Rolling out the blueprints for a Sudbury school of architecture

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Archiseek / Canada / News / 2007 / April 16

Following the arrival of a school of a medicine and a soon-to-be-constructed school of education, Sudbury’s Laurentian University is hoping to host the first new school of architecture built in Canada in 40 years. “Canada needs some more schools of architecture because there’s a massive demand for architects and not nearly enough places to help fill the supply,” says Dr. Derek Wilkinson, associate professor, Department of Sociology, and director of the Institute of Northern Ontario Research and Development (INORD). “We have a great opportunity to help fill that demand right here in Sudbury.” Although the discussion is still in an early preliminary phase, Wilkinson has been consulting with officials from Waterloo’s own school of architecture, which recently relocated to a new facility in downtown Cambridge, 35 kilometres away. The school regularly sees 1,700 applications for 68 slots.

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