University of Waterloo architecture graduate Michaela MacLeod is the winner of the Canada Council for the Arts Prix de Rome in Architecture for Emerging Practitioners. The $34,000-prize is awarded to a recent graduate of one of Canada's 10 accredited schools of architecture, who demonstrates exceptional potential; the winner is given the opportunity to visit exceptional…

The vital roles that cities play in the economic, social, and cultural lives of societies is the focus of Ourtopias, the DX National Design Conference, at Toronto's Design Exchange. Running from June 14 to 16, the conference will examine "both the historical and contemporary cultures and contours of urban experience and the status and promise…