Dr. Lisa Landrum
Areas of Specialization
Architectural Design
History & Theory
Poetics & Ethics
Imagination
Representation
Performing Arts
Agency
Pedagogy
Education
| Year | University | Degree |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | McGill University | PhD |
| 2003 | McGill University | MArch II (post-professional) |
| 1995 | Carleton University | BArch |
Selected Courses
| Course Code | Course Title |
|---|---|
| AR 8102 | Architecture Seminar in Critical Practice |
| AR 8228 | Research Seminar in Global Communities |
| AR 8231/ASC 900 | Selected Topics - Tactical Urbanism |
| ARC 920 | Advanced Architecture Design Studio |
| ASC 704 | Independent Study: Architectural History, Theory, Representation |
| ASC 201 | Ideas Tech & Precedents I |
Spotlight
Dr. Lisa Landrum believes architects have crucial roles to play in advancing climate action, social justice, and cultural vitality. Today's complex challenges require reimagining what, how and why we design, and who we design for and with. Engaging more radical and comprehensive forms of imagination is key for leveraging architecture鈥檚 potential to foster justice and joy.
Landrum is a licensed architect, award-winning teacher, widely-published author, fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, and respected leader in architectural education. She is past-President of the Canadian Architectural Certification Board, former Chair of 91福利鈥檚 Department of Architectural Science, and has held multiple leadership roles at other academic institutions at Faculty and Department levels for research, cooperative education, doctoral studies, design thesis, and architectural accreditations.
She holds a professional Bachelor of Architecture from Carleton University and a post-professional Master鈥檚 and PhD in Architectural History and Theory from McGill University. Prior to graduate studies, Landrum acquired substantial professional experience in New York City, including architectural design and project management with leading firms, design-build projects, and restoration of significant heritage buildings across Manhattan. She is nationally recognized for launching and leading the Canadian Architecture Forums on Education (CAF脡), a SSHRC-supported initiative begun in 2019 fostering exchange among all Canadian architecture schools, and for contributions to Rise for Architecture, working across sectors to mobilize an architecture policy for Canada. Her scholarly research examines the interactions of architectural imagination, agency, theatre and democracy. Publications include Women Changing Architecture (Centre de Design 2026), Theatres of Architectural Imagination (Routledge 2023), Narrating the City (Intellect 2023), and contributions to numerous books and journals.
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Research Highlights
Theatres of Architectural Imagination
With expertise in the dramatic origins of architectural acts, Landrum is at the forefront of creative scholarship engaging architecture as a performing art. Her wide-ranging publications, exhibitions, artifacts, and events explore interactions of architecture with theatre, fiction, philosophy, and democracy. Publication & events: ; series; and and .
Towards Equity in Architecture
Through creative projects and research mobilization, Landrum is advancing understanding and action toward greater diversity and inclusion in architectural education and practice. Work includes, a national forum series on equity in architecture; , celebrating impactful practitioners in Ontario and Quebec; and, celebrating early women architecture graduates and calling for further action beyond binaries, beyond borders, and toward Indigenous sovereignty.
The Future of Architecture and Architectural Education
How is architecture changing? How are pedagogical modalities adjusting to keep pace? With initiatives like the (launched in 2019 ) and (with a 2023 report), Landrum is working with students and partners across academic, professional, and regulatory sectors to rethink the future (and history) of architecture and the architect鈥檚 role in society. Check out highlights from her three years as DAS Chair here.
- Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada
- 2019-2023: SSHRC Connection Grants for the Canadian Architecture Forums on Education (CAF脡)
- 2022: Unstacking the Deck 鈥� 鈥楥ommendation鈥� for the Milka Bliznako Research Prize by the International Archive of Women in Architecture.
- 2021: Exhibitor and curator of Archimagination for the ALN SunShip exhibition at CITYX Italian Virtual Pavilion, 17th International Architecture Biennale
- 2022 & 2018: Students鈥� Teacher Recognition Award for Teaching Excellence
- 2017: Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring Award, University of Manitoba
- , ed. Louise Pelletier, with Lisa Landrum, Jennifer Esposito and Jonathan Tourangeau. Montreal: Centre de Design, 2026.
- , ed. Lisa Landrum and Sam Ridgway, London and New York: Routledge, 2023
- : Mediated Representations of Architecture, Urban Forms and Social Life, ed. Ay艧egu虉l Ak莽ay Kavako臒lu, Tu虉rkan Nihan Hac谋枚mero臒lu & Lisa Landrum. Bristol, UK: Intellect / University of Chicago Press, 2021
- 鈥� Toward an Architecture Policy for Canada, contributing-author with Rise for Architecture, 2023
- 鈥� summarizing outcomes of the Canadian Architecture Forums on Education, 2020
- 鈥淲inging it with Alberti: Learning from Distance鈥� in , ed. Matthew Mindrup and Lilian Chee. London: Lund Humphries, 2023
- 鈥淐ampus Architecture: The Radical Medium of Learning鈥� in , ed. Elsa Lam and Graham Livesey. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2019
- 鈥淧oetic Imagination and the Architecture Poe鈥� in , ed. Angeliki Sioli and Yoonchun Jung. New York: Routledge, 2018
- 鈥淢iming a Manner of Architectural Theory. Eudaimonia: A Pantomime Dream Play鈥� in , ed. Carolina Dayer, Paul Emmons and Marcia Feuerstein. New York: Routledge, 2017
- 鈥淰arieties of Architectural Imagination鈥� in Warehouse 25, ed. Alena Rieger and Ally Pereira-Edwards. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba, 2016
- 鈥淎rchitects of Playtime: Cities as Social Media in the work of Jacques Tati鈥� in , ed. Edward Clift, Ari Mattes & Mirko Guaralda. Bristol, UK: Intellect Books, 2016
- 鈥淐h艒ra before Plato: Architecture, Drama and Receptivity鈥� in , ed. Alberto P茅rez-G贸mez and Stephen Parcell. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen鈥檚 University Press, 2016
- 鈥淧oetic Persistence and Architectural Renewal: the fruits of investing in an economy of stories鈥� , ed. Juliet Odgers, Stephen Kite and Mhairi McVicar. London: Routledge, 2015
- 鈥�,鈥� Montreal Architectural Review, Vol. 2 (2015)
- 鈥淢odus Operandi of an Architectus Doli: Architectural cunning in the comic plays of Plautus鈥� in , ed. Marc J. Neveu and Negin Djavaherian. London & New York: Routledge
- 鈥淧erforming The艒ria: Architectural Acts in Aristophanes鈥� Peace鈥� in , ed. Gray Read & Marcia Feuerstein. London: Routledge, 2013
- 鈥淓nsemble Performances: Architects and Justice in Athenian Drama鈥� in , ed. Nicholas Temple, Jonathan Simon and Renee Tobe. London: Routledge, 2013
- Chair, Canadian Council of University Schools of Architecture (CCUSA) (2025-present)
- Chair, Department of Architectural Science at 91福利, 2023-2026
- President (2022-2024), and Director (2019-2025), Canadian Architectural Certification Board (CACB),
- Registered Architect in Ontario and New York State
- Associate Dean, PhD Design & Planning Program Chair, and Co-op Academic Liaison, Faculty of Architecture, University of Manitoba (2017-2023)
- Executive Member, Building Equality in Architecture (BEA)-Prairies
- Working group member, Rise for Architecture, 2017-2023
1. Architectural Education
- Dr. Lisa Landrum wraps up three impactful years as DAS Chair, Aug. 6, 2026.
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- , Azure, June 2024.
- , Futurum Careers, March 2024.
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3. Rise for Architecture:
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4. Unstacking the Deck:
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5. Theatres of Architectural Imagination:
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