John Brown, dean of Calgary school of architecture, named RAIC President

摘要

John Brown, AAA, FRAIC has been named the 80th President of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC). Brown is both a practitioner—the founding Principal of Housebrand in Calgary—and an academic—the Dean of the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape at the University of Calgary. Brown is recognized as an innovator and received the RAIC's 2003 Award of Excellence for Innovation for his development of Housebrand. It's an integrated practice that combines architecture, construction, real estate brokerage, and interior design into a one-stop-shop and aims to make well-designed, sustainable homes attain- able for the middle class. In 2010, he coined the term Slow Home Movement to "give people a language to be able to talk about residential design" and aspire to something better than cookie-cutter housing. This culminated in his book, co-authored with Matthew North, entitled What's Wrong with this House? A Practical Guide to Finding a Welt-Designed Sustainable Home.