The lecture series is sponsored by the family of Dr. John Evans, the first dean of McMaster’s Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, to honour Eberhard Zeidler, architect of the McMaster Health Sciences Centre.

Evans was hired by McMaster in 1965 to create the university’s medical school. He began working with Zeidler in 1967 to design the 1.3 million square foot school and major hospital. Called “obsolescence-proof” by the World Hospital Congress, this landmark building was the first integrated patient-care, education and research complex to incorporate interstitial space for maximum flexibility.

The inaugural lecture on September 12 will be given by Professor Annmarie Adams. Titled ‘Three hospitals. Two visionaries. One credo,’ the talk explores the architectural innovation of several of Zeidler’s ground-breaking designs. Adams will demonstrate how the McMaster Health Sciences Centre (Hamilton, 1972), Walter C. Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre (Edmonton, 1986), and SickKids Hospital (Toronto, 1993) reshaped health care buildings around the world.

More information and registration for the lecture is available here.

[Update] Watch a recording of the lecture here and a recap of the event by the Daily Commercial News here.