PUG ED LECTURE 03: THE ROLE OF THE ARCHITECT
Thu, 2010-04-15 (All day)
GUEST LECTURER: Gianpiero Pugliese, AUDAXarchitecture, Architect / Principal
Gianpiero Pugliese, OAA, is an architect and founder of AUDAXarchitecutre inc and is the director of the Pug Talks. He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of California Berkeley and did his Master Degree in Architecture at Harvard University. Prior to founding AUDAX, Gianpiero was a project architect of numerous large scale mixed use developments including the Hullmark Centre at Yonge and Sheppard for Tridel. Currently he is the design architect for the redevelopment of the Shops of Summerhill in the Rosedale neighborhood of Toronto for Woodcliffe Properties.
PUG ED LECTURE 02: THE ROLE OF THE CITY
Thu, 2010-04-08 (All day)
GUEST LECTURER: Adam Vaughan, Councillor, Ward 20, Trinity-Spadina
Before being elected to City Council as representative of Ward 20, Trinity-Spadina in 2006, Adam Vaughan worked as a political journalist at CityTV, CBC Radio and TV, CKLN, and has also written for various publications such as Toronto Life, the Toronto Star, and Eye Weekly. He has always lived in the downtown Toronto area, where he continues to live with his wife in the Queen and Bathurst neighbourhood. Adam has two children aged 6 and 12.
PUG ED LECTURE 01: THE ROLE OF THE DEVELOPER
Thu, 2010-04-01 (All day)
GUEST LECTURER: Gary Switzer, President and CEO of MOD Developments Inc.
Gary Switzer is the President and CEO of MOD Developments Inc. A graduate of the University of Toronto School of Architecture in 1978, Mr. Switzer founded the high-rise division of Great Gulf Homes in 1988 and was responsible for a number of successful and award-winning developments in Toronto, including The Saint James, The Morgan, The Hudson, 18 Yorkville, X and Charlie. MOD’s first development will be released soon, a 45-storey mixed-use project at 5 St. Joseph, near Yonge & Wellesley in downtown Toronto.