DAS Lecture Series: Trevor Boddy

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Trevor Boddy is a critic and curator of contemporary architecture/urbanism,  and a Vancouver-based consulting urban designer. His most recent books are: CITY-BUILDER: The Architecture of James K M Cheng (Images, Melbourne); Glacier Skywalk; and Stantec: Airports  (both Figure 1 Press, Vancouver). His book The Architecture of Douglas Cardinal, was awarded the Alberta Book of the Year Award, and his writing on buildings and cities has garnered Canadian and international awards, including, the Royal Architecture Institute of Canada Advocacy Award, the Jack Webster Journalism Award, and UIA/CICA’s Pierre Vago Prize for best architectural criticism worldwide, with texts published in English, Spanish, Portuguese and Japanese. As a curator, Boddy created the 2014 “Rethink: Behind San Diego’s Skyline” (for Bosa), and the “Vancouverism: Architecture Builds the City” exhibition for the 2008 London Festival of Architecture, re-mounted 2009 in Paris, then in Vancouver for the 2010 Olympics, and was instigator and co-curator of the 2014 "CRITICAL JUNCTURES" symposium at London's Victoria and Albert Museum. He has held academic positions at UBC, Oregon, Manitoba, Carleton and Toronto, and lectures globally on contemporary design.