Lecture by Tura Cousins Wilson

The last event of the Winter 2025 Laurentian Architecture Lecture Series is scheduled for Monday Mar.24 at 5:45 pm in the Lecture Hall. The guest will be architect Tura Cousins Wilson (Studio of Contemporary Architecture, Toronto, ON). This lecture is presented by the Ontario Association of Architects. It is free and open to all.

Tura Cousins Wilson received an undergraduate degree in architecture from Toronto Metropolitan University, a Master’s degree in architecture, urbanism, and building sciences from Delft University of Technology, and is a licensed architect in both Ontario and the Netherlands. He is a cofounding principal of the Studio of Contemporary Architecture (SOCA) and a founding member of the Black Architects and Interior Designers Association in Canada (BAIDA). He also currently is a sessional instructor at the University of Toronto and Toronto Metropolitan University. Tura is inspired by creating uplifting spaces of beauty and contends that architecture’s power lies in its ability to transform collective imaginations and narratives into reality. Tura’s design methodology leverages site and cultural research and is drawn towards the redemptive qualities of reconstituting existing buildings, overlooked communities. His professional experience and interest is civic in scale; including social housing, cultural spaces, urban design, exhibition design, and public art. Tura is equally compelled by the craft and intimacy of private residential design.

Please note that this lecture qualifies for two (2) Ontario Association of Architects Continuing Education Structured Learning Hours.

See you there!