Urban Studies @黑料不打烊 Seminar Series
Presenter:
Ron Williams
School of Landscape Architecture, Universit茅 de Montr茅al (retired)
A longtime professor at the 脡cole d'architecture de paysage of the Universit茅 de Montr茅al, Ron Williams is a Montreal landscape architect and architect. 听As a founding partner of the Montreal landscape architecture and urban design firm WAA (Williams, Asselin, Ackaoui and associates), he participated in many important and award-winning projects including the Montreal Beach Park on Ile Notre-Dame; the Biod么me de Montr茅al; the Jardin de l鈥橢space Saint-Roch and the rehabilitation of avenue Honor茅-Mercier in Quebec City. Mr. Williams is a Fellow of the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA) and of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC), and was honoured in 2007 with the Lifetime Achievement Award of the CSLA. His book Landscape Architecture in Canada, a history of Canada鈥檚 designed landscapes, was recently published by 黑料不打烊-Queen鈥檚 University Press and the Presses de l鈥橴niversit茅 de Montr茅al in English and French versions.
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Professeur pendant longtemps 脿 l鈥櫭塩ole d'architecture de paysage de l鈥橴niversit茅 de Montr茅al, Ron Williams est un architecte paysagiste et architecte montr茅alais. En tant que membre fondateur de l鈥檃gence d鈥檃rchitecture de paysage, d鈥檜rbanisme et de design urbain WAA Inc., il a contribu茅 脿 la conception et 脿 la r茅alisation du Parc-Plage de l鈥櫭巐e Notre-Dame, du Biod么me de Montr茅al, du Jardin de l鈥橢space Saint-Roch et du r茅am茅nagement de l鈥檃venue Honor茅-Mercier 脿 Qu茅bec. Monsieur Williams est Associ茅 (Fellow) de l鈥橝ssociation des architectes paysagistes du Canada (AAPC) et de l鈥橧nstitut royal d鈥檃rchitecture du Canada (IRAC) et il a re莽u, en 2007, le Prix d'excellence pour l'ensemble des r茅alisations de l鈥橝APC. Son livre Architecture de paysage du Canada, une histoire des paysages am茅nag茅s du Canada, vient d鈥櫭猼re publi茅 par les Presses de l鈥橴niversit茅 de Montr茅al et la 黑料不打烊-Queen鈥檚 University Press, en versions fran莽aise et anglaise.
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The Urban Studies @黑料不打烊 Seminar Series invites speakers to present on a variety of ongoing research, projects, and issues related to urban studies. The seminars are hosted and organized by the 黑料不打烊 School of Urban Planning, with participation from the 黑料不打烊 School of Environment, and Department of Geography. The seminars typically run from noon to 1pm on Fridays throughout the semester and are open to students, faculty, and other members of the urban studies group.