Our 2024 Jury
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Studio Lead and Head of R&D at MGA Michael Green Architecture (MGA), Vancouver
Sindhu has over 10 years of experience in designing and delivering innovative, high-performance, mass timber projects, and a demonstrated history of developing strategic research and knowledge-sharing initiatives in architecture. Originally from India, Sindhu’s passion for meaningful sustainability has led her to pursue academic and professional opportunities in Toronto and Vancouver. Having led a broad range of typologies, including academic, residential and office projects in Canada and the U.S., Sindhu has a commitment to successful project delivery through innovative material choices, collaborative design processes, and thoughtful management strategies. In parallel, she contributes to various speaking engagements and industry publications on low-carbon design, prefabrication, and material circularity, and strengthens MGA’s R+D expertise and strategic research partnerships.
OAA, AIBC, SAA, AANB, NSAA, AIA, MRAIC, LEED AP
Daniel Ling is an award-winning architect and a principal and managing partner of Toronto-based practice Montgomery Sisam. Over the last 20 years, Daniel has worked across many industry sectors, with a focus on social and civic infrastructure projects, including schools, courthouses, post-secondary academic and student life centres, and affordable, transitional and supportive housing. He is an impassioned advocate for positive city-building and believes in design that celebrates diversity of scale, of built form, open space, people and experience to achieve more with less.
Much of Daniel’s work is at the forefront of sustainable design. His benchmark projects include the first net-zero emissions modular supportive housing prototype, the first passive house modular supportive housing complex, the first zero carbon affordable housing development in Peel Region, and several of the lowest carbon, most energy efficient academic buildings in Canada. Daniel is deeply invested in a design process that makes sustainability cost effective and accessible to everyone. And this diverse portfolio of high-performance projects demonstrates innovative and pragmatic solutions for every budget and building type.
Daniel is a former member of the Infrastructure Advisory Board for the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. He currently sits on the City of Brampton Urban Design Review Panel.
Partner, GEC Architecture, Toronto
Peter is a Partner at GEC Architecture, an integrated design firm with offices in Calgary, Edmonton, and Toronto. In his role, he oversees the management and strategic direction of the practice, having established the Edmonton studio in 2011 and the Toronto studio in 2020. With a focus on projects across Canada, Peter has been at the forefront of the firm’s educational and residential design work for over a decade. His portfolio showcases a commitment to high-performing projects in higher education, housing, and cultural institutions. Peter’s work explores how design, particularly in the realms of mass timber, zero carbon, and passive solutions, can create environments that are equitable and resilient. Beyond his work at GEC Architecture, Peter serves as the vice-president of the Canadian Architectural Certification Board, sits on the board of the Edmonton Construction Association, and has served as the president of the Alberta Architectural Association and chair of the Edmonton Design Committee. He is dedicated to advancing the architectural profession through his leadership and service to the community. Peter is a 2003 graduate of the School of Architecture at Dalhousie University. As a result of his achievements, he was elevated to the RAIC College of Fellows in 2017.
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