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
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“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.
“Wild Juxtapositions by Way of a Confusing Vocabulary”