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Leander Kalil
editor, writer, researcher


(Matthew) Leander Kalil is an editor, writer, and researcher specializing in architecture. This website catalogues his editorial work.


Leander is the Research Assistant in the Office of the Director at the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) and works on many of the CCA’s publications, exhibitions, and films. Previously, he worked at Office of Adrian Phiffer as a designer, sculptor, animator, writer, and editor.

He has an M.Arch from the University of Toronto and a B.A. in Philosophy from The New School University. 

Outside of the CCA, Leander has edited works published by The Architecture Observer, Maas Lawrence, Routledge, a+u, 2G, and El Croquis.

As a writer he has been published in Domus and by Lenz Press.

He is based in Montréal.


For inquiries:
+1 416 910 9378
m.leanderkalil@gmail.com


INDEX
Selected Projects
Architecture in the Age of Mediatizing Technologies
Sang Lee
2024
Routledge

from Routledge:
This book offers a novel perspective on contemporary architecture, exploring its position in mediatization, attained through technological apparatuses. It introduces the novel concepts of apparatus-centricity and mediatization of architecture, which have significant disciplinary and cultural ramifications.

Role:   Copy editor, Proofreader.
Groundwork, ch.1 “Into the Island”
exhibition and documentary film
2024
Canadian Centre for Architecture 

from CCA website:
Into the Island is the first chapter of Groundwork, a three-part film and exhibition series exploring the conceptual development and field research of contemporary architects cultivating alternative modes of engagement with new project sites.

Curator: Francesco Garutti
Curatorial Assistant: Irene Chin
Film directed by Joshua Frank

                                                          Poster:  进岛方向/Into the Island (2024 | 41 min | CCA)
                                                          Graphic design: HIT

                                                          Role:   Researcher.
“Wild Juxtapositions by Way of a Confusing Vocabulary”
in a+u 2023:10
Giovanna Borasi
2023
Shinkenchiku-sha

In her signature lighthearted yet analytically astute voice, CCA Director Giovanna Borasi contributes an essay to a+u’s monograph of the Porto-based firm fala. Borasi explores the path of fala’s built work from renovation to new build, and considers how their distinctive geometric, material, and chromatic language might fare during this transtition.

Role: Researcher, Copy editor, Proofreader.
“Looking for the Real, Conversation with Kersten Geers and David van Severen”
in El Croquis
Giovanna Borasi
2024

For this monograph, Giovanna Borasi sits down with the founders of Dutch firm OFFICE to discuss the evolution of their philosophies, their practice, and its body of work.

Role: Developmental Editor, Copy editor, Proofreader.