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Lecture series
As the only ongoing architecture and landscape architecture lecture series in Vancouver, the SALA Lecture Series makes an important contribution to the intellectual life of the city. The lectures allow for multiple perspectives on a range of issues, including design, technology, sustainability and professional leadership, and encourage a cross-fertilization of ideas and visions for the future. Your support helps us continue the conversation around the creation of built environments that support civil and sustainable living.
Fall 2019 lecture series
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To see listings for each lecture, visit our events page. All events are free, although some may be ticketed.
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Past speakers
Adrian Phiffer
Anna Goodman
Katherine Jenkins
Matthew Seibert + Benjamin Wellington
Robert Lane
Omar Gandhi
Kelsey Copes-Gerbitz
Venelin Kokalov
Shauna Johnson
Oliver Lang
Rena Soutar
Melissa Higgs
David Costanza
Johanna Hurme + Sasa Radulovic
Travis Hanks
Illarion Gallant
Derek Lee
Dan Hinkley
Paul Merrick + Donald Luxton
Alfred Waugh
Lyana Patrick
Jack Self + Leigh Claire La Berge
Oliver Krieg + David Correa
Daniel M. Abramson + Andrew Herscher
Susanne Schindler + Catherine Ingraham
Ron Kellett
Bill Pechet
Leslie Van Duzer
Kathryn Gustafson
James Cheng
Greg Girard
Michael Perlmutter
Leila Araghian
Diba Tensile Architecture, Tehran
Anthony Acciavatti
Columbia University and Somatic Collaborative, New York
Günther Vogt
Vogt Landscape Architects, Zurich
Zita Cobb
Shorefast Foundation, Fogo Island
Aneerudha Paul
Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute for Architecture and Environmental Studies, Mumbai
Sara Stevens
UBC School of Architecture + Landscape Architecture
Sylvia McAdam
Idle No More
John Ochsendorf
MIT and Ochsendorf DeJong & Block, Cambridge
Louis Benech
Paris, France
Kate Orff
Scape and Columbia University, New York
Ole Scheeren
Büro Ole Scheeren, Hong Kong, Beijing, Berlin, and Bangkok
Frank Barkow
Barkow Leibinger, Berlin, Germany
Chris Cornelius
Studio Indigenous and University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Janette Kim + Erik Carver
All of the Above + Erik Carver Design, New York
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Vancouver
Georgeen Theodore
Interboro, New York, and New Jersey Institute of Technology
Yusuke Obuchi
Studio Obuchi and University of Tokyo
Lunchtime lectures
In addition to our formal lecture series, along with our student organizations, we also regularly coordinate informal lectures over the lunch hour. In these lectures, students, faculty members, prominent professionals passing through Vancouver, and local professionals have the opportunity to showcase projects and initiatives they are involved with.