Lecture Series: Alison Brooks
- Date
- February 13, 2025
- Time
- 6:00 PM EST - 8:00 PM EST
- Location
- Department of Architectural Science, 325 Church St, ARC 202 (the Pit)
- Open To
- Public
- Contact
- alexandra.berceanu@torontomu.ca
Lecture Title: (An Architecture of) Kindred Spirits
Lecture Description:
Alison Brooks, Canadian-British founder of internationally acclaimed, UK-based firm Alison Brooks Architects will describe how her practice embeds memory, material culture, and the concept of journey in works conceived to help strengthen communities and deepen human connections to place, both natural and constructed. She will expand on how this ethos permeates her work across all scales, from installations like the Smile, to experimental houses, academic buildings and high- density urban housing in the UK, Far East and North America. Her dedication to the technique, art and craft of building is represented in her recently published monograph (external link) TC Cuadernos Issue 63: Alison Brooks Architects 2004 - 2024.
Photo by Dan Wilton
About the Speaker:
Alison Brooks, Founder and Creative Director of Alison Brooks Architects, is one of the UK’s most highly awarded and internationally acclaimed architects. A native of Ontario, she moved to London in 1988 and established her practice in 1996. Her diverse portfolio of built works reflects a commitment to generous, inclusive city-building and a uniquely sculptural design language inspired by the cultures and communities her projects serve.
Amongst over 100 awards for design quality her firm was awarded 2020 Dezeen Architect of the Year, BD Housing Architect of the Year, 2021 Civic Trust Award and RIBA House of the Year. Her numerous teaching positions include the Architectural Association, Harvard GSD, ETSAM and Cornell AAP. She has recently been elected member of the AA Council and the British School at Rome.
