Curatorial Team

Elsa Lam, Editor, Canadian Architect magazine

Elsa Lam is editor of Canadian Architect magazine.  She holds a doctorate in architectural history and theory from Columbia University, completed under the supervision of Kenneth Frampton and Vittoria di Palma. She previously studied architectural history at McGill University and architectural design at the University of Waterloo.  

Elsa has written extensively for architecture and design magazines, as well as collaborating on the editing and writing of several books. Previous to her role at Canadian Architect, she worked with the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal. She is the co-editor of the book Canadian Modern Architecture, 1967 to the present, published by Princeton Architectural Press and Canadian Architect in November 2019.

Kevin McIntosh, Communications + Administrative Support

Kevin is Business Manager and Director at Dubbeldam Architecture + Design and has played an active role in the architecture community as Executive Member of the Toronto Society of Architects since 2002, leading initiatives including the TSA Year End Bash, the TSA Architecture Walking Tours and the TSA Connect Series. He has played a technical, communications and administrative support role for Twenty + Change since the 02 edition in 2009.

Past Editions

Twenty + Change: Emerging Talent 

For the 5th edition of Twenty + Change in 2021, we partnered with Canadian Architect Magazine to produce the Emerging Talent edition. Coming off the heals of the pandemic when in-person exhibitions were still a challenge, Canadian Architect offered a way to extend the reach of the initiative and exposure for the firms through its 14,000+ subscriber, national circulation.

Twenty + Change: Next Generation

Heather Dubbeldam led the coordination of the Twenty + Change: Next Generation edition, including the production of the exhibition which launched at 401 Richmond’s Urbanspace Gallery, as well as authoring and editing the Next Generation publication.

Twenty + Change 02 & 03 

Lola Sheppard was Co-Director, with Heather Dubbeldam, of the Twenty + Change 02 and 03 editions. She was also co-editor of the Twenty + Change 01, 02 and 03 publications. Lola is a founding Partner at Lateral Office, a design research firm focusing on architecture's intersections with infrastructure, ecology and environment, and an Associate Professor at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture.

Twenty + Change 01

Every great initiative begins with an idea combined with the determination to see it come to life. The first iteration of Twenty + Change, featuring emerging Toronto architecture practices, was conceived of and established by Superkül, the Toronto architecture and design firm led by Meg Graham and Andre D’Elia. Many were involved in the launch, led by Meg, Andre and Drew Sinclair — with significant contributions by Robert Downey and Tom Nemeskeri. Twenty + Change 01 was exhibited at the Gladstone Hotel in 2007 and featured 21 emerging Toronto practices. Heather Dubbeldam and Lola Sheppard produced the Twenty + Change 01 publication and assumed leadership of the initiative, broadening its scope to a national forum.

Past Contributors

Volunteers & Advisors: Drew Sinclair, Rob Downey, Thomas Nemeskeri, Bindya Lad, Johanna Bollozos, Vanathy Ganesharajah, Lynden Giles, Heather MacMullin, Oliver Dang, Jacob Jebailey, Colin Viebrock, Naomi Kriss, Leslie Jen, Mason White, Emma Wright, Donna Bridgeman, Ian Chodikoff, Miriam Ng, Nancy Nguyen, Joseph Villahermosa, and Krystal Kramer.

Catalogue Designers:
Twenty + Change 01 & 02: Farid Noufaily + Rufina Wu
Twenty + Change 03: Fionn Bryne
Twenty + Change Next Generation: Amanda Chong + Christine Kim

Copy Editor: Doris Cowan

Editorial Contributors: George Baird, Shawn Micallef, Pina Petricone, Andrew King, Ian Chodikoff, Alex Bozikovic, David Theodore, Marc Boutin, Peter Sampson, Will Jones, Steve DiPasquale.