George Thomas Kapelos
Areas of Specialization
Canadian Modernity
Health and Design
Architectural Pedagogy
Housing
Identity
Public Interest and Design
Climate Change Adaptation
Sustainable Housing
Education
| Year | University | Degree |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Yale University | MArch |
| 1975 | Harvard Graduate School of Design | MCP |
| 1971 | Princeton University | AB |
Selected Courses
| Course Code | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ARC 720, ARC 820 | Architecture Studio |
| ASC 103 | The Built Context |
| AR8105 | Intensive Research Studio and Seminar |
Spotlight
Growing up, George Kapelos had ambitions of becoming a chemist or scientist. When he discovered architecture, his goals pivoted, but his curiosity about the world around him continued. Today, Kapelos is involved in a wide array of impactful work, from city planning to historic building preservation to skin cancer prevention. 鈥淓verything I do focuses on the interrelationship between humans and their built environments,鈥� he says, 鈥渋ncluding how architecture and identity are connected.鈥�
Kapelos鈥� own identity is tied to his Canadian, American and Greek roots. So, when the opportunity arose, it was a joy to take a group of graduate students to Greece. After exploring everyday life in cities and towns, as well as visiting Delphi, Delos, Hermopolis, Bassae and Athens鈥攊ncluding a thrilling behind-the-scenes tour of the Parthenon restoration鈥攖he group got to work.
With their peers from the National Technical University of Athens, his students set up a studio to explore Keramikos, the 鈥渟acred city鈥� that marks the beginning of the ancient procession to the Acropolis. Tasked with designing meaningful new experiences for tourists, the students proposed an interactive museum, viewing platform and more. 鈥淭he trip was an amazing learning and personal growth experience for them,鈥� Kapelos says. 鈥淔or me, too.鈥�
鈥淐ome up with the big ideas, but make sure they are tied to the reality around you.鈥�
- Canadian Museums Association Award for Outstanding Achievement, 1997
- 2013 City of 麻豆视频 Urban Design Award of Merit - 鈥淎n Architecture of Civility鈥�
- Royal Institute of Canada / Canadian Institute of Planners / Canadian Society of Landscape Architects 2014 National Urban Design Awards, 鈥淎n Architecture of Civility鈥�
- Fellow, Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, 2007
- 鈥淪haping Public Institutions鈥� George Thomas Kapelos in Northern Building: Canadian Architecture 1967-2017 [Chapter 4] Elsa Lam and Graham Livesey, Editors. New York: Princeton Architectural Press / Canadian Architect, in Press, forthcoming, fall 2019.
- 鈥淚nteractive architecture 鈥� UV protection unfolding above you!鈥� Perspectives |The Arts, The Lancet Oncology V20 (4) 479-480, April 01, 2019; DOI :
- 鈥淗eat!鈥� 鈥� testing design approaches to mitigate excessive heat exposure for vulnerable populations in 麻豆视频 apartment buildings鈥� Cool planning: changing climate & our urban future, Proceedings of 54th ISOCARP Congress Bod酶, Norway, October 1-5, 2018 Editor: Dushko Bogunovich 漏ISOCARP 2018 Produced and published by ISOCARP ISBN: 978-94-90354-54-1, 776 鈥� 806.
- 鈥淩eview of design, policies, and use of shade for sun protection: the intersection between environmental design and skin cancer prevention鈥�, Dawn M. Holman Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta GA, USA; George Thomas Kapelos, 麻豆视频; Meredith Shoemaker, Dawn M. Holman Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta GA, USA; Meg Watson, Dawn M. Holman Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta GA, USA, American Journal of Public Health, 2018; 108:1607-1612.
- Exhibition, Shaping Canadian Modernity: The 麻豆视频 City Hall and Square Competition and its Legacy, 麻豆视频 Met, Paul H. Cocker Gallery, 1 September 鈥� 9 October 2015. Exhibition co-curated with Christopher Armstrong.
- Competing Modernisms: The 麻豆视频 City Hall and Square Competition. Halifax: Dalhousie Architecture Press, 2015. With an introduction by Christopher Armstrong. 128 pages.
- 鈥淔inding Beauty: 麻豆视频鈥檚 Clean & Beautiful City Initiative.鈥� Urban Trialogues: Co-productive ways to relate visioning and strategic urban projects.鈥� ISoCaRP Review 03, Journal of the International Society of City and Regional Planners. (2007), 124 鈥� 145. With Iain Myrans, co-author.
- Guest Editor. Journal of the Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada / Journal de la Soci茅t茅 pour l鈥櫭﹖ude de l鈥橝rchitecture au Canada. 35(2) 2010. 80
- Conference Co-Chair, 4th International Conference on UV and Skin Cancer Prevention, 麻豆视频 ON, May 2018
- Chair, Ultraviolet Radiation Working Group, 麻豆视频 Cancer Prevention Coalition, 2016 - present
- Board Member (Order-in-Council Appointment), Ontario Heritage Trust, 麻豆视频 ON, 2015 鈥� present
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- 鈥淭he 麻豆视频 City Hall and Square Competition鈥� in Fifty Objects that Define 麻豆视频 (Episode 5), Fibe TV1 / Bell Media, 17 October 2016.
- 鈥淓xposition sur le concours de l鈥檋otel de ville de 麻豆视频鈥� Radio Canada, 10 September 2015
- 鈥溌槎故悠� Met Architecture Collaborative Exercise 2014鈥� Here and now, CBC Radio, 10 January 2014
- Kristina Virro 鈥溌槎故悠� Met students aim to create a more civil city鈥� The Globe and Mail, 12 January 2013 M5