgillivray, Aleris Rodgers
Instructors: Maria Denegri, Jon Cummings, Steven Fong, Pina Petricone, Christopher Cornecelli, Carol Phillips
Rooms: Main Hall (170A, 170B, 170C), 215, 230, 240

Design Studio 4 (LAN2014) | Graduate  
Instructors: Robert Wright, Francesco Martire, Todd Douglas
Room: 330

Monday, April 20

Urban Design Studio 2 (URD1012) | Graduate
Instructor: Nusrat Jahan Mim
Room: Main Hall (170A)

Graduate Thesis
LAN3017

Design Studio Thesis
Coordinator: Elise Shelley
Instructors: Behnaz Assadi, Liat Margolis, Francesco Martire, Fadi Masoud, Peter North, Robert Wright
Rooms: 209, 215, 230, 240, 242, 315, 330, 340

Tuesday, April 21

Graduate Thesis
LAN3017, URD2015

Design Studio Thesis
Coordinator: Elise Shelley
Instructors: Behnaz Assadi, Liat Margolis, Francesco Martire, Fadi Masoud, Peter North, Robert Wright
Rooms: 209, 215, 230, 240, 242, 315, 330, 340

Urban Design Studio Thesis
Coordinator: Mason White
Instructors: Michael Piper, Roberto Damiani, Nusrat Jahan Mim, Mariana Leguia Alegria, Angus Laurie, Simon Rabyniuk
Rooms: Main Hall (170A, 170B)

Wednesday, April 22

Graduate Thesis
ARC3021

Almost Ordinary
Instructor: Michael Piper
Rooms: 209, 230, 240

Rehearsing the Parade: Ephemeral Architectures and Persuasion on the Move
Instructor: Miles Gertler
Room: Main Hall (170B), 330 

Public, Building, Forms
Instructor: Adrian Phiffer
Room: Main Hall (170A) 

Thursday, April 23

Graduate Thesis
ARC3021

Trading Places
Instructor: Jeannie Kim
Rooms: 330, 340

When the Impossible Happens
Instructor: Brian Boigon
Room: 230
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

The Archipelago Studio
Instructor: Petros Babasikas
Rooms: Main Hall (170B, 170C)

Public, Building, Forms
Instructor: Adrian Phiffer
Room: Main Hall (170A) 

Friday, April 24

Thesis II (ALA4022) | Post-Professional
Coordinator: Mason White
Instructors: Brady Peters, Robert Wright, Fiona Lim Tung, Nusrat Jahan Mim, Alstan Jakubiec, Brady Peters
Rooms: 209, 242, 2/F hallway

Graduate Thesis
ARC3021

Trading Places
Instructor: Jeannie Kim
Rooms: 230, 340

Architecture and the Right to Housing
Instructor: Karen Kubey
Rooms: Main Hall (170C), 215, 240

Design Technologies
Instructor: Humbi Song
Rooms: Main Hall (170A, 170B)

Bioregional Futures
Instructor: Sam Dufaux
Rooms: 330, Outdoor Courtyard

Monday, April 27

Undergraduate Thesis
ARC457, ARC462, ARC487

Senior Seminar in History and Theory
Instructor: Simon Rabyniuk
Room: 330

Senior Seminar in Design
Instructor: Jeannie Kim  
Room: Main Hall (170B)

Senior Seminar in Technology
Instructor: Nicholas Hoban
Rooms: 230, 242 (a.m.)
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Tuesday, April 28

Undergraduate Thesis
ARC457, ARC462, ARC487

Senior Seminar in History and Theory
Instructor: Simon Rabyniuk
Room: 330

Senior Seminar in Design
Instructor: Jeannie Kim  
Rooms: Main Hall (170B), 209, 242, 1/F Hallway

Senior Seminar in Technology
Instructor: Nicholas Hoban
Room: 230
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Designed for high school students, our summer program provides a comprehensive introduction to architecture and explores different ways of seeing, thinking and making.

We offer two 2-week courses in both July and August 2026 for ages 14 to 18.

New this year is a a 2-week portfolio design course for ages 16-18 (graduating high school in 2026 or 2027).

Learn more and register

Anna Renken, a PhD candidate at the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design, with a collaborative specialization in environmental studies, has been recognized by the Graham Foundation with the 2025 Carter Manny Research Award. 

Founded in 1956, the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts fosters the development and exchange of diverse and challenging ideas about architecture and its role in the arts, culture, and society. The award supports emerging scholars completing exceptional doctoral dissertations in this area.  

Renken’s doctoral thesis explores how North American architect-led laboratories advanced ecological design through engagement with science and technology from the 1970s to 1990s. Her research seeks to contribute to new histories of ecological design. Renken also received the Beatrice and Arthur Minden Graduate Research Fellowship from U of T’s School of the Environment. 

“Congratulations to Anna for this prestigious recognition of her research,” said Professor Claire Zimmerman, director of the PhD program at the Daniels Faculty. “The Carter Manny is the most celebrated doctoral award in our field. Anna’s work exemplifies the bold, interdisciplinary inquiries our graduate students are undertaking.”

Renken’s doctoral supervisor is Associate Professor Mary Louise Lobsinger and interdisciplinary committee members include James Graham, an assistant professor at the California College of the Arts, Assistant Professor Jason Nguyen, Avery Slater, an associate professor in the Department of English & Drama at the University of Toronto Mississauga and a research lead at U of T’s Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society, and Zimmerman. 

Stephen Verderber, a professor jointly appointed to the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design and the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, has received the 2025 Career Award from the Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA).

The award is given by the international organization for design professions in recognition of a career of sustained and significant contributions to environment design research, practice, or teaching.

Verderber is the director of the Centre for Design + Health Innovation at Daniels. A registered architect and co-founder of the U.S.-based firm R-2ARCH, his practice centres on design therapeutics and health. He also contributed pro bono community service work in post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans.

Verderber is the author of ten books, including Architecture and Health Equity in an imperiled World (John Hopkins University Press, 2025). He was previously named a Distinguished Professor by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA).

"A well-deserved recognition by EDRA of Stephen's contributions to environmental design and health equity," said Robert Levit, acting dean of the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design. "His scholarship and practice is helping drive forward innovation and progress at the intersection of architecture and public health."

The ALD PhD Program sponsors a series of presentations, in collaboration with the Architectural History Working Group, The Archaeology Centre, and Infrastructure’s Environments, a Jackman Humanities Institute Working Group. Speakers include a group focusing on Indigenous architecture from the University of Sydney and the Queensland University of Technology, and noted researchers from Princeton University, McGill University, University of Chicago, University of Rochester, and University of California at Irvine.

The 2025/2026 ALD PhD Events are organized by Professor Claire Zimmerman, Director of the Faculty's PhD Program in Architecture, Landscape, and Design. 

Fall 2025 

September 18, 2025 
Speaker: Matthew Hunter, McGill University 
Time: 5:00 PM 
Title: A Right, Not a Charity: Insuring the Artistic Life in Imperial Britain 
Location: 1 Spadina Cres., Room DA300

September 19, 2025 
Speaker: Basile Baudez (AHWG), Princeton University 
Time: 4:00 PM 
Title: Textile Architecture: Fabric and the City 
Location: AHWG – Sidney Smith Hall, 6th Floor

October 15, 2025 
Speaker: Andrew Leach, Queensland University of Technology 
Time: 4:00 PM 
Title: Territory, Property, Architecture 
Location: 1 Spadina Cres., Room DA230 (Updated)

October 16, 2025 
Speaker: Michael Mossman, University of Sydney 
Time: 6:30 PM 
Title: Aura Country Terror Refrain 
Location: Main Hall

October 21, 2025 
Speaker: Sarah Newman, University of Chicago (with The Archaeology Centre) 
Time: 5:00 PM 
Title: Animal Style: Archaeology Beyond Humans 
Location: 1 Spadina Cres., Room DA300

November 10, 2025 
Speaker: Peter Christensen, University of Rochester 
Time: 1:00 PM (TBC) 
Title: Prior Art 
Location: 1 Spadina Cres., Room DA300

November 11, 2025 — sponsored by U of T's Department of Art History
Speaker: Ed Dimendberg, University of California (AHWG) 
Time: 5:00 PM 
Title: Bread, Bricks, Cubicles, Chairs: Harun Farocki's Architecture and Design Film Quartet 
Location: University College, Room 161, 15 King's College Circle

December 8, 2025 
Stay tuned for additional details.

About the PhD in Architecture, Landscape, and Design Program

The Doctor of Philosophy in Architecture, Landscape, and Design (ALD PhD) at the Daniels Faculty is an interdisciplinary program that trains students to pursue advanced research across a spectrum of built environmental practices.

Through the highly adaptable curriculum—one that is unlike other PhD programs in architecture—the program enables students to pursue study independently and to share their research with the Daniels community at every stage. ALD PhD students explore methodologies across our disciplines, ranging from theoretical to applied research in design, history theory, building science, and visual studies.

November 18 - December 23
Daniels Building, 1 Spadina, East Entrance Lobby

All artists, supporters, Visual Studies faculty and members of the Daniels Faculty community are invited to attend. 

Eyeball, the annual exhibition of artwork by undergraduate Visual Studies students in the Daniels Faculty, opens at 1 Spadina Crescent on November 18.

The yearly survey will be on display in the Daniels Building's East lobby entrance until the end of fall term. 

Artists include: 

Ofori-Atta    
Mark Bennett
Julia Collett
Alessandra De Luca
Wendy Dubali
Avalon Hagerman
Helia Honarmandi
Rebecca Huang
Rebekah Jamadar
Mi Jang
Harry Lau
Alaya Le
Jessica Liu
Luca Mancinelli
Sean Murray
Alice Niu
Shaadia Rimzy
Philip Ro
Caz Smith
Tamara Thabet-Elias
Sofia Vega
Elizabeth Wan
Cate Woodhead
Elsie Zhang

The exhibition encompasses a range of media, including painted works on paper and canvas, film and video pieces and mixed-media installations.

The SHIFT* Collective returns with its newest volume of Scaffold* Journal, a research publication exploring the nuances of contemporary design practice within and without the Daniels Faculty.

Following the success of the process-oriented Volume 1, this new issue expands the scope of the journal, broadening its community of contributors across cities, institutions and continents. Writers, designers, and practitioners from across Canada and the globe explore how drafting—both as a practice and as a concept—continues to shape the ways design is imagined, produced and received.

This ambitious volume, titled Drafting Liminalities, interrogates these themes across three subsections: (I) Counterpractice – design methods that resist, refuse, or reorient dominant spatial logics; (II) Worlding – the act of speculating alternative realities and futures of art and architecture; and (III) Technology – the frictions between established techniques and emerging tools.

Behind the pages of Volume 2 is a collaborative editorial process that continues to evolve. This year, the team expanded its system of peer and faculty review, refining each contribution with both scholarly and practitioner perspectives. While logistically challenging, this model strengthens Scaffold’s ecosystem of shared critique and support, ensuring that the work published is in active dialogue with a broader community.

As the publication enters its third iteration, the SHIFT* Collective invites students, faculty and the public to celebrate Volume 2—and even help shape its next publication.