Education

McGill University School of Architecture (Montreal, Quebec)

1985 - Bachelor of Architecture with Great Distinction - McLennan Scholarship - RAIC Medal - AIA School Medal and Certificate of Merit - McConnell Award

1984 - Bachelor of Science (Architecture) with Distinction - Shaver Scholarship- McConnell Award

Professional awards

2005 - Gold Award for North America - HOLCIM Foundation for Sustainable Construction for the project Greening the Infrastructure at Benny Farm

2003 - Winner in the commercial building catégory Patrimoine architectural de Montréal for the Coopérative La Maison verte.

2000 - Prix d’excellence in the category Architecture résidentiel - Ensemble d’habitations, Prix d'excellence en architecture, Ordre des Architectes du Québec for the Ecoresidence.

1998 - Honorable Mention, Concours Innovations écologiques of the magazine La Maison du 21e siècle for Habitations St-Ambroise.

1996 - Mention in the category Architecture résidentielle - Ensemble d’habitations, Prix d'excellence en architecture, Ordre des Architectes du Québec for the Habitations St-Ambroise. Prix Orange for the Habitations St-Ambroise, Save Montréal

1992 - 'Citation in Urban Design' Progressive Architecture for the project Le Vieux Port de Montréal (project architect with Peter Rose Architect);

1986 - Honorable Mention, ‘L’Espace feu’, ARQ Competition (Architecture Québec).

Teaching

1999-05 - Adjunct Professor, ‘Advanced Construction’, ‘Building Costs and Specifications’ and ‘Professional Practice’ - McGill University School of Architecture2001 - Guest Professor, School of Architecture, Dalhousie University

1999-01 - Adjunct Professor, Atelier forme et technique, École d’architecture de l’Université de Montréal

1991-99 - Lecturer for the ‘Logement urbain’ workshop, Design de l'environnement IV, UQAM

1996 - Lecturer, ‘Design de l'habitat - une introduction à l'architecture moderne’, Design de l'environnement, UQAM

1987-89 - Adjunct Professor, 2nd and 3rd year design studios, McGill University School of Architecture Guest critic - McGill University School of Architecture; Carleton University School of Architecture; Harvard University School of Architecture; École d'architecture de l’Université de Montréal; et Design de l'environnement, UQAM.

Professional research

2003 - ‘Étude sur la rénovation des bâtiments existants à Benny Farm’, a report prepared for Canada Lands Company (CLC)

1999 - ‘Environmental impact issues in the transformation of existing apartments into the Ecoresidence at Macdonald College of McGill University’, a report prepared for at the request of Buildings Group/CETC (Natural Resources Canada /Public Works and Government Services Canada)

1998 - ‘Building and renovating with salvaged materials: A Re-Use Workplan’, External Research Grant, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

1997 - ‘Re-Use: Integration of used building materials in new construction’, External Research Grant, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

1996-99 - ‘La requalification comme mode d'intervention architecturale’, Type B Grant (extended duration), Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec

1992 - ‘The Redevelopment of Benny Farm’, Type B Grant, Canada Council for the Arts

1988 - ‘Griffintown’, Counterproject in response to the proposed urban plan for downtown Montréal

1986-87 - ‘The Homeless Hotel’ - L'Atelier d'exploration en architecture and the subsequent exhibition Assemblages, subsidized by Canada Council for the Arts

Lectures, conferences and exhibitions

2005 ‘Recent projects of L’OEUF’, Brown Bag Lecture Series - McGill University School of Architecture; ‘The redevelopment of Benny Farm’, National Operations Conference - Canada Lands Company (CLC);‘The redevelopment of Benny Farm’, 37th Annual Congress of the CHRA (Canadian Housing and Renewal Association);‘The redevelopment of Benny Farm’, Annual general meeting of FECHIMM (Féderation des coopératives d’habitation intermunicipale du Montréal métropolitain);‘Benny Farm, un tournant dans le développement durable au Québec’, PMI-Montréal in collaboration with Quebec Chapter - Canada Green Building Council and the École de Technologie Supérieure , UQAM;

2004 - ‘Benny Farm – towards an ecologically sound built environment’, University of the Streets Café, Institute in Management and Community Development, Concordia University; ‘Architecture and community development’, Institute in Management and Community Development Summer Program, Concordia University; ‘L’heure de payer la note – logement social et l’architecture environnementale’, CIVA (Centre International pour la Ville, l’Architecture et le Paysage), Bruxelles; ‘Architecture en bois et développement durable - la démarche d’un bureau canadien’, Salon Bois et Habitat, Namur; ‘New Housing at Benny Farm’, School of Urban Planning, McGill University;

2003 - Conference participant, ‘Sustainable Campuses’, Sierra Youth Coalition at McGill University;

2001 - ‘Perspectives d’architectes’, Conférences de l’École d’architecture de l’Université Laval;

2000 - ‘Inside:Outside’, installation by L’OEUF in the Shaughnessy House at the Canadian Centre for Architecture;

1999 - ‘Maquette dansante’, installation by L’OEUF to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Canadian Centre for Architecture, in collaboration with the Royal Bank;1998 - ‘Écorésidence - La transformation de Robertson Terrace’, Les Mardis verts, Comité sur l’environnement de l’OAQ; Conference participant, ‘The Redevelopment of Benny Farm’, workshop sponsored by the NDG Community Council, Héritage Montréal, ICOMOS and the Conseil des monuments et sites du Québec;1997 - ‘L’OEUF’, ‘L’Architecte en ville, Les jeudis soirs au CCA’: a series of conferences presenting young Montreal practices, Canadian Centre for Architecture;Conference participant, Les Habitations St-Ambroise, ‘Housing the Next Century’, conference at McGill University organized by CMHC;‘Les projets de L'O.E.U.F’., Design de l'environnement, UQAM;

1994 ‘Homeless Hotel,’ Design de l'environnement, UQAM;Conference participant, ‘Luigi Snozzi - Architecture et territoire / Modernité et tradition’, Design de l'environnement, UQAM;Guest collaborator for the exhibition, ‘Urban Revisions’, Canadian Centre for Architecture;1992 - Conference participant, ‘Dwelling(s) Here and There’, ACSA Northeast Regional Meeting;

1991 - ‘Les architectes de la relève’, Ecole d'architecture de l'Université Laval;1990 - Invited participant in the exhibition Architecture et société québecoise organized on the occasion the 17th Congress of the U.I.A. présented at Place-des-Arts and at the Schools of'Architecture of Université de Montréal and Université Laval;1989 - Invited participant in the exhibition La nouvelle domesticité québécoise organized by the Département de design of UQAM and présented in Paris and Rome.

Other professional activities

1989-05 - Member of the Ordre des Architectes du Québec;

2005 - Jury member, Le Carré des arts et de la culture, Charrette Centre Canadien d’Architecture/Interuniversitaire;Membre du jury, Prix d'excellence en architecture, Ordre des Architectes du Québec;

1999 - Founding member, Coopérative de solidarité en environnement La Maison Verte;

1997 - Jury member, La ville affichée: du boulevard au territoire, Charrette universitaire - Forum des jeunes créateurs, Centre Canadien d’Architecture;

1994-96 - President, Conseil d'administration de l'OSBL Les Habitations Sherbrooke Forest;

1994 - Jury member, Prix d'excellence en architecture, Ordre des Architectes du Québec;Aviseur professionnel pour la préparation d'un concours d'idées pour la cité jardin à Rosemère, Québec;

1992-02 - Membre, Comité du logement, Conseil communautaire de Notre-Dame-de-Grâce;

1990 - Jury member, Les Prix Oranges et Citrons, Sauvons Montréal;

1987 - Jury member, Concours ARQ (Architecture Québec);

1986-91 - Member of the Editorial Committee, ARQ (Architecture Québec);

1983-85 - Journalist, The Fifth Column, Canadian magazine of architecture students.

Articles

‘Born-again flexibility’, Canadian Architect, August 1999.

‘LaRuche - Renault Technocentre, Wood Design & Building, Summer 1999.

‘Gilamont-Village apartment’, Wood Design & Building, Winter 1998-99.

‘The World of Norman Slater’, The Canadian Architect, November 1996.

'Public Debate of Candidates for Mayor of Montreal', ARQ (Architecture Québec) 83, February '95

'Caisse populaire Desjardins', The Canadian Architect, November 1993.

'Make no small plans - Les Grands Projets in Montréal', ARQ (Architecture Québec) 74, August '93.

'The Redevelopment of Benny Farm - An Alternative Vision of Housing Policy', City Magazine, Vol. 14, No. 1, Winter '93.

'The Redevelopment of Benny Farm - Envisioning housing at the end of the century', Dwellings Here and There, ACSA N.E. Regional Papers, McGill University, No. 6,7, '92

'Le Projet Griffintown', Silo , No. 5/6, Winter 1996.

'Grave disappointments and unexpected pleasures - The New Museums', ARQ (Architecture Québec) 68, August '92.

'ARQ and Current Work', ARQ (Architecture Québec) 61, June '91.

'Concours international d'idées - La Place Jacques Cartier à Montréal', ARQ (Architecture Québec) 59, February '91.

'Some comments on the competition for the design of the Ateliers Municipaux', ARQ (Architecture Québec) 57, October '90.

'Readdressing a modern architecture - Concordia Library and Concert Hall', ARQ (Architecture Québec) 55, June '90.

'Early modernism revisited - Saidye Bronfman Centre', ARQ (Architecture Québec) 55, June '90.

'Gare Dalhousie', ARQ (Architecture Québec) 51, October '89.

'A decade of architectural competitions', ARQ (Architecture Québec) 50, August '89.

'The design of the Canadian Centre for Architecture', ARQ (Architecture Québec) 47, February '89.

'Living in the city' (en collaboration avec Daniel Pearl), ARQ (Architecture Québec) 46, December '88.

'Modernism gets a facelift in renovation of C.I.B.C. Tower', Montreal Gazette, 15 October '88.

'Beyond optimism and nostalgia - some notes on the next generation', ARQ (Architecture Québec) 44, August '88.

'Design competition for Old Montréal project is a good model', Montreal Gazette, 23 July '88.

'New museum building fights predecessor for attention', Montreal Gazette, 30 April '88.

'Les Habitations Crémazie', ARQ (Architecture Québec) 37, June '87.

'A Measure of Consensus: Canadian Architecture in Transition', ARQ (Architecture Québec) 35, February '87.