Prix de Rome in Architecture — Emerging Practitioners

Conrad Speckert

Photographer(s): Eliot Wright

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Conrad Speckert

Conrad is an intern architect at LGA Architectural Partners with degrees from McGill University and the University of Waterloo. He is leading a Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation-sponsored research project to develop alternative solutions to the building code requirement for two staircases in small multi-unit residential buildings and has proposed a corresponding change to the National Building Code of Canada. He joined LGA as project manager for ‘ReHousing,’ a collaboration with the University of Toronto to visualize gentle densification and zoning reform for “missing middle” housing.

The prize

The Prix de Rome in Architecture – Emerging Practitioners is awarded to a recent graduate from a Canadian architectural school who demonstrates exceptional potential in architectural design. With this prize, the recipient may visit architectural buildings and carry out an internship at an international architectural firm.

Background

Inspired by the Prix de Rome in architecture, which was created in the 18^th century and helped young architects train in Italy, the Prix de Rome in Architecture – Emerging Practitioners was established in Canada in 1987 in pursuit of a more outward-looking vision towards the world.