ractice Profile
As a single person architectural practice I am thoroughly involved in every phase of a project, from initial client discussions through design, construction drawings, selection of builder, permits procedure and finally construction itself. I take on a limited number of projects a year, in order to be able to devote my full attention to each one. Besides my own twenty plus years of practice experience I draw on the expertise of a range of design, technical and engineering consultants as each project requires, providing a personal and complete service from start to finish. I have a reputation for imaginative and varied design, carefully detailed, and refined to suite each client's requirements.

esign Philosophy
Good design is not an imposition of pre-conceived ideas; it grows naturally out of the individual circumstances of client, buildings purpose, and site. The expression and character of a design should flow in and out of the function and spatial problem solving aspects of the design as a seamless whole. Though the parts are important in themselves, the design is primarily the relation of the parts to a conceptual whole; as notes in music become meaningful because of their relation to each other.

Favorite quote: " Architecture reflects the romance of life" - Frank Lloyd Wright

esume Synopsis

• Established current practice in 1991 - Clientele and projects in Toronto, southern Ontario and Michigan.


• Staff architect for various architectural firms in Toronto and Scotland, lastly as project architect with Gordon Ridgely Architect - 1980 - 1990


• Graduated Edinburgh University - School of Architecture, with honours - 1980


• Carlton University, Ottawa - School of Architecture - 1976-1978


• Graduate Centennial College, Toronto - Architectural technology - 1975


• University of Toronto - Performance Course in Music - 1973 -1974