RAIC | Architecture Canada welcomes Honourary Fellows during Festival of Architecture

OTTAWA May 1, 2013 –RAIC | Architecture Canada is pleased to welcome two Honourary Fellows, who will participate in this year’s Festival of Architecture being held in partnership with the Nova Scotia Association of Architects this year in Halifax June 5-8, 2013 at the Marriott Halifax Harbourfront. Two of the most important architects in the profession today will be honoured. American architect Ed Feiner, Hon. FRAIC, is among the leading experts in U.S. Public Buildings Design and Planning and has held the most senior professional architectural position in the United States Government. He has received the AIA Thomas Jefferson Award for public architecture and the United States Government Distinguished Service Award. He currently serves as Director of the Perkins+Will Design Leadership Forum.

He will speak June 6 at a Plenary Session beginning 8:30 a.m. Prestigious Pritzker Prize recipient in 2011, Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto de Moura, Hon. FRAIC, has completed over 60 spectacular and innovative buildings, leaving his mark in Portugal and throughout Europe.

He will speak at the Fellows Convocation taking place at Pier 21, June 6 beginning at 7 p.m. His presentation takes place from 8 to 9 p.m.

Presenting the RAIC 2013 Fellows Atlantic Malcolm R. Boyd, FRAIC James Philip Dumaresq, FRAIC Sydney Philip Dumaresq, FRAIC Ole Hammarlund, FRAIC Marie Thérèse LeBlanc, FRAIC Steven Stuart Mannell, FRAIC Robert J. Ojolick, FRAIC Donald Sterritt, FRAIC Quebec André Cousineau, FIRAC François Hogue, FIRAC Ontario North and East & Nunavut Ritchard Brisbin, FRAIC David Caulfeild, FRAIC James Wesley Farrow, FRAIC Rick MacEwen, FRAIC Liza Medek, FRAIC

Ontario SW Christopher Borgal, FRAIC Roberto Chiotti, FRAIC Gerrie Doyle, FRAIC Ralph Giannone, FRAIC Robert Glover, FRAIC Mary Jo Hind, FRAIC Allen E. Larden, FRAIC Luigi LaRocca, FRAIC Alice Liang, FRAIC Ivan Martinovic, FRAIC Jon Neuert, FRAIC Maureen O'Shaughnessy, FRAIC Lisa Ann Rapoport, FRAIC Michael H.K. Wong, FRAIC Manitoba

Arthur Ernest Martin, FRAIC

Alberta/NWT

James Alden Dykes, FRAIC

Samuel Oghale Oboh, FRAIC

James Scott Pickles, FRAIC

Katherine Ann Wagner, FRAIC BC/Yukon Veronica Gillies, FRAIC Karl W. Gustavson, FRAIC Scott M. Kemp, FRAIC Farouk Noormohamed, FRAIC Kim Smith, FRAIC

See 2013 Festival of Architecture for details about Speakers, Continuing Education and this year’s social events. RAIC is a voluntary national association established in 1907 as the voice for architecture and its practice in Canada. Representing more than 4,600 members, the RAIC works:

To affirm that architecture matters;

To celebrate the richness and diversity of architecture in Canada; and

To support architects in achieving excellence. www.raic.org

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