Sean Anderson
Sean Anderson is Associate Curator in the Department of Architecture and Design at The Museum of Modern Art. A Fellow of the American Academy in Rome and the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, he has degrees from Cornell University, Princeton University and the University of California, Los Angeles. He has practiced as an architect and taught in Afghanistan, Australia, India, Italy, Morocco, Sri Lanka, and the U.A.E.
Iwan Baan
Dutch photographer and author Iwan Baan is known primarily for images that narrate the life and interactions that occur within architecture. Baan’s work has appeared on the pages of architecture, design and lifestyle publications such as The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Architectural Record, Domus, Abitare and Architectural Digest.
Joe Berridge
Joe Berridge is an urban planner and city builder who has had an integral role in the development of complex urban planning and regeneration projects in Canada, the U.S., the U.K., Europe and Asia. He is a partner at Urban Strategies Inc. and the co-author of the OPX proposal for Ontario Place alongside Joe Berridge.
Giovanna Borasi
Giovanna Borasi is Director of the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal, Quebec, Canada since 2020. She first joined the CCA as Curator for Contemporary Architecture in 2005. Borasi was educated in architecture, and has worked as a writer and editor in addition to her curatorial activities.
Kae Elgie
Kae Elgie is a researcher and writer and current Chair, Board of Directors of Architectural Conservancy Ontario. Her book, This Land: the story of two hundred acres in Kent County, Ontario, was published by Fountain Street Press in August 2019 to critical acclaim.
Richard Florida
Richard Florida is a researcher and professor, serving as University Professor at University of Toronto’s School of Cities and Rotman School of Management, and a Distinguished Fellow at NYU’s Schack School of Real Estate. He is a writer and journalist, having penned the award winning The Rise of the Creative Class and his most recent book, The New Urban Crisis. He is co-founder of CityLab, the leading publication devoted to cities and urbanism.
Kenneth Frampton
Renowned critic, historian, architect, and educator Kenneth Frampton is the Ware Professor of Architecture at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation at Columbia University, New York. His 1983 essay “Towards a Critical Regionalism: Six Points for an Architecture of Resistance” has provided a framework for tying global design movements to local contexts.
Gunny Harboe
Gunny Harboe, FAIA, Fellow US/ICOMOS, is a registered architect with nearly 30 years of experience and currently runs his own small firm. He has worked on many iconic modern masterpieces including numerous works by both Mies van der Rohe and Frank Lloyd Wright. Gunny was a founding member and is a current Vice President of the ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on 20th Century Heritage, and was a founding member of Docomomo US.
Bruce Kuwabara
Bruce Kuwabara, (O.C., B. Arch, OAA, FRAIC, RAIC, AIA, RIBA) is a celebrated Canadian architect and a founding partner of the firm KPMB Architects (formed in 1987). He is an invested Officer of the Order of Canada and recipient of the RAIC Gold Medal. He is Board Chair of the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal.
Phyllis Lambert
Phyllis Lambert is a Canadian architect , activist, philanthropist, scholar, and conservationist who has been a champion of Modern heritage in Canada. In 1979, Phyllis Lambert founded the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal, Héritage Montréal, and is Chair of the Arthur Erickson Foundation based in Vancouver. Ms. Lambert is a Member of the Order of Canada, and was a recipient of a Golden Lion at the 14th Venice Architecture Biennale.
Ken Tanenbaum
Ken Tanenbaum is Chairman of Kilmer Developments, and the co-author of the OPX proposal for Ontario Place alongside Joe Berridge.
Robert M. Wright
Robert M. Wright is the Interim Dean at the John H. Daniels School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture at the University of Toronto. Having had training in both Ecology and Landscape Architecture places design as a practice that must at its essence deal with context. Mr. Wright is also the Director of the Centre for Landscape Research.
Margie Zeidler
Margaret ("Margie") Zeidler, is president and creator of 401 Richmond Limited, a vibrant urban community of diverse artists and entrepreneurs, located in the old garment district in the Spadina and Richmond area of downtown Toronto. She is a strong proponent of diversity and creativity in cities. Margie is the daughter of Eberhard Zeidler, the architect of Ontario Place.
