HAWK HOUSE
PRACTICE, RESEARCH AND TEACHING OVERVIEW
ANDREW KING Cert. Appl. Sci. (CIVIL), B.E.D.S, M.ARCH, MRAIC, PRIX DE ROME
Andrew King studied engineering and theatre (Acadia University), and worked as a professional actor before studying architecture (Dalhousie University). King’s first decade of practice was spent primarily in Europe, working in London, Seville, Budapest and Berlin, where he lived for eight years. He spent a formative mentorship in the office of Zaha Hadid in London.
King’s work has been consistently published in international art and architecture journals and recognized with international design awards. He was selected one of Canada’s “design leaders” by the Globe and Mail in 2003 and has received four Canadian Architect Awards of Excellence. In 2012 he had the unprecedented honour of being awarded two American Institute of Architecture Progressive Architecture (P/A) Awards of Excellence in the same year for projects of very divergent scales and briefs. In 2017 he was elected to the College of Fellows of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada.
Since 1990, King has led his own interdisciplinary design and research initiative, AK A, making architecture, industrial design, graphic design, installation, publications and urban policy consulting, often using critical design methodologies to create strategies for communities and cities. AK A operates simultaneously as an interdisciplinary design practice and as an experimental research platform that implicates design studio teaching directly in its work. By blurring boundaries between studio practice and studio teaching, student experience is often implicitly engaged in issues of design practice. AK A regularly collaborates with multidisciplinary teams in academia, urban policy-making, art production institutions and industry creating an informed approach to integrated design. This work been recognized through awards and publications, including a Canadian Architect Award of Excellence and a 2012 AIA P/A Award of Excellence for the Hawk House. AK A has been supported by various schools, funding bodies, galleries, curators and research initiatives. For the last five years AK A has been a research laboratory focused on small, critically resonant architecture, interdisciplinary design and dissemination projects across Canada.
In 2003, King was the Canada Council for the Arts Prix de Rome Laureate, spending a year using the historic and contemporary gates of Rome to examine the relationship between exile and identity. The resulting project, ROMALUX, is a speculation on architectural, curatorial and cinematic space, which has subsequently been exhibited across Canada and abroad. This is a stream of research that began with his thesis project in 1990, was supported by a Canada Council for the Arts Production Grant in 1993 and has informed speculative projects, exhibitions, lectures, essays and studio delivery. Through this work, King has a nuanced understanding of architectures role in post-war Rome and Berlin, particularly through the lens of industrial design, contemporary art and neo-realist cinema. The Rome research has evolved into a recognized critical art practice (with partner Angela Silver), commissioned to make in-situ and gallery-based installations across Canada and abroad. Commissions include lens for the Banff Centre for the Arts for inclusion in the 2005 Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art and ex-urbus for Black Dog Press’ Informal Architecture by Anthony Keindl.
King currently leads the FLDWRK a collaboration between AK A and lemay and is Chief Design Officer and Senior Partner with the firm in Montreal. He is leading lemay’s design strategies initiative, as well as projects in Montreal, Quebec and across Canada. In 2018, his trans-disciplinary team, including artist Angela Silver, was award first place in the international design competition for Place de Montrealaises, to be completed in 2022. His Oratoire St. Joseph Carillon was recently awarded a 2017 Canadian Architect Award of Excellence and a 2018 AZ Award. He is spearheading design led business development across Canada.
In 2008, King was appointed firm wide design leader and Design Principal for Canada at Cannon Design. He was a member of the firms Board of Directors and Design Practice Committee, and led the firms re-branding initiative. He led teams in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal on projects across Canada and in Asia, including the two billion dollar CHUM super-hospital in Montreal. His Capilano University Film School was awarded a 2010 Canadian Architect Magazine Award of Excellence and his Wilfred Laurier University Sports Centre received a 2012 AIA P/A Award of Excellence. His York University Student centre was awarded a 2018 Best in Canada Prize.
King currently holds a three year appointment as Professor in Practice at the Peter Guo-hua Fu School of Architecture at McGill University. He has been continuously involved in teaching design studio at various levels since 1988, and has contributed to studios in Ottawa, Montreal, Calgary, Banff, London (UK), Berlin, Copenhagen and Rome. This includes all levels of architectural studio development and delivery from first year undergraduate to senior graduate studios, including interdisciplinary, integrated, comprehensive and speculative initiatives, and thesis supervision. King has held two of Canada’s most prestigious academic design chairs.
As the Gerald Sheff Visiting Professor in 2012) at McGill University’s School of Architecture King developed contingent architectures delivering a senior undergraduate studio on exploring critical art and cinema methodologies, and a senior graduate studios that dealt with the body and health in a context of physical and ideological crisis. The studios were heavily informed by his speculative and large practice research. His critical practice lecture series Gerald Sheff Lecture and exhibition focused on the interdisciplinary nature of his work, curating drawings, models and film through a constructed installation that re-aligned the gallery space. At McGill, he participated in the schools 2012 accreditation review.
As the Azrieli Visiting Critic (2009-10) at Carleton University’s Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism, King focused graduate studio delivery around one tectonic based studio, looking at material culture and a speculative studio exploring methodologies. His Azrieli Visiting critics Symposium invited critics, curators, practice leaders and academics to discuss the tensions between practice and research.
From 1997 to 2007 he was continuously involved with the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Architecture and Faculty of Fine Arts, with appointments as Professional Associate Professor and an interdisciplinary appointments between Fine Art, Theatre and Architecture. This has included active participation in two accreditation reviews.
From 2005 to 2010 King developed an interdisciplinary research initiative with the Banff Centre for the Arts, forming and delivering several residencies as participant, instructor and peer review. This work brought together architects, artists, filmmakers, musicians and others in a context for production of work through the exploration of critical methodologies.
In 2012 at the University of British Columbia King co-delivered a practice-based studio with Prof. Chris Macdonald, where UBC students worked in tandem with his Vancouver design studio on a parallel project, sharing research and development. Reviews occurred in the school and practice studio environment, across digital communication platforms and on site.
King has contributed at Dalhousie University (FreeLab 2005), the American Academy in London, the Architectural Association in London, and the Hochschule der Kunst in Berlin and in January 2004 he was appointed Visiting Professor at the Royal Academy of Art, School of Architecture in Copenhagen, creating and implementing a ten day charrette at Institute 3, Architecture and Speed.
In 2003-04 King contributed to the various Rome programs held during the 2003-2004 academic year: participating in mid-term and final reviews at several programs as invited critic, including Cornell, Pratt Institute, Temple University, RISD and Waterloo.
As a consultant, writer and critic King has contributed to cultural development through several critical journals, writing about contemporary art, projects and architectural curation. He visited the Sao Paolo Biennialle in 2005 for DFAIT and the Canada Council, creating a report on Canada’s potential involvement with the exhibition. He has written critical essays for projects such as 20+, artcity and informal architectures and has reviewed significant international exhibitions for journals, including the Venice Biennalle and the Sao Paolo Biennalle He is a co-editor of and contributor to the University of Calgary Press’ building/art (2004), and his work was featured in and on the cover of Coach House Books The Prix de Rome: A Critical Perspective by Marco Polo.
King has lectured widely on his work, various research streams and on contemporary practice. Venues include the Tate Gallery in London, the Iceland School of Art and Design, the Spertus Institute in Chicago, Ohio State University, Maison de Architecture in Montreal, the University of Lethbridge, Carleton University, La Sapienza University in Rome, New York University in Florence, the Royal Academy in Copenhagen, the Design Exchange in Toronto, the Confederation Arts Centre in Charlottetown, the Stride Gallery in Calgary and the Walter Philips Gallery in Banff. A major public lecture and concurrent exhibition are planned for Ryerson University in 2014.
FRAIC PRIX DE ROME CURRICULUM VITAE
I.EDUCATION
technical university of nova scotia (dalhousie university)
1990 masters of architecture 1988 bachelor of environmental design
acadia university wolfville nova scotia
1984 third year bachelor of arts (theatre arts) 1983 diploma in civil engineering
research: banff centre for the arts
2005 new works residency for the alberta biennal 2004 informal architectures
II. DESIGN AWARDS + HONOURS
2020 award of excellence canadian architect magazine FLDWRK/lemay
2021 world architecture prize FLDWRK/lemay
2018 Place de Montrealaises International competition FLDWRK/lemay
2018 Azure Best in Canada YUNSC cannondesign
2018 AZ awards best of and peoples choice lemayLAB
2017 award of excellence canadian architect magazine lemayLAB
2017 American Architecture Prize CHUM cannondesign
2017 College of Fellows RAIC andrew king
2016 architizer A+ award CHUM cannondesign
2016 A’ design award CHUM cannondesign
2015 ottawa urban design award lansdowne stadium cannondesign
2012 progressive architecture award wilfred laurier sports centre cannon design
2012 progressive architecture award hawk house andrew king
2010 award of excellence canadian architect magazine cannon design
2005 new works residency banff centre for the arts alberta biennial of art
2003/04 prix de rome in architecture canada council for the arts roma lux
2004 research/creation grant sshrc/co-applicant informal architecture
2003 sheddon design award city of calgary oliver house
2004 excellence in achievement university of calgary
2003 creation grant for architecture canada council for the arts modernow
2002 publishing grant architecture canada council for the arts building/art
2000 award of excellence canadian architect magazine AK A
1993 project grant for architecture canada council for the arts absurdity: form/politic 2
1990 architecture thesis prize dalhousie university form/politic 1
1989 dorothy and bruce rosetti scholarship for architecture dalhousie university
III. ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2020-23 professor in practice mcgill university montreal
2022 professor in practice university of Calgary calgary
2016-19 adjunct professor mcgill university montreal
2012 gerald sheff visiting chair mcgill university montreal
2009-10 azrieli visiting critic graduate studios/symposium carleton university
2008/17 studio instructor U1/U2/U3 graduate studio mcgill university
2008/09 studio instructor second/fourth year studio carleton university
2007-11 creator/faculty architecture lab banff centre for the arts
2008 visiting scholar in creative practice fine art mount allison university
2008 visiting studio instructor fourth year studio carleton university
2005-07 inter-disciplinary appointment fine art/architecture university of calgary
2006 visiting studio instructor studio/DSA/banff carleton university
2004- adviser laboratorio architettura nomade napoli, italy
IV. EXHIBITIONS/INSTALLATIONS
2016 Paysage MAQ montreal
2014 KING a architecture exhibition ryerson university
2013 dessins/dessins MAQ montreal
2012 KING a architecture exhibition mcgill university
2011 cinema pacific design center los angeles
2011 AK A/plans sequence MAQ montreal
2010 no longer exit 5 kenderline gallery u of saskatchewan
2010 motelization forman art gallery bishops university
2009 lost highway CHARTS digital
2009 !:26 the model emily carr gallery vancouver
2009 !:26 the model design exchange toronto
2009 !:26 the model MAQ montreal
2008 imaginecity owens art gallery sackville, nb
2007 prix de rome monopoli montreal
2007 hit or miss contemporary drawings triangle calgary
2006 prix de rome ballenfords toronto
2005 peripheral confederation centre gallery charlottetown
2005 romalux YYZ toronto
2005 romalux architecture gallery university of manitoba
2005 alberta biennial for contemporary art selected participant
walter phillips gallery, banff art gallery of alberta, edmonton
2005 faculty show contributor and curator u of calgary design gallery
2004 romalux stride gallery calgary
2004 roma lux int. 5 gallery rome
2004 termini pratt institute gallery rome
2003 aka recent works walter phillips gallery banff centre for the arts
2003 thread aka/angela silver u of calgary design gallery
2002 imaginary architecture m.a.d.e. gallery edmonton
2002 scrim installation artcity art and design festival calgary
2001 building/art design and curation institute for contemporary art calgary
2001 five conditions berlin 1991-96 installation u of calgary design gallery
2000 aka 5 projects : andrewkingstudio evds design gallery
2000 competition awards exhibition raic conference ottawa
1999 aka architecture faculty show evds design gallery
1999 2mthsbudapest evds design gallery
1994 form/politic 2 silberstein gallery berlin
1991 wilful constructs 5 projects a king m arch t.u.n.s. exhibition gallery
V. PROJECTS FEATURED IN JOURNALS
2020 canadian architect PDM, award toronto january
2017 azure magazine 61 bells, award toronto august
2017 canadian architect CHUM toronto july
2017 canadian architect 61 bells, award toronto january
2017 interiors CHUM passerelle toronto july
2013 canadian architect cap u film school feature toronto august
2012 AIA architect award of excellence (hawk) new york february
2012 AIA architect award of excellence (WLU) new york february
2010 canadian architect award of excellence feature toronto december
2009 canadian architect tros/keefe house toronto september
2009 building 22 tros/keefe house ottawa october
2008 canadian architect golden design masterplan toronto july
2008 onsite review romalux images calgary february
2007 elemente AKA/andrewkingstudio calgary october
2006 avenue magazine andrew king profile calgary may
2006 canadian interiors romalux toronto february
2006 canadian art scrim (cover and feature) toronto january
2005 canadian architect kensington clinic toronto june
2004 enroute magazine house 2054 toronto april
2003 canadian architect scrim toronto july
2003 onsite review 8 thread calgary
2002 canadian architect ez/ thread awards issue toronto december
2002 onsite review 7 ez house feature and interview calgary
2002 canadian architect building/art exhibition toronto november
2001 avenue magazine tros/keefe house calgary february
2000 canadian architect tros/keefe award of excellence toronto december
2000 canadian architect armature toronto
2000 in situ 2 armature calgary
1999 avenue magazine ccpa design masterplan calgary december
1989 utopica 3 extreme lives milan
VI. PUBLICATIONS BOOKS
2024 itinerant practice andrew king, tba
lev bratishenko,
nicolay boyadiev
2008 informal architecture contributor anthony kiendl black dog press
2006 prix de rome: a critical perspective
contributor coach house books
2004 building/art co-editor/contributor/essayist university of calgary press
CRITICAL ESSAYS BY ANDREW KING
2010 canadian architect award of excellence review toronto december
2009 canadian architect penelope stewart toronto january
2008 little utopias vessna perunovich toronto may
2008 20+ catalogue essay toronto january
2006 canadian architect rothney review toronto november
2006 canadian architect esplanade review toronto september
2005 canadian architect sao paolo bienalle review toronto november
2004 canadian architect venice bienalle review toronto november
2004 Ai modernow toronto may
2003 globe and mail design icons toronto july
2001 onsite review 6 beauty lost photos by a silver calgary
2001 onsite review 4 budapest and ideology calgary
VII. LECTURES AND SYMPOSIA
2019 POP/CAN/CRIT design exchange toronto
2019 vertical Cities conference singapore
2019 IDS Professional lecture toronto
2018 POP/CAN/CRIT symposium vancouver
2018 OAA conference york university NSC toronto
2017 World Design Summit conference montreal
2017 OAA/RAIC conference design research toronto
2017 CCHF conference design and health ottawa
2016 AAA banff sessions trans architecture banff alberta
2015 CCPPP conference design excellence in P3 toronto
2015 APPA conference design/landscape chicago, illinois
2015 design DIG public lecture buffalo new york
2014 AKA/new works public lecture iceland school of art and design
2014 AKA/new works public lecture ryerson university
2013 hospital city UIA/PHG international healthcare forum IIDEX toronto
2012 trans-architecture critical practice lecture series mcgill university
2011 design/PPP RAIC conference vancouver
2011 scripted skin facades conference new york city
2009 radical pragmatism: new modes of practice metro convention centre toronto
2009 process/project spertus institute chicago
2009 5 modes of practice/AKA trans architecture carleton university
2009 stars in their eyes trans architecture carleton university
2008 berlin/rome stable instability carleton university ottawa
2008 constructed landscapes fine art/geography mount allison university
2008 AKA/new works public lecture mount allison university
2007 AKA/new works review lecture mcgill university
2007 cinecitta art/design university of lethbridge
2007 post war berlin university of calgary, EVDS
2005 romalux SSAC conference confederation centre, charlottetown
2006 post war berlin university of calgary, EVDS
2005 AKA/newworks public lecture confederation centre, charlottetown
2005 romalux art/design university of lethbridge
2005 artist talk new works public lecture banff
2004 romalux stride gallery public lecture calgary
2004 artist talk informal architectures symposium banff
2004 aka work lecture carleton university ottawa
2004 artcity artalk series currency—invited speaker calgary
2004 aka / romalux architecture and curation tate britain london
2004 informal architecture public lecture la sapienza university rome
2004 building/art melbookstore public lecture rome
2004 aka work lecture public lecture royal academy of art copenhagen
2003 architecture and speed futurism lecture new york university florence
2003 aka / roma lux public lecture design exchange toronto
2003 aka recent works public lecture walter phillips gallery
VIII. ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE COURSES DELIVERED
mcgill university school of architecture
2020-23 studio U3, U1, M1
2013-18 studio U2, U3, DST critic
2012-14 sheff visiting professor (M1 studio, DST)
2009-11 thesis project supervision, third year studio (U3)
2008/09 first year studio (U1) / graduate studio (M2)
carleton university azrieli school of architecture and urbanism
2009-10 graduate studios as azrieli visiting critic
2007/09 fourth year speculative design studio
2006 landscape studio and DSA with the banff centre for the arts
banff centre for the arts
2008-11 mst two week architecture lab
mount allison university canadian studies/crc
2008 senior undergraduate design lectures in creative practice
dalhousie university school of architecture
2005 cinecitta freelab cinema, scenography and perception
1990 -91 bachelor of environmental design b3 design tutor
royal academy of art school of architecture copenhagen denmark visiting professor
2004 architecture and speed one week studio
university of calgary , faculty of environmental design , faculty of fine arts
2005-07 advanced speculative interdisciplinary graduate studio FFA/EVDS
2005-07 senior sculpture studio FFA
2001-08 graduate thesis supervision, advisement and committees FFA/EVDS
2000-04 advanced comprehensive graduate design studios EVDS
1999-07 design studio one EVDS
2001-07 graphics studio EVDS
2001 05 design studio two EVDS
1998-99 design studio three EVDS
JURIES
2004 aka / romalux architecture and curation tate britain london
2017 cornell university undergraduate final reviews
2015 university of british columbia architecture thesis reviews
2009-16 mcgill university thesis interim and final reviews
2011 carleton university thesis interim and final reviews
2010 canadian architect award of excellence jury toronto
2009-10 renslaer polytechnical institute troy new york studio jury
2009 university of british columbia architecture thesis reviews
2008 mcgill university thesis interim and final reviews, U3 reviews
2007 mcgill university thesis final reviews
2004-09 carleton university thesis final and various reviews
2007 sommerville charrette interim and final reviews university of calgary
2005 city of ottawa urban design awards jury member
2004 pennsylvania state university summer program in architecture final reviews
2004 rhode island school of design graduate rome program interim and final reviews
2004 pratt institute of art rome program interim and final reviews, guest studio critic
2004 renslaer polytechnical institute troy new york digital studio jury
2004 cornell university rome program interim and final reviews
2004 temple university rome program in architecture interim and final reviews
2004 pennsylvania state university rome program in architecture interim and final reviews
2003 university of washington rome program final reviews
2003 renslaer polytechnical institute rome program interim and final reviews
2003 waterloo university rome program interim and final reviews
2003 university of british columbia architecture thesis reviews
2002 washington state university architecture thesis reviews
96-07 university of calgary faculty of environmental design various reviews
1992 architecture association london unit 5 mid term reviews
1992 technical university berlin 2nd year design studio
1991 dalhousie university faculty of architecture various reviews
IX. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE CRITICAL DESIGN PRACTICE
AK A/andrewkingstudio 1990- CALGARY/MONTREAL
hawk house nova scotia in construction P/A award
roth house calgary in design
stride art gallery in design
stride urban strategy urban design study
city of calgary expropriation urban design study appeal/policy change
town of golden urban design canadian architect june 2008
clarke/cran house calgary in design avenue magazine
university of calgary convocation scenography
van rosendaal house tofino built 2007
kensington clinic built 2004 canadian architect june 2005
thread studio in design canadian architect december 2002
holiday house built 2002/4
ez house unbuilt canadian architect buiding/art
tros keefe house built 2007 canadian architect award of excellence
tripathy gill house built 2002 avenue magazine
calgary centre for the arts masterplan avenue magazine
LEADERSHIP WITHIN LARGE INTERNATIONAL PRACTICE
DESIGN PRINCIPAL FOR CANADA 2016-PRESENT lemay/FLDWRK
oratory st. joseph bell tower in design montreal office
CHUQ hospital quebec in design/construction montreal office
parc drapeau in design montreal office
DESIGN PRINCIPAL FOR CANADA 2008-PRESENT CANNONDESIGN
parc drapeau in design montreal office
capilano university film school complete C/A award vancouver office
CESM soccer centre competition finalist montreal office
science centre addition in construction vancouver office
wilfred laurier/YMCA sports centre P/A award to/van office
CHUM hospital montreal in design/construction montreal office
fort st john hospital complete vancouver office
xian sports complex invited competition shanghai office
pan am games venue concept design/awarded toronto office
AIM campus mumbai concept design boston office
CANNONDESIGN LEADERSHIP APPOINTMENTS
2009- CHUM superhospital leadership committee
2012-15 board of directors
2013-15 director branding committee
2013 canada large firm roundtable
2010- design practice committee
OTHER LARGE PRACTICE
DESIGN CONSULTANT/LEADER 1997- 05 VARIOUS FIRMS
parc drapeau in design montreal office
alberta childrens hospital built 2003-2005
golden visitors centre built 2005
burgess shale learning centre built 2001 aaa design award
intercontinental hotel, budapest built 2000 octogon
INTERNATIONAL PRACTICE
BERLIN 1994-96 STANKOVIC + BONNEN ARCHITECTURE
ibb bank bauwelt, centrum 1 prize built 1998 invited competition
three public zones berlin 2 prize invited competition
new german government ministries invited competition
1992-94 ARCHITECTURESTUDIO TIM HEIDE
house alsterblick addition bauwelt, aedes gallery built 1995
leninallee urban design study bauwelt, centrum, aedes gallery
1991-92 JOHN HEJDUK /MORITZ MULLER
house alsterblick addition bauwelt, aedes gallery built 1995
IBA housing published internationally built 1991
LONDON 1987-88 ZAHA HADID ARCHITECT
peak hong kong exhibition at m.o.m.a.
iba berlin social housing published internationally built 1994
tomigaya tokyo published internationally
azabu tokyo published internationally
deconstructivist architecture exhibition drawings moma new york
HALIFAX 1986-91 BRIAN MACKAY-LYONS ARCHITECTURE
dalhousie university campus plan published internationally
w/ charles moore, giancarlo decarlo, bill mitchell lieutenant governors award
maynard st. housing governor generals medal built 1988
legallais house lieutenant governors medal built 1987
new room for architecture international competition 1 prize
t.u.n.s. architecture addition published internationally built 1991
10. OTHER EXPERIENCE OTHER APPOINTMENTS
2012-15 public art selection committee CHUM montreal
2012-15 board of directors cannondesign firmwide
2013-15 director branding committee cannondesign
2013 canada large firm roundtable cannondesign
2010- design practice committee cannondesign
2006-08 board member stride art gallery calgary
2005- stride building committee stride art gallery calgary
2004- adviser laboratorio architettura nomade napoli, italy
2001 editorial board on site review magazine calgary
2001-2 director of architecture artcity calgary
1998 architecture and design director our millenium calgary
1997 western editor raic update calgary
OTHER MEDIA
1997 western editor raic update calgary
2012 I tunes university andrew king sheff lecture mcgill university
2009 readers digest commentary on brian mackay-lyons international
2006 CBC arts tonight interview with eleanor wachtel national
2004 CBC afternoon show architecture in calgary calgary
2004 CBC wild rose show architecture calgary
2003 globe and mail design icons/rome prize national
2003 calgary herald interview/rome prize calgary