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Waterloo: Unconventional

The cure for global warming by architecture

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Terri Meyer Boake admits her ambitions are lofty: “I’m trying to save the world, one architecture student at a time.” For the School of Architecture professor, “research arises from a problem; it’s problem solving.” She sees global warming as the pre-eminent problem of our time, one in which architects are implicated: “Buildings produce 40 to 70 per cent of the world’s carbon dioxide.”

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Students and parents to visit university's open house

An all-day event at the University of Waterloo on Saturday, November 7, will offer an in-depth look at the university and campus life for prospective students and their families. Close to 4,000 visitors are expected at the University of Waterloo's fall open house - mostly on the main campus, with some at Waterloo's school of architecture in Cambridge. The event is held as students are making up their minds about which universities best suit their needs.

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