contributors
on site review 23: small things Spring 2010
Reza Aliabad has an MArch from the University of Tehran and a post-professional MArch from McGill. atelier rzlbd covers a range of architecture, research and design. www.rzlbd.com Chris Allen is a LEED® Accredited Professional and partner in the award-winning firm of Allen + Maurer Architects Ltd. His work in the Okanagan strives to develop a sustainable relationship between culture, landscape and building. Kelley Beaverford is an associate professor in the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Manitoba. She is the founder and director of Architects Without Borders Canada, an organisation committed to developing socially empowering environments. beaverfo@cc.umanitoba.ca Victoria Ann Beltrano is a recent graduate of the University of Waterloo School of Architecture. Her graduate thesis, entitled Urban Blind Fields: creative public reclamations, focuses on user appropriated spaces in downtown Toronto. Denis Calnan is a freelance journalist and artist working as a researcher/reporter for CBC Radio in Montreal. He has written for Canadian Geographic , This Magazine and Spacing . Some of his work can be seen at www.deniscalnan.ca Steven Chodoriwsky is living in Tokyo. Brendan Cormier and Christopher Pandolfi are two employees at Department of Unusual Certainties. DoUC concerns itself with investigations into unusual, overlooked and speculative urban situations. Shelby Doyle is a candidate for a Master degree in Architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Prior to attending the GSD Shelby worked in New York City and received her Bachelor of Science degree in Architecture from the University of Virginia. She is originally from Purcellville, Virginia. Gerald Forseth (BArch Toronto 1970) MAAA, FRAIC plans, practices, teaches, lectures, researches, curates and travels from base city Calgary. forsetharchitectsltd@shaw.ca John Gillanders , OAA, LEED® AP is an architect and principal of Sweeny Sterling Finlayson &Co Architects in Toronto. For over 22 years, he has provided expertise for prominent commercial offices, residential and retail projects. Ilona Hay , a Lecturer at Plymouth University, is the director of Texere Studio. She’s a UK architect who studied at Dalhousie and UBC. She has published and exhibited work in fibre arts and 1:1 studios – her research interests. Grey Hernandez is an architect in Vancouver. He is currently working on a lecture series/visual art project called The Geographer’s Delight. email: black.white.hernandez@gmail.com Rutger Huiberts has a degree in Urban Planning from the University of Florence, Italy. Currently he is a candidate for the Master in Architecture at TU Delft, the Netherlands. Melissa Jacques teaches in the Department of English and Film Studies at the University of Alberta. Matthew Johnson is an Assistant Professor at the University of Houston College of Architecture. He previously taught at Stanford, and has worked for Steven Holl Architects and Allied Works Architecture. Carol Kleinfeldt is a partner in the firm of Kleinfeldt Mychajlowycz Architects Inc in Toronto and is an amateur photographer. She has exhibited at Len’s Factory, Snap08 and Snap 2010, On Site review and Contact . Evangelos Kotsioris has a degree in architecture from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. Currently he is a candidate for the Master in Architecture II at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design. Michael Leeb is a visual artist, writer and drum maker. He is a recent recipient of a project grant from the Canada Council for the Arts through the Alberta Creative Development Initiative, and is a member of the Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada. jleeb@telus.net Ruth Carolina Moya Izturriaga ’s work is based on a strong belief in the value of multidisciplinary design. She has a Masters degree in Landscape Architecture from U of T and a BArch from Universidad Central de Venezuela. Ruth practises design with HOK in Toronto. Myron Nebozuk is an architect and partner with Manasc Isaac Architects. He is amazed that anyone would spend time in the virtual world when working with real stuff is so much more compelling. OBRA architects practice in New York City. www.obraarchitects.com Peter Osborne is an architect and associate with Stantec’s Edmonton office. He is currently an Executive Director of RAIC’s Alberta Chapter and a member of the Edmonton Design Committee. Peter can be reached at peter.osborne@stantec.com Samo Pedersen is an architect and urban designer currently living and working in Shanghai. MSc from Bauhaus University, Weimar and Tongji University, Shanghai. Previously studied/ worked in Denmark, New Zealand, Brazil, Australia and Germany. www.NoMadSpaceLab.com Jon Piasecki is a landscape architect and stonemason in western Massachusetts. He won the Rome Prize in landscape architecture awarded by the American Academy in Rome in 2004. Contact and information at www.goldenbough.net Joseph Ringenberg is a designer from Boston. The architectural application of narrative is the focus of his Masters thesis at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design. His blog and portfolio are online at www. jringenberg.com Steve Sopinka has a background in architecture and landscape architecture. He is currently living and working in North Bay, Ontario with Mitchell Architects. sjsopinka@hotmail.com Stephanie White is the editor of On Site review and lives and works much of the time in Calgary. Ron Wickman is a leading advocate for barrier free design in buildings and on landscapes. His commitment to accessible housing and his award-winning practical and functional designs has earned him national recognition as an expert in accessibility and barrier-free design. He lives in Edmonton. Matthew Woodruff is a registered architect based in Vancouver BC. His practice, Matthew Woodruff Architecture Inc. is focused on exploring the poetic potential of sustainability. For more information please see matthewwoodruff.com
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