Understanding a Modern Canadian Campus

History and Theory of Architecture presents a special talk:

“Understanding a Modern Canadian Campus: A Maritime Precedent” by John Leroux.

Abstract: As Carleton University is coming to terms with balancing new development and architectural projects with a renewed sense of its own built history, a timely parallel can be made with several university campuses in New Brunswick. While not often considered for their modern architecture, recent initiatives and documentary projects have opened the eyes of university administration at UNB and Mount Allison, and changed how these typically conservative campuses understand and treat their postwar architectural lineage. The talk will be followed by a short walkabout of the Carleton campus.

Bio: Architect and art historian John Leroux graduated from the McGill School of Architecture in 1994 and completed a Master’s degree in Canadian Art History at Concordia University in 2002. Over the past 20 years, John has worked at award-winning architecture firms in Toronto, Atlanta, and Fredericton, and was selected to be a team member in Canada’s entry at the 2012 Venice Biennale in Architecture.

He has won many awards for architectural and public art projects throughout Canada, and has taught at the University of New Brunswick, St. Thomas University and the New Brunswick College of Craft & Design. A contributing columnist for the Telegraph-Journal and Canadian Architect magazine, he is also the author of nine books on architectural history & the visual arts, including Building New Brunswick: an architectural history, and most recently A Vision in Wood and Stone: The Architecture of Mount Allison University.