June 22, 2023
June 2023 Lecture:
Extraordinary Homes – Part 3
Presenter: Susan Fitzgerald, FRAIC MNSAA
Date: Thursday, June 22, 2023
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Lunenburg School of the Arts – 6 Prince Street
Please join us on Thursday, June 22nd at 7:00pm in the Ramp Studio for the final lecture in the three-part series: Extraordinary Homes.
Susan Fitzgerald is the Design Director at FBM and an associate professor at Dalhousie University’s Faculty of Architecture and Planning in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Originally from the UK, she is both an architect and an interior designer involved in teaching, research, and practice. Susan’s design work has been the recipient of many accolades including Canada Council for the Arts’ Professional Prix de Rome, Governor General’s Medal in Architecture, the Wood Design Award, the EnRoute Air Canada Award in partnership with the RAIC, Maritime Design Awards, and the multiple Lieutenant Governors Awards including the Medal of Excellence. In addition, her work has been nominated for multiple Mies’ Crown Hall Americas Prizes (IIT College of Architecture).
At Dalhousie University, she is the holder of multiple Social Science Humanities Research Council grants. She has been running an urban systems design studio in Havana, Cuba, since 2014 in close collaboration with Universidad Tecnológica de La Habana José Antonio Echeverría as well as authoring a book entitled Havana: Lived Experiences for Routledge Press. Susan was made a fellow of the RAIC in 2015. In 2022 she was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee Medal for service to architecture.
ABOUT THE RAIC:
The RAIC South Shore Network encompasses the federal electoral district of South Shore—St. Margarets. The Network offers a series of monthly evening lectures and presentations at the Lunenburg School of the Arts; which offers workshops led by professional art educators and working artists from their historic studio space in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
The public presentations by Network members and guests have included topics such as architectural restoration and restoration techniques, energy efficiency, history and culture, as well as profiles of specific architectural practice.
RAIC SOUTH SHORE NETWORK LECTURE SERIES:
The RAIC South Shore Network invites you to attend their 2023 Lecture Series in partnership with the Lunenburg School of the Arts (LSA).