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Jaime Torres Carmona, AIA, LEED AP

2009 Baker Traveling Fellow and Principal, Canopy | architecture + design

Learning from Germany: Tested Strategies for the Building Envelope

Wednesday, February 10, 2010
5:30 P.M. - Lawrence J. Plym Auditorium
Temple Hoyne Buell Hall

Jaime Torres Carmona, founding Principal of Canopy / architecture + design, is an architect living & practicing in Chicago. At Canopy / a+d, Jaime focuses on resource- and climate-driven design for residential, commercial, civic, and community-based projects. Having lived in two densely populated cities, Mexico City and Chicago, Jaime quickly developed a passion & sensitivity for people, context, buildings, and technology. After receiving his BSAS and MArch degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Jaime was awarded the 2001 Ryerson Traveling Fellowship for a study in The Netherlands. This provided Jaime with great exposure to new solutions in urban design and multi-family living. Following this experience Jaime worked as Project Architect with a number of award-winning Chicago firms including McBride Kelley Baurer, Booth Hansen and Urban Works. Here Jaime provided leadership on a wide range of projects including the LEED Gold-UNO Charter School in Chicago, recipient of the 2010 Driehaus Award for Architectural Excellence in Community Design. Prior to pursuing his own practice, Jaime was awarded the Baker Traveling Fellowship where he spent six weeks in Germany studying low- and high-tech solutions for the building envelope.

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 Plym Auditorium

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Spring 2010 Lectures

Contacts

Lecture Committee: Stewart Hicks                Erik Hemingway              Julie Larsen                    John Senseney