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Dr. Lisa Landrum

Lisa Landrum
Department Chair of Architectural Science / Professor / Architect
PhD, MArch II, BArch, OAA, MAA, FRAIC, AIA
DepartmentArchitectural Science
Areas of ExpertiseArchitectural Design, Imagination, Agency, Performing Arts, History & Theory, Poetics & Ethics, Creative & Critical Thinking, Pedagogy, Architectures of Peace and Justice
ARC-203E
416 979 5000 ext. 556501

Areas of Specialization

Architectural Design

History & Theory

Poetics & Ethics

Imagination

Representation

Performing Arts

Agency

Pedagogy & Critical Thinking

Education

Year University Degree
2011 McGill University PhD 
2003 McGill University MArch II (post-professional)
1995 Carleton University BArch 

Spotlight

Dr. Lisa Landrum is an academic leader, award-winning teacher, and licensed architect. 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. In between her undergraduate and graduate studies, Landrum performed seven years of diverse architectural work in New York City. Her doctoral dissertation explored the mythic bases and poetic origins of architectural acts by interpreting two ancient Greek plays in which the protagonist is called 鈥渁rchitect鈥� while directing schemes of transformation for the common good. These architect-protagonists and the plots they lead not only provide insight into the emergent role of architects in the fifth century BCE, but also vividly dramatize certain representative deeds and ethical dilemmas that remain to this day integral to an architect's performance.

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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. Recent book: ; series; 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; 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 Pedagogy
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.

  • 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

  1. Theatres of Architectural Imagination, ed. Lisa Landrum and Sam Ridgway, London and New York: Routledge, 2023
  2. Narrating the City: 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
  3. Architecture in Canada: A Vision for the Future 鈥� Toward an Architecture Policy for Canada, contributing-author with Rise for Architecture, 2023
  4. CAF脡 Summary Report 鈥� summarizing outcomes of the Canadian Architecture Forums on Education, 2020
  5. 鈥淲inging it with Alberti: Learning from Distance鈥� in Remote Practices: Architecture at a Distance, ed. Matthew Mindrup and Lilian Chee. London: Lund Humphries, 2023
  6. 鈥淐ampus Architecture: The Radical Medium of Learning鈥� in Canadian Modern Architecture 1967 to the Present, ed. Elsa Lam and Graham Livesey. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2019
  7. 鈥淧oetic Imagination and the Architecture Poe鈥� in Reading Architecture, Literary Imagination and Architectural Experience, ed. Angeliki Sioli and Yoonchun Jung. New York: Routledge, 2018
  8. 鈥淢iming a Manner of Architectural Theory. Eudaimonia: A Pantomime Dream Play鈥� in Confabulations: Storytelling in Architecture, ed. Carolina Dayer, Paul Emmons and Marcia Feuerstein. New York: Routledge, 2017
  9. 鈥淰arieties of Architectural Imagination鈥� in Warehouse 25, ed. Alena Rieger and Ally Pereira-Edwards. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba, 2016
  10. 鈥淎rchitects of Playtime: Cities as Social Media in the work of Jacques Tati鈥� in Filming the City: Urban Documents, Design Practices, and Social Criticism Through the Lens, ed. Edward Clift, Ari Mattes & Mirko Guaralda. Bristol, UK: Intellect Books, 2016
  11. 鈥淐h艒ra before Plato: Architecture, Drama and Receptivity鈥� in Chora 7: Intervals in the Philosophy of Architecture, ed. Alberto P茅rez-G贸mez and Stephen Parcell. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen鈥檚 University Press, 2016
  12. 鈥淧oetic Persistence and Architectural Renewal: the fruits of investing in an economy of stories鈥� Economy and Architecture, ed. Juliet Odgers, Stephen Kite and Mhairi McVicar. London: Routledge, 2015
  13. 鈥淏efore Architecture: Archai, Architects and Architectonics in Plato and Aristotle,鈥� Montreal Architectural Review, Vol. 2 (2015)
  14. 鈥淢odus Operandi of an Architectus Doli: Architectural cunning in the comic plays of Plautus鈥� in Architecture鈥檚 Appeal: How Theory informs Architectural Praxis, ed. Marc J. Neveu and Negin Djavaherian. London & New York: Routledge
  15. 鈥淧erforming The艒ria: Architectural Acts in Aristophanes鈥� Peace鈥� in Architecture as a Performing Art, ed. Gray Read & Marcia Feuerstein. London: Routledge, 2013
  16. 鈥淓nsemble Performances: Architects and Justice in Athenian Drama鈥� in Architecture and Justice: Judicial Meanings in the Public Realm, ed. Nicholas Temple, Jonathan Simon and Renee Tobe. London: Routledge, 2013

  • President, Canadian Architectural Certification Board (CACB), 2022-2024 
  • Registered Architect in Ontario, Manitoba and New York State
  • Chair, Canadian Council of University Schools of Architecture (CCUSA) (2025-pres.)
  • 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 

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3. Unstacking the Deck: 

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4. Theatres of Architectural Imagination: 

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