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2025

ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST - Montague House

McEwan School of Architecture Lecture by Tura Cousins Wilson, Sudbury, ON

Round Table: Occupying Space, Shaping Community with Shane Laptiste at McCord Stewart Museum, Montreal, QC

AZURE, Reframing Spatial Narratives - Essay by Shane Laptiste

Public Announcement of Afro-Canadian Cultural Centre of Montreal in Ecole Des Beaux Arts building

McGILL UNIVERSITY BLACK HISTORY MONTH: Opening Ceremony & Keynote - Lecture by Shane Laptiste, Montreal, QC

Design TO Talks: Net Positive - Presentation and Discussion by Tura Cousins Wilson, Toronto, ON

Interior Design Show: The Future of Creative Practice - Presentation and Panel by Tura Cousins Wilson, Toronto, ON

 
 

In Progress - Centre culturel afro-canadien de Montreal in heritage Ecole des Beaux Arts building

 

McGill University Keynote


 
 

Nuvo Magazine

 

Metropolis Magazine - Little Jamaica

 

Toronto Imagined - TMU Lecture

2024

SALON OF URBAN ARCHITECTURE - Lecture by Shane Laptiste & Tura Cousins Wilson, Florence, Italy

AZURE, Human/Nature Conference, Scaling Up Delivery of Sustainable Affordable Housing, Moderated by Tura Cousins Wilson, Toronto, ON

NUVO MAGAZINE - Toronto’s Studio of Contemporary Architecture Is Creating Socially Responsible Spaces

STUDIO MAGAZINE - Interview with Tura Cousins Wilson

BEHIND THE BUILD Podcast - Behind the Build: Shane Laptiste - Studio of Contemporary Architecture

NEWFOUNLAND & LABRADOR ASSOCIATION OF ARCHITECTS - Lecture by Tura Cousins Wilson, St, John’s NL

CANADIAN ARCHITECT - Canada Council for the Arts reveals 2025 Venice Biennale of Architecture Shortlist

INTERIOR DESIGN MAGAZINE - 10 Questions With… Studio of Contemporary Architecture Founders

METROPOLIS MAGAZINE - How Can We Rethink Architecture and Design Models?

CARLETON UNIVERSITY - Forum Lecture: Visibility and Community: Observations on overlooked communities and narratives in architecture with Tura Cousins Wilson and Shane Laptiste, Ottawa, ON

CBC HERE AND NOW WITH GILL DEACON - Interview with Tura Cousins Wilson and Shane Laptiste

TORONTO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY - Toronto Imagined, Exhibition, Paul H. Cocker Gallery, Toronto, ON

TORONTO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY - Toronto Imagined, Lecture by Tura Cousins Wilson & Shane Laptiste, Toronto, ON

GLOBE AND MAIL - Canada's Best Architecture and Interiors for 2024


 

2023

AZURE MAGAZINE - The Future of Canadian Architecture

SOCA Designs Dame Magdalene Odundo Exhibition at the Gardiner Museum

Friends of Friends Design Summit — Panel on Alternative Practice with Tura Cousins Wilson, Chicago, IL

HARVARD UNIVERSITY GSD - Black in Design 2023 Panel with Tura Cousins Wilson, Cambridge, MA

Non-Residential Uses in Neighbourhoods - Panel Hosted by Tura Cousins Wilson, Toronto, ON

2023 Prix de Rome in Architecture — Professional

RAIC 2023 Emerging Architectural Practice Award

DESIGNLINES - Amazing Space: A Victorian Reno by SOCA

MCGILL UNIVERSITY - Race + Space Lecture Series with Shane Laptiste, Montreal, QC

UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO - Praxes of Care Lecture Series with Tura Cousins Wilson, Cambridge, ON

DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY - Ethical and Legal Responsibilities Lecture Series with Tura Cousins Wilson, Halifax, NS

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO - Lecture and Panel Discussion with Tura Cousins Wilson, Toronto, ON

DESIGNLINES - Amazing Space: A Victorian Reno by SOCA

 
 

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO - Lecture and Panel Discussion with Tura

 

RAIC 2023 Emerging Architectural Practice Award

 

AZURE Magazine


 

2022

DOORS OPEN TORONTO 2022 | TSA Architects Talk: Renewal

SOCA announced as a contributor to the Architects Against Housing Alienation (AAHA) Team representing Canada at the 2023 Venice Biennale of Architecture

Tura Cousins Wilson and Stefan Novakovic Nominated for the National Magazine Awards 2022, Best Feature Article - Community Ties, Azure

ATHABASCA UNIVERSITY - decolonization_decarbonization: tools to disrupt hierarchies of power and knowledge in architecture - Panel with Shane Laptiste

CBC METRO MORNING with Ismaila Alfa - Interview with Tura Cousins Wilson

CANADIAN ARCHITECT - The Bentway reveals proposals for the next phase of Waterfront ReConnect

 
 

2021

OCAD UNIVERSITY - Coffee Chat with Tura Cousins Wilson

AZURE - An Alternative Vision for Toronto’s Alexandra Park

AZURE - (Almost) Never Demolish: Reviving Social Housing Through Preservation

WALLPAPER* - SOCA, Canada: Wallpaper* Architects’ Directory 2021

CANADIAN ARCHITECT - Twenty & Change: Emerging Talent

GLOBE AND MAIL - How to bring a Brutalist public building back to life

GLOBE AND MAIL - Is Toronto’s Little Jamaica history?

LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY - Celebration of Black History Month: Panel with Tura Cousins Wilson

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO - Global Perspectives: In Conversation with BAIDA — Panel with Tura Cousins Wilson

 
 

2020

RAIC - Lived Experiences in Architecture - Panel with Shane Laptiste

BEAT x The Adelaide Project: Designing Equitable Communities with Persis Lam & Tura Cousins Wilson

ARCH DAILY - King West Loft

DWELL - A Strategic Renovation Makes This ’90s Toronto Loft Ultra-Flexible

ELLE DECOR - How Home Design and Architecture Should Adapt to a Post-Covid World

DESIGNLINES - A Tasteful Reno Redefines a Once-Sparse King West Loft

2019

DESIGNLINES - Show Us Where You Live: Tura Cousins Wilson’s Fully Renoed Edwardian

GLOBE AND MAIL - Leslieville Home Becomes a Sunshiny Tribute to Late Grandmother

 
 

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