What Kind of City Are We Building? An Architecture Talk with Prof. Rick Haldenby

7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Virtual Event
Events - Zoom

Event Details

This is a FREE online talk offered via Zoom Webinar. Please register here.

Presented by Rick Haldenby, Professor, University of Waterloo School of Architecture

There are so many projects under construction at this moment that it is almost impossible to grasp the scale of the change our city is about to undergo. More projects are going up in the core than were built in the last 25 years. The highest of these buildings will be more than twice as tall as any previous structure in the Kitchener core. Towers are looming over our most cherished open spaces including Victoria Park. The vast majority of the buildings are residential. The population of the Kitchener core will virtually double. 

This talk introduces a new guide to the changing core and will provide the background to the present surge, laying out the four previous phases in the development of the core since the middle of the last century. The presentation will also ask the very important question: What kind of City are we building?



Recording notice: This event will be recorded for later viewing on KPL's YouTube Channel. Only the presenters' video and audio feeds are captured. 

Event Type(s): 85 Queen, Arts, Culture and Entertainment
Age Group(s): Adults