Featuring Douglas Cardinal – courtesy of Calgary University

20 Mar Featuring Douglas Cardinal – courtesy of Calgary University

On the eve of the anniversary of Rudolf Steiner’s birth, we’d like to share with you a story and an interview conducted recently at the University of Calgary, featuring Canadian architect Douglas Cardinal. Mr. Cardinal, considered to be Canada’s most important and celebrated Indigenous architect, cites Dr. Steiner, his work and his philosophies, as one the earliest influences in his career. He also refers to his experiences at the University of Texas at Austin’s School of Architecture (and the education he received, and teachings on Steiner there) as being key to his own beliefs and philosophies on the possibilities of design.

We’d like to invite you to view the video and read the recent story generated at the University of Calgary, which focuses on Indigenous design thinking and features Mr. Cardinal. We’ve created a DropBox that contains the shortened video for the story (which is available on You Tube) and the full length video interview which took place on January 25.

Please feel free to access this material and to make use of it. All we ask is that you credit “University of Calgary” and that you send us links to whatever you publish.