Issued For Construction with Jonathan Jacobs

Issued For Construction

A Design and Arts podcast

About the show

A long-form podcast hosted by Jonathan Jacobs dedicated to the careers and lives of the individuals shaping the built environment.

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ID Toronto: Nicole Bechbache & Sydni Hoffman - Stafford House Studio

Nov 12, 2026 1 hr 59 min

Nicole Bechbache and Sydni Hoffman are best friends, business partners, moms to four boys between them (two each, separate households, they insist), and the founders of Stafford House Studio, the Toronto interior design firm built on one rule: honour the people and honour the place. Long before the studio, Sydni was a competitive dancer in tap, acro, ballet and jazz, and Nicole was a breaststroker who showed up to class with wet hair and goggle marks. Nicole was also the kid hauling curbside chairs home to redecorate her room every few weeks. Sydni, a proud rule follower, never moved a thing. Nicole studied interior design at Ryerson, now TMU, then offered to work for free for an on camera designer and spent years designing for TV across North America. She once had two weeks to find 100 commercial grade chairs under $50 each in an unfamiliar city for Restaurant Impossible. She did it. Sydni studied film theory at Western, spent five years in TV production, and found her way into design for television, where Nicole, a design producer there, hired her and sat her at the next desk. They carpooled out of Liberty Village, Sydni lived on Stafford Street, and the name won out over Liberty House. A client who spotted Nicole in a show’s credits became their first, and the firm was official in 2021. A 2024 rebrand wiped the old portfolio clean. Today it is a remote team of seven running nine projects, fresh off renovating 13 GTA restaurants in roughly six months. No signature look, by design. Best idea wins. Off the clock, Nicole is back at Pilates and dreaming of mountain wine country, while Sydni is dreaming of Tuscany. They also cohost The Well Lived Podcast. Stafford House Studio Upcoming Episode: KPMB Sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Caplan's Appliances⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Doors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Marbella Canada⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

AD Halifax Series: Rayleen Hill - RHAD

Nov 9, 2026 1 hr 49 min

Rayleen Hill is the founder of RHAD Architects (Rayleen Hill Architecture + Design), a women led studio in downtown Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, and her road to architecture was anything but straight. The granddaughter of a Springhill coal miner and a Cape Breton farming family, she grew up a free range kid in Dartmouth, sewing her own clothes, drawing until 4 a.m. to Siouxsie and The Cure, and running her way to provincial titles. Recruited to run cross country at Dalhousie, she earned a commerce degree, then spent seven years trading foreign currency in Halifax and Calgary, driving the Atlantic coast to help fish processors hedge their US dollars. After 9/11 she decided the future was now and returned to Dalhousie at 28 for architecture, earning the NSAA Thesis Prize with her master’s. She launched her practice in 2010 from a spare room at home, put her first $300 fee toward an 11 by 17 printer, and within months won the City of Edmonton’s national competition for the Victoria Park Pavilion. Since then RHAD has been named one of Canadian Architect’s Top Ten Emerging Firms, won two Lieutenant Governor’s Awards for Architecture, and shaped the public realm around the harbour: the Halifax Explosion commemorative markers, the Grahams Grove Community Building and Banook Finish Line Tower on Lake Banook, and the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic Boat School. For Rayleen, architecture lives in the space between the walls, the way pauses make the music. Still a devoted runner and a former age group world champion in France, she 3D prints with her 11 year old son and is building a 19 foot wide home in Dartmouth’s Ropeworks district. RHAD Architects Upcoming Episode: ⁠Stafford House Studio⁠⁠ Sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Caplan's Appliances⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Doors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Marbella Canada⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

AD Basel: Barbara Buser - baubüro in situ

Nov 5, 2026 2 hr 7 min

Barbara Buser likes the projects that are not possible. Raised in Basel in her great grandfather’s 150 year old house, which she twice saved from demolition, she grew up sailing, skating and paddling, and at 14 built her own fibreglass canoe. Her father, an engineer, taught her to ask where the money comes from and how it pays back. At ETH Zurich she studied architecture, sociology and energy, and took a dynamite course for fun. At 23 she spent her practical year living in a caravan on a Bernese farm, drafting at night on the steering wheel while classmates helped her build a three generation home for a family of seven. She has never worked in anyone else’s architecture office. Ten years in Sudan and Tanzania followed: 64 local builders digging wells that outlasted the drilled ones, then a maintenance unit for the University of Dar es Salaam. Along the way she picked up Swahili and Zande, and came to doubt aid that runs on donated money. An MBA sealed it. Every project would have to pay its own way. In 1998 she cofounded baubüro in situ with Eric Honegger. They take on buildings nobody wants, raise the money, create a company to run each one, then hand it over. Partners put in 1,000 francs and take back exactly 1,000. A 50,000 franc loan from her mother has rolled from project to project and mobilized millions. When the owners of Basel’s empty Markthalle asked her to be a mere resource person, she said no; it now serves 2,000 meals a day. Material hunters salvage what others demolish, and at Lagerplatz in Winterthur, a 12 year transformation of 20 buildings and 200 tenants, K.118 won Global Holcim Awards Gold. Today about 100 people work at in situ and can become owners through a cooperative. She holds the Basel Culture Prize and the 2026 Jane Drew Prize, sails three boats and collects watches. As Basel’s first ferry woman, she still steers one of its historic Rhine ferries, convinced that we must use what we have and take care of each other. baubüro in situ Upcomin...

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ID Toronto: Nicole Bechbache & Sydni Hoffman - Stafford House Studio

Nov 12, 2026 1 hr 59 min

AD Halifax Series: Rayleen Hill - RHAD

Nov 9, 2026 1 hr 49 min

AD Basel: Barbara Buser - baubüro in situ

Nov 5, 2026 2 hr 7 min

AD & ID: Kyle Bergman - Architecture & Design Film Festival

Nov 2, 2026 1 hr 48 min

Kyle grew up in Gramercy Park as a self described free range kid. His parents, now in their mid 90s, are still out eating, drinking and causing trouble in Manhattan. His first job was digging clams off Cape Cod, a business plan undone mostly by eating the inventory. Next he cooked eggs at a Colorado diner whose motto was “where the folks get their yolks.” Architecture found him through a single elective in Boulder. A cocky summer in Breckenridge followed, where he took a deposit to design a house, realized he had no idea how buildings go together, and handed the money back. The lesson stuck. After two years in Asia running on traveler’s checks, eating things in Japan he would rather not name, and propping a heated table against the wall like a fireplace, he bought an 1860s farmhouse in Vermont. Then he spent a year and a half living in sawdust and reading construction books at night so he could follow what the crew said by day. The house became his portfolio. He cooked lunch for Dave’s office, gave them a tour of his smashed tile mosaic shower, and was hired on the spot. Later came design build work with Jim in California, Pacific Rim Parks starting in Vladivostok in 1994, and a publishing company that taught him how to raise money. Today Kyle runs an international architecture and design film festival, previews around 350 films a year, and still has not owned a TV since high school. Yes, that means he has never seen Seinfeld. Catch the festival this week in Toronto, November 4 to 7, and in Vancouver, November 10 to 15. Architecture & Design Film Festival Upcoming Episode: ⁠baubüro in situ⁠⁠ Sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Caplan's Appliances⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Doors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Marbella Canada⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠To connect with our sponsors, email...

ID Park City: Stephanie Hunt - Flair Hunter

Oct 29, 2026 1 hr 27 min

Stephanie, known locally to some as Flair, is the founder of Flairhunter, a residential interior design studio based in Park City, Utah, with projects across the United States. Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, to a Norwegian artist mother and a veterinarian and scientist father, she spent her early childhood moving between Scotland, Norway, Mallorca and California. That upbringing shaped her eye for culture, colour and collected pieces. She studied broadcast and print journalism at the University of Southern California, graduating magna cum laude, and planned on law school while working at Los Angeles law firms. Her instincts kept pulling her toward how the office looked rather than the litigation. While raising two young sons in Newport Beach, she completed the certificate program at Interior Designers Institute, apprenticed with established Orange County designers, and later joined Diane Johnson Design, working on luxury estates in Malibu and Newport Beach as well as megayacht interiors. Her younger son’s competitive snowboarding career brought the family to Park City, where her own practice grew through word of mouth and expanded significantly during the pandemic. Now more than 25 years into her career, Stephanie leads a team spread across Utah, California, Georgia and Texas. Flairhunter is known for bold colour, high contrast, fine art curation, and vintage and flea market finds sourced during frequent international travel. Her work has been featured in publications including The Wall Street Journal, Better Homes & Gardens and Utah Style & Design. Flair Hunter Upcoming Episode: ⁠⁠Architecture & Design Film Festival⁠⁠ Sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Caplan's Appliances⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Doors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Marbella Canada⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠To...

AD Halifax Series: Devin Harper - Hewn + Barter

Oct 26, 2026 1 hr 39 min

Devin Harper builds the way his family always has. His studio, Hewn + Barter, is named for 1870, when his great great grandfather came to Tignish, PEI to build the church and bartered that craft with fishermen and farmers for a homestead. Devin grew up outside Charlottetown, the son of a carpenter, in a house his father kept adding onto as the family grew. Gifts were made by hand, and the workshop opened up one tool at a time. Childhood meant full neighbourhood teams and every sport going, from hockey to rugby. At 18 he joined the Naval Reserve, training as an officer, sailing past the Arctic Circle and up to Alaska, diving on ship hulls, and serving some 16 years. It gave him leadership, process, and a calm that holds under pressure. After a biology degree, he turned to architecture, studying at Boston Architectural College while hauling rock for a landscape architect by day, then earning his Master of Architecture at Dalhousie in 2015. Work at Omar Gandhi Architect, Chapman Taylor in the UK, a design build firm and a commercial practice taught him he needed both worlds. In 2018 he designed and built a riverbank sauna for his mother in law as a thank you. A year later he founded Hewn + Barter, an architecture practice with its own builders and craftspeople. The studio designs and builds its own projects, from the Nature Folk spa in Dartmouth’s former city hall to Aura Women’s Wellness and Weird Harbour café in Halifax. It also builds for leading architects including Omar Gandhi, and runs a growing millwork shop. Off hours, Devin coaches his two boys and rides Wentworth’s trails. Hewn + Barter Upcoming Episode: Flair Hunter Sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Caplan's Appliances⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Doors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠To connect with our sponsors, ema...

AD Halifax Series: Richard Kroeker Pt.2

Oct 22, 2026 1 hr 31 min

In part two, Richard Kroeker picks up where he left off and goes deeper into the ideas behind his life’s work. He explains why the Architectural Association, a school founded and still run by its students, left him asking why every university doesn’t work that way, and how that conviction turned his Dalhousie studios into research teams producing work for real communities rather than grades destined for the bin. He returns to Gambia, where his former students still lead a grassroots group building walkways that reconnect women to flooded gardens and safe latrines at village markets, and recalls a chief who warned him that every graduate now needs an air conditioned office. He describes years of building longhouses and lodges with Mi’kmaw knowledge holders, staying with Albert and Murdena Marshall in a home where the teapot never emptied and the whole community passed through the kitchen, a bond he now honours with a bursary for Mi’kmaw students. Richard tells how he bent trees on logging roads with his car and a rope, then called Buro Happold, whose engineer Chris Williams came over at cost and slept on his couch. That work led to the Pictou Landing Health Centre, framed in local spruce shaped by the community. He looks back on addressing the International Union of Architects in Berlin alongside Frei Otto, the Schelling Medal that followed, and the Order of Canada call he assumed was a wrong number. He closes with the prizes that matter most: an honest critic in his wife, a son and grandson living next door, and a simple rule to do everything with love. ⁠Richard Kroeker⁠ Upcoming Episode: Hewn + Barter Sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Caplan's Appliances⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Doors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠To connect with our sponsors, email me: jonathan@issuedforcon...

AD Halifax Series: Richard Kroeker Pt.1

Oct 19, 2026 2 hr 0 min

Richard Kroeker grew up on a Manitoba farm near a small prairie village, one of five boys in a home where canning season, butchering bees and hay crews were shared community work. His father, a Ukrainian immigrant who worked as a bricklayer, plumber, carpenter and mechanic, told his sons that their heads were their future. Richard set out to be a naturalist, drawing and painting everything he observed, until a shortcut through the University of Manitoba architecture building showed him people laughing, building and generating ideas together. He soon changed course. He went on to the Architectural Association in London, where students wrote their own curriculum and defended it before external juries, with teachers that included Peter Cook and Zaha Hadid. After designing in London through the Thatcher years, a teaching post brought his family home to Canada and to Dalhousie University in Halifax. There he became a professor, director of the School of Architecture, and now Professor Emeritus, treating the studio as a place to solve real problems. In Gambia, his students built hand pumps from discarded tires and flotation gear from water bottles for fishing families. In Eskasoni, he worked with Albert and Murdena Marshall, and in Minnesota a studio helped protect a Dakota sacred site. Richard is a Member of the Order of Canada, a 2022 World Architecture Festival WAFX award winner for the Muscowpetung Powwow Arbour, and a recipient of the Chicago Athenaeum International Architecture Award for the Pictou Landing Health Centre. He still paints. Richard Kroeker Upcoming Episode: ⁠Richard Kroeker⁠ Pt.2 Sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Caplan's Appliances⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Doors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠To connect with our sponsors, email me: jonathan@issuedforconstruction.ca ⁠⁠...

ID Toronto: Jaime Zimmerman - JPZ Interiors

Oct 15, 2026 1 hr 17 min

Jamie grew up in Cedarvale, the youngest of three sisters, with summers at the family cottage on Lake Simcoe. By her own account she was a serial quitter of piano, guitar and dance, but she never stopped making things, from beading and painting to bedazzling, and she still remembers the hot pink and orange Ikea haul that made decorating her bedroom feel like a turning point. A psychology degree from McGill did not point her toward design, but a nudge from her mom and a leap into a Toronto interior design program did. She passed on Parsons in New York, spent a summer traveling through Southeast Asia, and learned the business from the ground up through retail at Club Monaco, a short stint selling condo upgrades, and nearly five years at Tara Fingold Interiors, where she picked up drafting, styling, purchasing and the confidence to get on the phone and make things happen. After a maternity leave that came to an end, in early 2020, weeks before the world shut down, she launched JPZ Interiors with one renovation, a freshly photographed home and an Instagram account. Today her Toronto residential practice often runs around ten projects at once and has reached Florida, and she is building a team while raising three kids. Along the way she opens up about pricing her time, writing her first contracts, trusting her gut on red flags, and why you should simply pick up the phone and ask. ⁠⁠JPZ Interiors⁠⁠ Upcoming Episode: Richard Kroeker Sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Caplan's Appliances⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Doors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠To connect with our sponsors, email me: jonathan@issuedforconstruction.ca ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Issued For Construction⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

AD Halifax Series: Duncan, Jennifer & Will - Place of Work

Oct 12, 2026 1 hr 51 min

Place of Work is an architecture studio with one foot in Halifax and one in Toronto, founded by Jennifer Esposito, Duncan Patterson, and Will Perkins. The three first worked together at MacKay Lyons Sweetapple Architects, and when COVID shook everything loose they realized a practice built on trust and shared shorthand could live in two cities. Today they design mostly houses, with a deep interest in the rituals that happen inside them, and the studio was featured in the Wallpaper* Architects Directory 2026. The name comes from a term in a Canadian construction contract, where it simply means the site, but they loved how it also speaks to place and to work. Will was born in Halifax, spent his early years in Los Angeles and New Zealand while his luthier father worked abroad, and trained in lighting design at the National Theatre School of Canada before starting architecture school at 26. Duncan grew up between Regina and his dad’s cattle ranch, sketching in colored Conte and building fences, then came to Dalhousie by way of an architectural technology program. Jennifer, a Toronto native and former varsity swimmer, followed Carleton and Harvard’s GSD with practice in Yellowknife and Halifax, and now teaches at Toronto Metropolitan University while advocating for equity in the profession through BEAT. Away from the studio, Will cooks ambitious dinners, meditates early in the morning, and is learning tennis for the joy of not being good at it. Duncan hikes, camps, plays rec league basketball, and joins his brother’s nonprofit that turns basketball courts into murals. Jennifer reads, travels, and dreams of a shack on the ocean. ⁠⁠Place of Work⁠⁠ Upcoming Episode: JPZ Interiors Sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Caplan's Appliances⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Doors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠To...

ID: Michelle Mawby - Georgian Custom Homes & Lucid Interior Design

Oct 8, 2026 1 hr 34 min

Michelle grew up in Richmond, BC, the daughter of Australian parents who made sure she was born a proud Canadian, and she has rarely stood still since. Ballet started at two, followed by the French horn, the trumpet, basketball as a point guard, and a string of provincial titles in the 800, 1500 and 3000 metres. Her first business lessons came from rolling coins at her parents’ laundromat and restocking a pop machine, and a sports scholarship carried her to California, where she studied English literature and competed in the heptathlon. Advertising, a move to Toronto and a renovation of her own home led her to the Academy of Design, where she graduated in 1999. London and Amsterdam came next, along with a hot pink Swedish army bike she brought home. Around 2005 she launched Lucid Interior Design, named for clarity and light, and built it on full gut renovations, additions and custom homes, from a Tip Top Lofts residence to a heritage home on Spadina Circle. A Registered Interior Designer, her work has reached television too, through Weekend Reno on Cottage Life, Junk Raiders and Room to Grow. Today Michelle is principal designer of Georgian Custom Homes, where she stepped in during 2019 to help run its architecture and design department. Here she shares what design school taught her, why a good mentor matters, and what to do when a specified product suddenly disappears. Away from work, you will find her scuba diving, planning her next trip, or singing karaoke at her Prince Edward County farmhouse. ⁠⁠Michelle Mawby⁠⁠ Upcoming Episode: Place of Work Sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Caplan's Appliances⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Doors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠To connect with our sponsors, email me: jonathan@issuedforconstruction.ca ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Issued For Construct...

Issued For Construction AD: Pina & Ralph - GPAIA

Oct 5, 2026 1 hr 57 min

Pina and Ralph have been partners in life and architecture since a prom date arranged by a cousin. Ralph showed up for that first date and mistook Pina's twin sister for her, a mix up that still gets retold. Both grew up in Italian Canadian families steeped in building and craft. Ralph comes from three generations of builders, and Pina spent childhood summers in Italy touring history with her father. Ralph led a student boycott at the University of Toronto that marched on Queen's Park, while Pina went on to Princeton and still teaches at U of T. Their wedding had an accordion player, a raw bar, and 250 guests, after they had planned for 100. Their first commission arrived after a late night encounter on College Street, when the owner of Bar Italia asked Ralph for help. The fee was $4,250, and the job turned a neighbourhood institution into their calling card. A licensing body rejected the name Arena Architects, so they began under Ralph's own name and grew into Giannone Petricone Associates, founded in 1995. While the bar collected attention, Ralph quietly master planned a 26 acre lakefront site that became Port Credit Village and helped the young firm survive. Today about 40 people work on projects that range from the Shops at Don Mills to The Royal Hotel in Picton, Volta Estate Winery in Prince Edward County, and the Snider House, a ribbon of curved glass wrapped around North Toronto's oldest surviving home. Hear how they design for gathering, plan a future beyond themselves, and why two of their three sons became architects anyway. ⁠⁠Giannone Petricone Associates⁠⁠ Upcoming Episode: Michelle Mawby Sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Caplan's Appliances⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Doors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠To connect with our sponsors, email me: jonathan@issuedforconstruction.ca ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Issued For Construction ID: Jonathan & Garrett Brewer-Sweet - BrewerSweet Co.

Oct 1, 2026 1 hr 46 min

At eight years old, Jonathan was driving a truck out to the fields with snacks for the crew on his grandparents' 400 acre Idaho farm. Garrett was a Newport Beach kid decorating his bedroom like a beach house inside a craftsman home. Today the married duo run BrewerSweet Co., a full service interior design studio in Southern California with a growing footprint in Park City, Utah. Jonathan's Twin Falls childhood was pure adventure: bottle feeding calves, raising a litter of 25 puppies, building a tree house from a dying tree, and singing five part harmony on 24 hour road trips with two music teacher parents. Theater, choirs, and competitive ballroom followed, including a week of dance camp with choreographers from So You Think You Can Dance. After Bible college in England, he landed in California with about a thousand dollars, two suitcases, and a borrowed car. Garrett studied business management, spent a semester in Madrid, worked the overnight shift at Disneyland, and hauled warehouse pallets to LA to turn into a bed frame. He also spent years at the pottery wheel, building a stock of 150 to 200 ceramic pieces that now show up in their projects. Their first clients were three neighbors in matching condos during COVID. Designer Stephanie Hunt of Flairhunter took them under her wing, and a Park City log cabin remodel became their calling card. ⁠⁠Brewer Sweet Co.⁠⁠ Upcoming Episode: Giannone Petricone Associates Sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Caplan's Appliances⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Doors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠To connect with our sponsors, email me: jonathan@issuedforconstruction.ca ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Issued For Construction⁠⁠⁠⁠

Issued For Construction AD - British Columbia Series: David Arnott - Stark Architecture + Interiors

Sep 28, 2026 1 hr 46 min

David Arnott is the founder and principal of Stark Architecture and Interiors, a 24-person studio based in Squamish, BC. Originally from Peebles, a small town south of Edinburgh, Scotland, he grew up immersed in competitive cycling — his father was a Scottish national road racing champion — before discovering architecture through family trips to churches and buildings across mainland Europe. He completed a seven-year architecture program split between Edinburgh College of Art and KTH in Stockholm (via an Erasmus exchange), where he was introduced to parametric design and generative component modeling. After graduating in the midst of the 2008 financial crisis, David worked for a small residential firm in Edinburgh, then returned to Canada — first working in Vancouver and Whistler — before going independent as a sole proprietor and eventually incorporating Stark Architecture Limited on December 1, 2016. The firm's name means "strong" in Swedish, a nod to his time in Stockholm. Early projects were small renovations in Revelstoke and Whistler; a distinctive red-painted house in Revelstoke helped build word-of-mouth that grew into a steady stream of single-family home commissions. Stark has built a reputation for technically ambitious, design-forward homes in mountain settings, often on steep or complex sites. The studio is deeply invested in Passive House building science — seven staff hold Passive House certification, and Stark designed North America's first certified Passive House commercial building (a bike shop in Revelstoke). A recent large residential project in Pemberton -fully net-zero, with dual Tesla battery banks and geothermal heating - became Passive House Premium Certified, a first for a Canadian project, along with recognition from Architizer and Canadian Interiors. The firm also won the AIBC Emerging Architect of the Year award. About four years ago, Stark added interior design as a core discipline, now led by partner Josianne and a six-person team; the...

Issued For Construction ID: Cynthia Soda - Soda Pop Design

Sep 24, 2026 1 hr 53 min

Cynthia Soda is the founder and principal designer of Soda Pop Design, a multidisciplinary interior design and build firm serving mid to high end residential clients across the Greater Toronto Area. Cynthia is NCIDQ certified and registered with ARIDO, and studied interior design at Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University). Cynthia's path to design began early: she grew up watching her father tackle ambitious home projects, including an ICF foundation addition with radiant heated floors, well ahead of when either was common practice. That exposure to construction, paired with a lifelong pull toward design, shaped how she now approaches her work. Before launching her own firm, Cynthia won the HGTV Canada series Design Interns, a competition hosted by Cecconi Simone's Anna Simone and Elaine Cecconi, and spent a year working at their studio afterward. She started Soda Pop Design in 2012, building the practice project by project through referrals. A few years in, she brought her father on to launch Soda Pop Construction, giving her a way to oversee the build side of her clients' projects alongside her design work rather than handing it off. Design remains the core of her practice, with that added oversight letting her carry projects through from concept to completion. Cynthia has since appeared as an interior designer on HGTV's Holmes Family Rescue, and her work has spanned residential renovations and additions throughout the GTA, along with projects in the US and abroad. Cynthia's father remains one of her biggest influences, and the creative, problem solving mindset he brought to every project still shapes how she runs her business today. Working alongside him at Soda Pop Construction remains one of the most meaningful chapters of her career, and she continues to honour what he taught her in the way she approaches her work. ⁠⁠Soda Pop Design⁠⁠ Cynthia's Book: Lolly's Basement Crawlies Upcoming Episode: Stark Architecture + Interiors Sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Issued For Construction AD - British Columbia Series: David & Susan Scott - Scott & Scott Architects

Sep 21, 2026 1 hr 56 min

Susan and David Scott are the founders of Scott & Scott Architects, a Vancouver based practice launched in 2012. They met as architecture students at the Technical University of Nova Scotia, later Dalhousie University, completing a Bachelor of Environmental Design and a Master of Architecture in 2000. Susan grew up in Vancouver's Kitsilano and Dunbar area, camping across British Columbia each summer; her mother is from Cornwall, England. She studied at the University of Victoria before moving into art history, drawn to the mathematics behind Islamic geometric art. A co-op took her to Montreal to work with Avi Friedman at McGill on an affordable housing project. She later spent over a decade at James Cheng Architects and macfarlane/green/biggar, working on projects including Vnukovo Airport in Moscow. David grew up in a small British Columbia town shaped by a river, a highway and a railway, and spent his teens cross country ski racing. A co-op placed him as a structural inspector at the lead zinc smelter in Trail, BC. He then worked at Peter Cardew Architects as project manager on the Saturna Island House and other projects. After graduating, the couple built a cabin for David's parents at Lac Le Jeune, then launched their practice with the Alpine Cabin, an off grid snowboard cabin on Vancouver Island that won a 2014 Architizer A+ Award. Restaurant commissions followed, including Torafuku, Kin Kao and Bestie, alongside cabins, houses and a barn across BC, the Pacific Northwest, Hawaii and Ontario. In 2016 they received the RAIC Young Architect Award. Susan runs and gardens; David builds furniture in his workshop. They live in Vancouver with their two daughters. ⁠⁠Scott & Scott Architects⁠⁠ Upcoming Episode: Soda Pop Design Sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Caplan's Appliances⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Doors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Issued For Construction ID: Tara Fingold - Tara Fingold Interiors

Sep 17, 2026 1 hr 25 min

Tara Fingold is the founder and principal designer of Tara Fingold Interiors (TFI Design Group), a Toronto residential design studio she established in the late 1990s. Tara grew up in the city, the daughter of an English immigrant who built his own contracting business from nothing, and she spent her childhood tagging along on his job sites, absorbing how he managed trades, clients, and a small team he treated like family. After an undergraduate degree at Western and design and drafting courses at Ryerson and Sheridan, Tara cut her teeth doing store fixturing and visual merchandising for Calvin Klein Canada, traveling the country to set up shops for the brand's major retail accounts. She then apprenticed under a Toronto residential designer, learning the trade from sourcing fabric to hand drafting floor plans, before opening her own studio. Today, Tara leads a team of designers on projects across Ontario, New York, and Florida, ranging from kitchen renovations to ground-up new builds, including one of the more unusual commissions of her career: a residential mikvah room, built under rabbinic supervision. She now shares an office with her husband, architect Richard Librach, and the two collaborate daily across their practices. Tara has two adult children and has built her business around the same instinct that first drew her to the industry: a deep respect for client relationships and the people who help deliver on them. ⁠⁠Tara Fingold Interiors⁠⁠ Upcoming Episode: Scott & Scott Architects Sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Caplan's Appliances⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Doors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠To connect with our sponsors, email me: jonathan@issuedforconstruction.ca ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Issued For Construction⁠⁠⁠⁠

Issued For Construction AD - British Columbia Series: Greg Boothroyd - Patkau Architects

Sep 14, 2026 1 hr 26 min

Greg is a partner at Patkau Architects in Vancouver, one of Canada's most internationally recognized architecture practices. Born and raised on Vancouver's North Shore, Greg came to architecture by an unconventional path: he first completed a philosophy degree, worked through a career counseling process, and only decided to pursue architecture after visiting the Seabird Island School and speaking with practitioners he found in the yellow pages, including Patkau's own John and Patricia Patkau. He studied architecture at UBC, working during school for Acton Ostry Architects under Russell Acton, where he learned the discipline of rigorous, detail driven drawing. Greg joined Patkau Architects in 1997, cutting his teeth on the Oakdale Community Centre in Toronto, a design build project awarded under the former City of North York. From there he grew alongside the practice through a dramatic shift in scale, becoming part of the team behind the Grande Bibliothèque du Québec, a project he credits with teaching him how organizational clarity can define a building's relationship to a city. More recently, Greg has led work on Kìwekì Point in Ottawa, a landscape and architecture collaboration that reimagined the former Nepean Point, and the UBC School of Biomedical Engineering, a 150,000 square foot lab and teaching building designed and delivered almost entirely through the pandemic. Outside the studio, Greg plays double bass, having come up through Vancouver's jazz scene in bands like Video Barbecue and the Jazzmanian Devils. He runs the seawall several times a week, bakes sourdough weekly, and hosts regular dinner parties with his wife Allison. Patkau Architects Upcoming Episode: Tara Fingold Interiors Sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Caplan's Appliances⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Doors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠To connect...

Issued For Construction AD: Joel Loblaw - Joel Loblaw Inc.

Sep 7, 2026 1 hr 26 min

Joel Loblaw is the founder and principal of Joel Loblaw Inc., a Toronto based landscape design and build studio launched in 2011, and a longtime friend of the show. Born in Chicago, Joel moved to Toronto with his family at age five and grew up in the city's Beaches neighbourhood, where camping trips to Algonquin Park starting at age ten rooted a lifelong connection to the outdoors, one he still returns to through backcountry canoe trips and portages. He ran a student lawn cutting business as a teenager and backpacked around Europe after high school before entering landscape architecture at what was then Ryerson University as a mature student, drawing on prior construction work in stonework. Joel built his early career at Park Lane, led by Landscape Ontario founding figure Casey van Maris, before becoming a founding principal of Earth Inc., a Toronto landscape firm he helped lead for thirteen years with colleagues James Dale and Kennedy McRae, shaped on design by Lorne Hancock, the trio behind the HGTV series Dirty Business. In 2011 he launched his own studio, later joined by his sister and business partner, Lindsy Gregory. His work is grounded in balance, scale and proportion, evolving from traditional design toward a modern practice shaped by travel to gardens across Europe, including the model gardens of Piet Oudolf and Mien Ruys in the Netherlands. Lighting and the integration of art and sculpture, drawn from his own painting practice, recur throughout his work, recently informed by Italian architect Stefano Pujatti of ElasticoSPA. Joel lives with his wife, Michelle, a fine arts graduate and furniture designer, and their two sons near Meaford, Ontario, on a ten acre property with a trout pond and a home designed by architect Brian O'Brian. He recently bought an adobe house in West Texas, driving home in a manual transmission 1993 Ford F-150, a trip we talked about doing together - but timing didn't work out. Beyond the work, Joel is known as a steady confidant, s...

Issued For Construction ID: Will Sorrell - Interior Design Show

Sep 3, 2026 1 hr 27 min

Will is the National Director of IDS (Interior Design Show), Canada's leading design show, spanning editions in Toronto and Vancouver. Born and raised in North London, Will grew up immersed in the design world. His parents founded a corporate identity studio that grew from a handful of people to roughly 250 employees, working with clients like British Airways and Royal Mail, with offices in London, Amsterdam, and New York. Will studied at NYU, spending a foundational year in Florence before completing an interdisciplinary degree focused on diasporic studies and intercultural relationships. While at NYU, he worked in the university's scene shop building sets and props for theatre productions, an experience he credits as the real starting point of his events career. After graduating, Will returned to the UK and joined the British Council, where he spent years as a project manager touring UK design and architecture exhibitions internationally, including two years managing the British Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale. He went on to work with his parents' charitable foundation on youth design centers, a placemaking consultancy, and then Tom Dixon, where he built and ran a large multi brand design show in Milan from scratch. He later became deputy director, then director, of Design Junction in London, a furniture and lighting show known for taking over unconventional industrial venues. Will moved to Canada in January 2020 after marrying a Canadian from Victoria, BC, and deciding to relocate following Brexit. He joined IDS about four years ago, taking on the show shortly after the pandemic and leading a rebrand and repositioning, shifting its focus toward the trade and design industry audience, introducing features like a scaffolding based lighting section to lower barriers to entry for smaller manufacturers, and planning a significantly expanded 2027 edition centered on residential design. Outside of work, Will lives in Victoria, BC, where he paddleboards, wal...

Issued For Construction AD: Sean Lawrence - Kohn Partnership Architects (KPA)

Aug 31, 2026 1 hr 31 min

Sean Lawrence is a founding partner of Kohn Partnership Architects (KPA), a Toronto-based practice he established in 2002 alongside, the now retired, Harry Kohn. Born and raised in Toronto, Sean traces his interest in architecture to childhood, when his family commissioned a country home from a Toronto architect and he watched an idea move from sketch to built reality. He began his architectural studies at Carleton University before transferring to the Architectural Association (AA) in London, one of the world's most influential schools of architecture, where he studied during a period that included figures such as Rem Koolhaas, Zaha Hadid, and Will Alsop. Sean spent his early career in England, working with the firm then known as Farrell Grimshaw and later with Jestico and Wiles, where he contributed to award-winning industrial and commercial projects, including a Financial Times award for industrial architecture. He returned to Toronto in the mid-1980s and worked with Moffat Kinoshita Architects and Young and Wright Architects, where he played a central role in designing the hotel, restaurants, food service facilities, and private clubs for what is now the Rogers Centre, working alongside the broader SkyDome project team. Following the early 1990s recession, Sean continued in private practice in Toronto before co-founding Kohn Partnership Architects with Harry Kohn in 2002. Under their leadership, the firm grew into a practice recognized for its expertise across low-rise, mid-rise, and high-rise residential development alongside commercial and mixed-use work, serving developer clients including Dream, Minto, and Madison. Andrew Muffitt later joined as a third partner. Today Kohn Partnership Architects employs between twenty-five and forty people and remains known for direct partner involvement on every project it takes on. Kohn Partnership Architects Upcoming Episode: IDS Canada - Will Sorrell Sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Caplan's Appliances⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Issued For Construction ID: Tim Ng - ADHOC STUDIO & BLACKLINE

Aug 27, 2026 1 hr 28 min

Tim Ng is the founder and CEO of AdHoc Studio, one of the top rendering and visualization companies in North America, and the founder of Blackline, a leading sales and marketing CRM platform built for the new development and pre-construction industry. Born and raised in Toronto's North York neighbourhood, Tim grew up immersed in real estate. His father was among the first pre-construction condominium brokers in Toronto, drawing on real estate practices from Hong Kong, while his mother spent more than thirty years working for one of the city's top developers. That early exposure, along with an entrepreneurial streak that had him building and managing client websites before he was a teenager, shaped the direction of his career. Tim studied business at Ryerson University's Ted Rogers School of Management, working internships and co-ops in finance throughout his degree. Rather than accepting a corporate job offer after graduation, he launched AdHoc Studio in September 2008, in the middle of the global financial crisis, building the business through cold calling and a first contract with Dunpar Homes. AdHoc grew into a studio known for photorealistic renderings, animations, and interactive sales tools, staffed by a team with backgrounds in architecture and interior design. The company expanded from Toronto into Western Canada and, more recently, into the United States, with a focus on the South Florida and New York markets. In 2019, Tim launched Blackline, transitioning part of the business from a service model into a software product that helps developers and sales teams manage the entire pre-construction sales pipeline, from marketing and broker engagement through contracts and closings. AdHoc and Blackline now employ a team of around forty people out of their Toronto headquarters. Tim continues to lead both companies with a focus on staying ahead of industry technology, including how artificial intelligence is reshaping design and sales workflows. ⁠⁠ADHOC STUDIO⁠ & ⁠B...

Issued For Construction AD - NYC Series: Elaine Molinar - Snøhetta

Aug 24, 2026 1 hr 21 min

Elaine Molinar is a Partner and Managing Director for the Americas at Snøhetta, the international architecture, landscape, and design practice. Born in El Paso, Texas, she grew up in a household shaped by craft and problem solving. Her father, a pharmacist, was also a self taught woodworker and photographer, and her grandfather had worked in a railroad steel yard, building his own tools. Her mother taught her to sew, embroider, and draw from an early age. Elaine trained seriously in ballet starting at age twelve and received a Ford Foundation Scholarship to attend the San Francisco Ballet School for two summers. She began her studies at Texas Christian University, where a history of interiors course, an engineering drawing class taught by an architect, and countless weekends spent at Louis Kahn's Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth led her toward architecture. She transferred to the University of Texas at Austin to complete its five year professional architecture program, and during her studies she completed a professional residency in Los Angeles at the office of architect Barton Myers. After graduating, Elaine worked briefly at the Los Angeles firm DeBretteville and Polyzoides. In 1989, she joined a team of friends and colleagues who won the international design competition to reimagine the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, the ancient library of Alexandria, Egypt. That win led her to relocate to Oslo, Norway, joining the newly formed practice Snøhetta, named for a mountain in central Norway. She spent sixteen years there as the firm grew through design competitions, including the Lillehammer Art Museum built for the 1994 Winter Olympics. In 2004, Elaine helped establish Snøhetta's New York studio, the firm's second office, to lead its work on the National September 11 Memorial pavilion at the World Trade Center site. Under her leadership, the studio grew from a handful of people to a firm with seven offices worldwide and approximately 250 employees. Her recent work includes...

Issued For Construction ID: Colette Van Den Thillart Interior Design

Aug 20, 2026 1 hr 47 min

Colette van den Thillart is an interior designer born in Orangeville, Ontario, who grew up in Mississauga. She traces her passion for design to childhood, including a bedroom she designed herself at six or seven, with grass green shag carpet, daisy wallpaper, and yellow curtains, later recreated and shared on Instagram. She began her career after a two year diploma at the International Academy in Toronto, working first for a small residential firm before joining Toronto designer Brian Gluckstein, spending roughly a decade helping grow the studio from a handful of people to eighteen. A move to London with her husband and young children led Colette to complete a Master's degree in decorative arts through a program based at the Wallace Collection, studying English country houses and French estates. She then spent twelve years as Creative Director for British designer Nicky Haslam at NH Design, working on projects from a grade two star listed historic restoration to residences in Istanbul and Marrakesh. About a decade ago, Colette returned to Toronto and founded her own eponymous studio, now a team of seven handling residential projects worldwide alongside commissions such as the interiors of one of the country's oldest private members clubs. Her practice is guided by a belief in atmosphere over trend and transparent trade pricing. Her work has earned ARIDO Residential and Loft Conversion Gold Awards, House & Home's Designer of the Year, and the Designer Society of America's Design 360 Award. She is currently producing a documentary about Elsie de Wolfe, founder of the interior design profession, built around a scrapbook collection acquired at auction in Los Angeles. ⁠⁠Colette Van Den Thillart Interior Design⁠⁠ Upcoming Episode: Snøhetta Sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Caplan's Appliances⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Doors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Issued For Construction AD - NYC Series: Daniel Baumann & Vanessa Kassabian - Henning Larsen

Aug 17, 2026 1 hr 56 min

Daniel Baumann and Vanessa Kassabian are the two leaders running Henning Larsen's New York studio, and their combined story runs from childhood living rooms all the way to construction sites around the world. Vanessa grew up in a matriarchal household in San Antonio and Houston, patching drywall and hanging blinds long before she ever set foot in a drafting class. That class, in middle school, was the first of many steps that carried her through Tulane's five year architecture program and into an early career shaped by a tough economy, a decade at a Norwegian design firm, and a deliberate pause to raise her son. She landed at Henning Larsen in 2025, in a role she describes as a full circle moment. Daniel's path started an ocean away, in a small town in South Germany and then Copenhagen, where he grew up an introverted kid who loved books and drawing and, by his own admission, hated sports. He found his footing on a Danish tall ship during his military service, then later at the Royal Academy, through a bruising master's program at London's Bartlett, and through a grinding stint at Foster and Partners before he joined Henning Larsen. He eventually helped open the New York office in 2018, and he speaks openly about a burnout he went through and how it reshaped the way he leads today. Daniel and Vanessa speak candidly about the parts of architecture school that never get taught, things like management, finances, and resilience. They talk about the mentors and the difficult bosses who shaped them, and what it actually takes to build a studio culture where an idea can travel around a room until it clicks. They also dig into Henning Larsen's foundation owned structure, its in house PhD research program, and hands on experiments like a UPenn cooling shelter collaboration and a straw based building facade. From there they turn to the projects defining their growth across the US and Canada, from Mission Rock in San Francisco to Raleigh City Hall, Harvard's Enterprise Researc...

Issued For Construction ID: Darcy Hanna & Emma Sims - &Daughters

Aug 13, 2026 1 hr 46 min

Emma and Darcy are the founding principals of & Daughters, a Vancouver based architecture and interior design studio established nearly a decade ago. The two met during their first week in the Master of Architecture program at the University of British Columbia's School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, where a shared preference for desks near natural light placed them side by side in studio. They developed a close friendship throughout school, collaborating on design build projects and studio work before launching their own practice together in their late twenties. Emma began her design career at Vancouver based St. Marie, where she served as project lead on the Botanist restaurant at the Fairmont Pacific Rim hotel. Darcy spent roughly six years at the boutique residential firm Scott Posno Design, taking on responsibilities spanning consultant coordination, municipal approvals, and client relations. Their earliest independent commissions included a condominium renovation in Vancouver's West End and a barn on a family property east of Oshawa, Ontario. The studio gained wider recognition for its design of a sushi focused cocktail bar above Namos restaurant on Fraser Street in Vancouver, developed for the restaurant's owners. Working with a limited budget inside an unremarkable existing space, Emma and Darcy built their design strategy around lighting, using warm amber toned illumination to create an immersive, sunset like atmosphere throughout the room. Photography of the completed project drew significant attention and helped establish the studio's reputation in hospitality design. & Daughters now works across residential and commercial hospitality projects, with a growing focus on refined interiors for restaurants, bars, and homes. Emma and Darcy have expressed interest in eventually taking on a boutique hotel project. &Daughters⁠ Upcoming Episode: Henning Larsen Sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Caplan's Appliances⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠...

Issued For Construction AD - NYC Series: Tom Gluck - Gluck+

Aug 10, 2026 1 hr 39 min

Thomas Gluck was born in New York City and grew up immersed in architecture. His father, Peter Gluck, graduated from Yale in 1962 and founded the practice now known as GLUCK+ in 1972. As a child, Tom watched his father build models out of basswood and cardboard. His mother taught modern Japanese history at Columbia University, and the family lived in Tokyo for periods during his childhood. At sixteen, through a connection his father had made, Tom apprenticed for a summer under a master Miyadaiku, a traditional Japanese tea house builder recognized as a living national treasure, gaining an early appreciation for craft and natural materials. Tom began college studying biochemistry, then chemistry, then biology, before leaving the sciences. A dislocated shoulder redirected him toward theater, where he designed and built sets for productions at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge. He also spent two summers building a guest house with his father in the Catskills before applying to architecture school. He earned his Master of Architecture from Yale University, then worked at Calis Shortridge Architects in Los Angeles before joining Herzog and de Meuron in Basel, Switzerland, on the Walker Art Center expansion in Minneapolis from early design through construction and opening. In 2005, Tom returned to New York and joined GLUCK+, overseeing design and construction on projects including the East Harlem School, a rental building in Philadelphia, the Cary Leeds Center for Tennis and Learning, City Squash, and a charter school in Washington Heights. The firm practices Architect Led Design Build, with architects who both design and manage construction of their projects. Gluck+ Upcoming Episode: &Daughters Sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Caplan's Appliances⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Doors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠To connect with our sponsors, email me: jonathan@issuedforconstr...

Issued For Construction ID: Sheree Stuart - Sheree Stuart Design

Aug 6, 2026 1 hr 28 min

Sheree Stuart is the founder and principal of Sheree Stuart Design, a boutique interior design studio based in Toronto. Raised in Kilworth, a small community outside London, Ontario, Sheree began her career as a Chartered Professional Accountant with Deloitte, where she spent years working in strategy for the firm's global middle market initiative, traveling extensively across Europe, Asia, and North America. She later earned her MBA at the Ivy Business School at Western University before eventually returning to school a third time to formally study interior design. After leaving Deloitte to raise her family, Sheree built her design practice gradually, starting with small residential decorating projects before growing into complex, large scale new builds and renovations. She leads a small team of about five and structures her business around a flat fee model paid upfront across each project phase, an approach she credits with transforming how she delivers value to clients. Sheree is also the founder of Terra Frammenti, a luxury marble collection developed in partnership with artisans in Italy, blending marble with millwork, Venetian hand blown glass, and bronze. The collection launched globally in Milan and has expanded her practice into international markets including the Middle East and Paris. Sheree lives in Toronto with her husband and children, alongside their golden doodle. Sheree Stuart Design Terra Frammenti Next Release: Gluck+ Sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Caplan's Appliances⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Doors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Aquanta Pools⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ To connect with our sponsors, email me: jonathan@issuedforconstruction.ca ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Issued For Construction⁠⁠⁠

Issued For Construction AD - NYC Series: Adam Yarinsky & Kim Yao - Architecture Research Office

Aug 3, 2026 1 hr 47 min

Kim Yao is a principal of Architecture Research Office, a New York City firm she joined in 1997, later becoming partner. Born in Portland, Oregon, she grew up in nearby Lake Oswego, the youngest of three children of a pediatric neurologist who immigrated from the Philippines and a nurse of Irish descent. She played soccer and basketball and rowed in college before discovering architecture at Columbia University, then earned a Master of Architecture from Princeton. She has taught at Columbia and previously at Barnard and Parsons. Kim is married with two children, cooks as a creative outlet, and is part of a shared land project with friends north of New York City, planting an orchard together. Adam Yarinsky is a founding principal of Architecture Research Office, which he established with Stephen Cassell in 1993. He grew up in a suburb of Albany, New York, the youngest of three children of a research scientist and a mother trained as a fine artist. Interested in architecture since childhood, he interned for a family friend who was an architect, then earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia and a Master of Architecture from Princeton, where he won the SOM Prize, funding months of research travel on civic buildings in Europe. He worked for architect Deborah Berke, then nearly four years at Steven Holl Architects as project architect on the Stretto House in Dallas, before founding his own practice. Adam and his wife, an art historian, built a house outside New York City that he designed, and he recently became a grandfather. The firm's third partner, Stephen Cassell, was unable to join the recording. Cassell met Yarinsky while an undergraduate at Princeton University and later worked at Steven Holl Architects before earning a Master of Architecture at Harvard, where his thesis advisor was Rem Koolhaas. He co-founded Architecture Research Office with Yarinsky in 1993, with Yao joining as partner in 2010/11, and today the three lead the firm together...

Issued For Construction ID: Kim Lambert - Kim Lambert Design

Jul 30, 2026 1 hr 33 min

Born in Toronto and the eldest of three girls, Kim grew up between an orthopaedic surgeon father and an artist mother, a pairing she credits for both her creative instinct and her exacting standards. She earned an honours degree from Queen's University, where she studied politics and wrote a thesis on peacekeeping, then spent nine months travelling and diving through New Zealand, Australia and Southeast Asia. Early roles in finance at Wood Gundy and in account management at Ogilvy and Mather sharpened her understanding of brand before she returned to school at the International Academy of Design in Toronto, funding her studies herself. Her design career began at Yabu Pushelberg, where she spent six years working alongside George Yabu and Glenn Pushelberg on global luxury hospitality and retail, including the Italian fashion label Piazza Sempione and a Taj hotel in Mauritius. She later joined Burdifilek before opening her own practice, which she built from a written business plan and ran single handedly for its first five years. Today Kim leads a team of seven on residential projects across Toronto, Collingwood, Calgary, New York and Florida. Her work has been published in Canada and Europe and in several coffee table books. She is known for restraint, considered materiality, sculptural lighting and a genuine respect for client budgets, and she is currently expanding into furniture design. She has two sons and is a lifelong skier, and traveller. ⁠⁠Kim Lambert Design⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Next Release: Architecture Research Office Sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Caplan's Appliances⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Doors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Aquanta Pools⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ To connect with our sponsors, email me: jonathan@issuedforconstruction.ca ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Issued For Construction⁠⁠⁠

Issued For Construction AD: Christine Lolley - Solares Architecture

Jul 27, 2026 1 hr 38 min

Christine Lolley is the principal and co-founder of Solares Architecture, a residential architecture practice in Toronto. She grew up in Puslinch Township, south of Guelph, Ontario, the daughter of a family doctor and a father who built a software company for the equipment rental industry. She has an older sister, Sarah, and a younger brother, Peter. Christine studied architecture at the University of Waterloo, earning undergraduate and Master of Architecture degrees, the latter concluding with a graduate thesis on sustainable housing. Through Waterloo's co-op program she gained early experience at firms in Toronto, New York, and London, including a placement at Kohn Pedersen Fox in New York. In 2005, Christine and her husband, architect Tom Knezic, designed and built a home for her parents on a rural property near Gananoque, Ontario. That project became the catalyst for founding Solares Architecture, which grew from a small design build practice into a fully licensed firm known for sustainable, low carbon residential design, including passive solar principles, airtight construction, and all electric homes. Solares has completed projects from kitchen renovations to multi unit residential buildings across Toronto, Prince Edward County, and cottage country. After nearly two decades practicing together, Tom stepped back to found Ecoflats Developments, a company building and operating multiplexes in Toronto. Lolley now leads Solares as principal, overseeing design and business development. Christine lives in Toronto's Roncesvalles neighborhood with Tom and their two children, Hamish and Moira. She enjoys skiing, hiking, singing, and travel. Solares Architecture⁠⁠ Next Release: Kim Lambert Design⁠ Sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Caplan's Appliances⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Doors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Aquanta Pools⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ To connect with our sponsors, email me: jonathan@issuedforconstruct...

Issued For Construction ID: Clarisa Llaneza - Clarisa Llaneza Studio

Jul 23, 2026 1 hr 39 min

Clarisa Llaneza is the founder and principal designer of Clarisa Llaneza Studio, a Toronto based interior design practice known for high end residential and commercial work. Born and raised in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, in a family of eight siblings, Clarisa grew up immersed in nature and creativity, spending her early years sketching, painting, and building forts on her family's property. Her mother, a trained architect, encouraged her artistic development from a young age. As a teenager, she studied abroad in Switzerland and completed a photography focused program in St. Petersburg, Russia, experiences that deepened her appreciation for architecture and historic spaces. Clarisa earned her undergraduate degree in architecture from Universidad Iberoamericana, UNIBE, in Santo Domingo. She later moved to New York City, interning with architect Rafael Alvarez before completing a Master's degree in Architectural Lighting Design at Parsons School of Design. Following her studies, Clarisa worked in lighting design and sales, including a role with Italian lighting manufacturer Viabizzuno, which brought her to Toronto. She later transitioned into interior design, launching her own studio during the COVID nineteen pandemic with encouragement from friends and mentors. Her first major project, a full home renovation in Toronto's Rosedale neighbourhood, helped establish her portfolio. Since then, Clarisa Llaneza Studio has grown to a team of five to six, taking on residential and commercial projects including retail spaces, a jewelry store, and multiple developments in the Summerhill area of Toronto. Clarisa lives in Toronto with her husband and their two sons. ⁠⁠Clarisa Llaneza Studio⁠⁠ Next Release: Solares Architecture Sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Caplan's Appliances⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Doors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Aquanta Pools⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ To connect with our sponsors, email me: jonatha...

Issued For Construction AD: Theodore Oyama - OYAMA

Jul 20, 2026 1 hr 34 min

Theodore Oyama, also known as Theo or Ted, is a Montreal based architect and founder of oyama, an architecture and design practice established in early 2021. Born in 1989 and raised in Montreal's West Island suburbs, Theodore studied architecture at McGill University, earning undergraduate and graduate degrees. He spent a semester on exchange in Brussels and traveled through Romania on a school scholarship, visiting the towns where his mother's family had lived before the Second World War. While in school, Theodore spent several years working for a Montreal residential contractor, gaining carpentry experience that continues to inform his design approach. After graduating in 2015, he worked at a large Montreal architecture office, then taught studio courses at McGill. In May 2019, Theodore joined Renzo Piano Building Workshop, splitting time between the firm's New York and Paris offices on a Columbia University project. When RPBW closed its New York office in October 2020, he returned to Montreal and soon launched his own practice. Theodore is a licensed architect in Quebec and a Certified Passive House Designer. He builds passive house principles into his standard approach, favoring materials such as mineral wool and wood fiber over spray foam, and works closely with contractors and clients to balance performance with design. His published work, including the residence Waterhouse, was developed with fellow architect Julia Manaças. He focuses on residential work in Quebec while expanding into commercial projects. Outside of practice, Theodore takes canoe camping trips in Algonquin Park and hikes in the Adirondacks. He lives in Montreal with his partner and family. ⁠OYAMA⁠⁠ Next Release: Clarisa Llaneza Studio Sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Caplan's Appliances⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Doors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Aquanta Pools⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ To connect with our sponsors, email me: jonathan@issuedforconst...

Issued For Construction ID: Allen Chan, Anwar Mekhayech, & Matt Davis - DesignAgency Pt.2

Jul 16, 2026 1 hr 29 min

Matt Davis, Allen Chan, and Anwar Mekhayech are the founding partners of DesignAgency, a multidisciplinary design studio based in Toronto with additional studios in Barcelona, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C. The firm's European expansion began through a chance meeting in New York between Mekhayech and private equity investor Josh Wyatt, who was launching a hospitality fund in the United Kingdom. That connection led to DesignAgency's first project in Europe, transforming a building next to the old Jameson Brewery in Dublin into what became the first Generator Hostel. The partnership with Wyatt's firm, Patron Capital, expanded into twelve European gateway cities, including London, Hamburg, Barcelona, Venice, and Stockholm. Through former employee Rebecca Mason, the firm later opened a permanent studio in Barcelona, now led by Alessandro and his wife Marina and staffed by nearly twenty designers. In Toronto, DesignAgency has led interior design for Scotiabank Arena as part of a three hundred fifty million dollar reimagination for Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, working alongside BBB Architects. The firm has also expanded into live music venues with Live Nation, including History in Toronto and a forthcoming second History venue opening in Ottawa, and is currently designing a large scale restaurant and live music megaplex in Regina alongside veterans of the House of Blues brand. Most recently, DesignAgency opened a new studio in Singapore after being approached to take over an established regional practice, extending the firm's reach into the Asia Pacific market and securing its first project in the Middle East. DesignAgency Part 2⁠ Next Release: ⁠⁠OYAMA⁠⁠ Sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Caplan's Appliances⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Doors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Aquanta Pools⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ To connect with our sponsors, email me: jonathan@issuedforconstruction.ca ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Issued For Construction⁠

Issued For Construction AD: Philip Evans - ERA Architects

Jul 13, 2026 2 hr 5 min

Philip Evans is a Principal at ERA Architects, a Toronto based heritage and adaptive reuse practice with studios across Canada. He was born in Newfoundland, descended from generations of shipbuilders from the Notre Dame Bay and Greenspond areas, and moved with his family to Ontario as a young child, eventually settling in Brampton, where he attended Mayfield Secondary School's visual arts program. Evans studied architecture at the University of Toronto, completing his degree over eight years while working. During his studies he spent summers cataloguing architectural archives, including the work of Moshe Safdie, at McGill University's Blackader Lauterman Library. He also helped organize the Toronto the Good fundraising parties that supported Spacing Magazine in its early years. He joined ERA Architects in 2001, working alongside founders Michael McClelland and Edwin Rowse. In 2005 he married his wife Julie and moved to the United Kingdom, working with CTM Architects in the County of Kent on school redevelopment and adaptive reuse projects before returning to Toronto in 2006 to rejoin ERA as an Associate. He has since become a Principal at the firm, which has grown to roughly 120 people with offices in Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, and Prince Edward County, along with licenses to practice across most Canadian provinces. Evans is the founder of Culture of Outports and Culture of Small, initiatives exploring adaptive reuse and economic renewal in small and rural Canadian communities, and leads ongoing research into the Great Lakes Basin. He competed in wrestling for Team Ontario at the national level as a teenager. Outside of practice, he restores vintage vehicles, collects stamps, and is the father of two teenage sons. Philips Evans - ERA Architects Next Release: DesignAgency Part 2 Sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Caplan's Appliances⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Doors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Aquanta Pools⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ To c...

Issued For Construction ID: Allen Chan, Anwar Mekhayech, & Matt Davis - DesignAgency Pt.1

Jul 9, 2026 1 hr 43 min

Matt Davis, Allen Chan, and Anwar Mekhayech are the three co-founders of DesignAgency, a Toronto-based multidisciplinary studio they launched together in 1998 under the original name Precipice Studios. Matt grew up in Mount Zion, Ontario, on a twelve-acre hobby farm where he developed an early affinity for building and working with tools. He studied landscape architecture at the University of Toronto, where he met Allen. Allen was born in Hong Kong and immigrated to Toronto at age two, growing up in the west end of the city. He earned his undergraduate degree in landscape architecture and later completed a Master of Architecture at Columbia University, graduating in 2001. Anwar was born in Beirut, Lebanon, and raised in downtown Toronto near the Kensington Market and Chinatown neighbourhoods, where his family operated a restaurant called Kensington Kitchen on Harvard Street. He studied engineering at the University of Western Ontario before taking over his family's restaurant and pivoting toward design and entrepreneurship. The three came together through the Toronto hospitality and restaurant scene of the late 1990s. Their first major collaborative project was SpaHa, a bistro they designed and opened on the ground floor of the University of Toronto's Graduate House, a building co-designed by Morphosis and Teeple Architects. The firm later hosted seasons of the HGTV Canada series Designer Guys before rebranding as DesignAgency in 2008 to reflect a broader, more holistic design philosophy. Today DesignAgency operates studios in Toronto, Washington D.C., Los Angeles, and Barcelona, with a global team of more than 125 people across five principals. The firm's portfolio spans hospitality, entertainment, and resort design, with active projects including a resort in Portugal, a Montage property in the Bahamas, and work at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto. DesignAgency Next Release: Philip Evans - ERA Architects Sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Caplan's Appliances⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠...

Issued For Construction AD: Kregg Fordyce - StudioDEEP

Jul 6, 2026 1 hr 27 min

Kregg Fordyce is a Toronto-based architect, urban planner, and the founder of studioDEEP+, a multidisciplinary practice operating at the intersection of architecture and spatial planning. Born in Sudbury, Ontario, Kregg spent his earliest years in Capreol, a small community about an hour north of Sudbury, before his family relocated to the Niagara region, where he completed his schooling at E.L. Crossley Secondary School in Fonthill. A Rotary exchange to Varkauss, Finland during his final year of high school proved formative, exposing him to intentionally designed Scandinavian spaces and sparking a lasting interest in architecture. Kregg earned his Bachelor of Environmental Studies in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Waterloo, where the Faculty of Environmental Design brought together planning, architecture, geography, and environmental science under one roof. He went on to complete a Master of Architecture at the Faculty of Environmental Design at the University of Calgary. He holds dual professional designations as a registered architect with the OAA and a Registered Professional Planner. He founded his practice in 2006, originally under his own name before rebranding to KFA and ultimately to studioDEEP+, a name rooted in his graduate thesis project titled "Deep Architecture." The firm, now 21 people, works across mid-rise and high-rise residential, mixed-use, emergency services facilities, and large-scale community planning. studioDEEP+ is also an active member of the Toronto BioBuild Collective, a collaborative initiative among Toronto architecture firms exploring the integration of biomaterials into building assemblies. Kregg Fordyce - StudioDEEP Next Release: DesignAgency Part 1 Sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Caplan's Appliances⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Doors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Aquanta Pools⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ To connect with our sponsors, email me: jonathan@issuedforconstruction.ca ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Issued For Construction ID: Gabrielle Kozhukh-Joo - Mindwell Design

Jul 2, 2026 1 hr 22 min

Gabrielle Kozhukh-Joo is the founder and Chief Visionary Officer of Mindwell Design, a Toronto based interior design studio recognized as the first neuroaesthetic design firm in Canada and the United States. She was born and raised in North York, Ontario, the daughter of Ukrainian immigrant parents who came to Canada in 1990. Her mother ran multiple small businesses, including a home daycare, while her father was working in the bakery business and later transitioned into construction, renovation, and custom building, which later influenced her brother's own move into the construction industry. Gabrielle competed in gymnastics from age four through nine, then trained competitively in martial arts for over a decade, traveling to national level competitions across the United States. She speaks English, French and Russian. She studied Environmental Studies with a focus on Urban and Regional Planning at York University, where she shifted her concentration toward green building. During and after her studies she earned her Net Zero certification and her LEED AP for Building Design and Construction. Early in her career she worked in residential solar sales, rising to inside sales manager, then moved into talent acquisition for construction and development executives before launching Mindwell Design. While on maternity leave with her first child, Gabrielle completed her interior design diploma through the Interior Design Institute of Canada and earned her WELL AP and Science in Design certifications. She also holds a certified coaching credential. Mindwell Design specializes in renovation and full scope residential interiors that blend neuroscience, sustainability and wellness, primarily serving clients across Toronto including Midtown, Etobicoke and Thornhill, with openness to projects across North America. Gabrielle and her team are developing a new applied neuroaesthetics certification for the design and building trades. She frequently speaks at industry conferences and p...

Issued For Construction AD: Alex Josephson - Partisans

Jun 29, 2026 1 hr 49 min

Alex Josephson is a Toronto-born architect and the founder of PARTISANS, an award-winning architecture and design studio incorporated in Toronto in 2013. Growing up with an early affinity for tactile art and drawing, Josephson pursued architecture against the advice of those around him, treating it as a form of rebellion that ultimately gave him direction and purpose. He studied architecture at the University of Waterloo, one of the most rigorous programs in Canada at the time, and spent five formative years in Rome working at the internationally acclaimed studio of Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas. That period deepened his understanding of the intersection between architecture, politics, and culture. He later completed graduate studies through the University of Waterloo's Rome program and received the New York Prize Fellowship at the Van Alen Institute, the only Canadian to have received that distinction. Upon returning to Toronto, Josephson co-founded PARTISANS and built the practice from the ground up, taking on installations, residential projects, and eventually landmark commissions including the Bar Raval interior and design work for Union Station. PARTISANS has since grown into a globally recognized studio. The firm was selected to design the RBC Amphitheatre at Ontario Place in collaboration with Gensler, and recently won the commission to design the Ontario Building Workers Memorial at Queen's Park, unveiled on April 28, 2026, the National Day of Mourning, by the Premier of Ontario. Josephson is a lecturer at the University of Toronto's Daniels Faculty of Architecture, and a recognized voice on the future of cities, design, and culture. ⁠Partisans Next Release: Mindwell Design Sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Caplan's Appliances⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Doors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Aquanta Pools⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ To connect with our sponsors, email me: jonathan@issuedforconstruction.ca ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Issued For Co...

Issued For Construction ID: Rebecca Axler - RTG Designs

Jun 25, 2026 1 hr 21 min

Rebecca Axler is a Toronto-based interior designer and the founder of RTG Designs, a full-service residential design firm specializing in projects ranging from renovations and new builds to room-by-room transformations. Born and raised in Toronto, Rebecca grew up in the North York area and attended York Mills Collegiate Institute. A lifelong curiosity about design and space, sparked during her parents' home build when she was in grade six, set her on a clear path early. After completing three years of sociology at Dalhousie University in Halifax and a fourth-year exchange at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, she built the portfolio that would earn her acceptance to Parsons School of Design in New York City. She completed the interior design program in 12 months, graduating in 2007. Her early career in New York included an internship at Haynes-Roberts, a Manhattan-based high-end residential firm, followed by a junior role at Groves and Co. (then operating as S. Russell Groves), a firm whose work appeared on the Architectural Digest Top 100 list. She later worked with Matthew Robbins Design, contributing to the design and production of high-profile events and weddings. After returning to Toronto, Rebecca launched RTG Designs and built her client base through word of mouth and Instagram. Her practice has grown steadily into whole-home projects and new builds, with a current roster made up entirely of repeat clients. She approaches each project as both designer and collaborator, often taking on a full project management role alongside the design scope. Rebecca lives in Toronto with her husband and two children. ⁠⁠RTG Designs⁠⁠ Next Release: ⁠Alex Josephson - Partisans⁠ Sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Caplan's Appliances⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Doors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Aquanta Pools⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ To connect with our sponsors, email me: jonathan@issuedforconstruction.ca ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Issued For Const...

Issued For Construciton AD: Steve Euser - DEW (Dan Euser Waterarchitecture)

Jun 22, 2026 1 hr 12 min

Steve Euser is a landscape architect and water feature designer based in Toronto, Ontario. Raised in the suburbs of Toronto, he was a creative and outdoors-oriented child, spending summers camping in Ontario's provincial parks, sketching, painting in watercolor, and building things by hand. His early aptitude for art led him to informally co-teach art classes at his school by grade seven, covering color theory, 3D rendering, and perspective drawing. Euser earned a diploma in Digital Media Arts from Seneca York before completing a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture at the University of Guelph. Between his studies, he spent several months traveling independently through Europe, immersing himself in cities including Paris, Dublin, and Milan, an experience he credits as formative in shaping his understanding of how people inhabit and move through public space. He launched his professional career at Janet Rosenberg and Studio, the award-winning Toronto landscape architecture practice located on Kenwood Avenue near St. Clair West, before joining his father Dan Euser's firm, DEW Inc. (Dan Euser Waterarchitecture Inc.), in 2010. A full member of both the CSLA and OALA, Steve brings a background in digital animation and fine art to his water feature design work. DEW's portfolio spans continents and scales, from the intimate Eleven Tears memorial at the American Express Tower in Lower Manhattan, which features a single drop of water falling once per minute for each of eleven employees lost on September 11, 2001, to the National September 11 Memorial at the World Trade Center site, one of the largest waterfall installations in the world. Closer to home, DEW's work includes the fountains at Yonge-Dundas Square and Berczy Park in Toronto. Steve Euser - ⁠⁠Dan Euser Waterarchitecture⁠⁠ Next Release: Rebecca Axler - RTG Designs Sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Caplan's Appliances⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Doors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Aquanta Pools⁠⁠...

Issued For Construction ID: Vanessa Eckstein - Blok Design

Jun 18, 2026 1 hr 39 min

Vanessa Eckstein is the founder and creative director of Blok Design, a Toronto-based graphic design studio with a global reach. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Vanessa was immersed in the arts from an early age, studying painting as a child under a celebrated surrealist painter in the La Boca neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. She went on to earn her undergraduate degree in graphic design from the Universidad de Buenos Aires, among the first generations to graduate from the program, before completing her MFA in Intercultural Design at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, among the first cohort to receive a master's degree from that program. Her early career took her through New York, where she worked at Drental Doyle Partners, a renowned design studio, before relocating to Toronto in 1998 to found Blok. After five years, she moved the studio to Mexico City for nine years before returning to Toronto, where Blok has continued to operate ever since. Named after a political magazine from the era of the Russian Revolution, Blok reflects Vanessa's belief that design is most powerful when it serves society. The studio has maintained a deliberately small and nimble team of five to six people throughout its nearly 27-year history, working across brand identity, editorial, publishing, and exhibit design. Beyond Blok, Vanessa is the founder of Rhythm Dialogues, a registered nonprofit and mobile artist residency program housed in a restored 1974 Airstream trailer that travels across Canada. Guided by the theme of Emotional Cartography, the program facilitates interdisciplinary exchange among artists across dance, writing, music, film, theatre, and visual art. You can explore her work on Instagram and learn more about the residency at Rhythm Dialogues. Vanessa Eckstein - BLOK Design⁠⁠ Next Release: ⁠Steve Euser - Dan Euser Waterarchitecture⁠⁠ Sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Caplan's Appliances⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Doors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠...

Issued For Construction AD: Nilton Forest - Office of Sustainable Design & Architecture (OSDA)

Jun 15, 2026 1 hr 18 min

Nilton Forest is a licensed architect, Passive House consultant (PHIUS), and the founder of osda (Office for Sustainable Design Architecture), based in Saint John, New Brunswick. Raised in Taipei, Taiwan, by his mother, Nilton spent much of his formative years in the company of English neighbours from Carlisle who were visiting academics conducting research at the National Palace Museum. That early immersion shaped both his accent and his outlook in ways that stayed with him well into adulthood. Nilton studied chemistry at Tunghai University in Taiwan before switching disciplines and earning his degree in architecture from the same institution. Following graduation, he completed an internship with Claus en Kaan Architecten in Amsterdam, a Dutch firm that has since separated into two independent practices, and contributed to the conversion of a historic building into what is now a well known hotel and cultural destination along Amsterdam's waterfront. After fulfilling his mandatory military service in Taiwan, he built experience across multiple firms and countries before relocating to Saint John to be with his partner and put down roots in New Brunswick. Nilton spent a year as Heritage Architect for the City of Saint John before launching osda, which today stands as the first and only architecture firm in Saint John accredited with the PHIUS passive house consultant credential. In nearly three years of independent practice, he has completed more than 41 projects spanning residential, multi family, heritage conservation, and community development work. He lives outside the city on a 40 acre property with 30 acres of forested trail behind it. ⁠⁠Office of Sustainable Design & Architecture (OSDA)⁠⁠ Next Release: Vanessa Eckstein - BLOK Design Sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Caplan's Appliances⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Doors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Aquanta Pools⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ To connect with our sponsors, email me: jonathan@issuedforconstructio...

Issued For Construciton ID: Jorge Eckstein - El Zanjón

Jun 11, 2026 1 hr 24 min

Jorge Eckstein is a Buenos Aires-born chemical engineer and entrepreneur whose unlikely second act has become one of Argentina's most celebrated acts of cultural preservation. Raised in Buenos Aires by Hungarian immigrant parents, he built a successful career spanning more than 30 years in the specialty oils and animal fats industry, supplying international companies including Shell, Exxon, Pfizer and Henkel. In 1985, Eckstein purchased a derelict property in the San Telmo neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, just blocks from the Casa Rosada, intending it as a financial investment. What began as a restoration of an abandoned 1830 mansion evolved into a decades-long archaeological undertaking. Beneath the structure, workers uncovered a network of tunnels and ruins dating to the 1600s, including what would prove to be the first underground waterway switching system of the city. Eckstein spent 25 years excavating, restoring, and preserving the site entirely by hand, training specialized tradespeople where none existed and pioneering the first urban archaeological escrow agreement of its kind in the city. The result is El Zanjón de Granados, a privately owned museum now welcoming approximately 36,000 visitors annually, among them passengers from international luxury cruise lines. The project has been recognized by Buenos Aires City Council as the most significant urban archaeological undertaking in the city's history. Eckstein is also the father of Vanessa Eckstein, founder and Creative Director of the internationally recognized Toronto-based studio Blok Design. Images of El Zanjón de Granados are available on the Issued for Construction Instagram. ⁠⁠Jorge Eckstein - El Zanjón Next Release: ⁠⁠Office of Sustainable Design & Architecture (OSDA)⁠⁠ Sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Caplan's Appliances⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Doors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Aquanta Pools⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ To connect with our sponsors, email me: jonathan@issuedforconstruc...

Issued For Construction AD: Monica Adair & Stephen Kopp - Acre Architects

Jun 8, 2026 1 hr 30 min

Monica Adair and Stephen Kopp are the founding partners of Acre Architects, an architectural practice with offices in Saint John, New Brunswick, and Halifax, Nova Scotia. Raised in the prairie town of Morden, Manitoba, Stephen developed an early passion for art and mathematics, earning his undergraduate architecture degree from the University of Manitoba before practicing in Stuttgart, Germany. Monica, a native of Saint John, New Brunswick, grew up in an entrepreneurial family with Mexican and Chinese heritage. Her diverse background includes a year long exchange in Spain, a degree in biology and psychology, and service as a naval officer in the military reserves. She also taught English in Taiwan before pursuing design. The two met at the University of Toronto during their master of architecture studies. After working at prominent firms in Toronto, they relocated to New York to work for Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. There, they contributed to international projects, collaborated with prominent artists, and earned a feature in Dwell magazine that was recently showcased on Instagram. In 2010, they returned to Canada to found Acre Architects. Beginning in a Saint John basement, their first breakthrough was a contemporary sidewalk patio for a local wine bar, which altered city bylaws and achieved international publication. Acre Architects has since grown into a nimble eighteen person team. Guided by a mission to complete one hundred transformational projects by 2030, the firm now executes over two hundred and twenty million dollars in construction value through major institutional and residential partnerships, driving meaningful cultural and economic development across Atlantic Canada. ⁠Acre Architects⁠ Next Release: Jorge Eckstein - El Zanjon Sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Caplan's Appliances⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Doors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Aquanta Pools

Issued For Construction ID: Gelanaz Hemati - Gelanaz & Associates

Jun 4, 2026 1 hr 0 min

Gelanaz Hemati is a Toronto interior designer and founder of Gelanaz and Associates. Raised in Tehran, Iran, as the youngest of three siblings, her interest in construction was sparked by her businessman father, who built the family home and cottage. Though initially discouraged by a teacher, Gelanaz mastered painting step by step, eventually exhibiting her art and studying under the renowned Iranian master Katouzian, where she developed exceptional hand sketching skills. Driven by a love for math and art, Gelanaz earned her architecture degree with honors. At age 27, she began lecturing weekly at her alma mater on hand sketching and abstract design. Her early career included roles at a large urban design firm, head of design at a boutique studio, and 12 years as a partner with two university peers. Together, they designed numerous commercial and residential projects, including the permit expansion and interior design of an 800,000 square foot shopping mall featuring cinemas and multilevel underground parking. Inspired by a trip to London, Gelanaz moved to Canada at age 36. After obtaining permanent residency in Montreal, she relocated to Toronto and studied building envelopes at George Brown College to learn wood frame construction. She rebuilt her practice through local residential projects. During the pandemic, an Instagram post about an award ceremony introduced her to the National Kitchen and Bath Association, or NKBA. She joined, won an award within a two week deadline, served as a judge, and is now in her third year on the board. Today, her firm handles single family residential designs ranging from condos to an 11,000 square foot home. Highly active on site, Gelanaz communicates visually by sketching details directly onto drywall or plywood for tradespeople. Her personal interests include painting, morning reading, fitness, and exploring Ontario via road trips. ⁠⁠Gelanaz & Associates⁠⁠ Next Release: Acre Architects Sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Caplan's Applianc...

Issued For Construction AD: Moran Olsha, Supreet Barhay, & Zenon Radewych - WZMH Architects

Jun 1, 2026 1 hr 30 min

Established in 1961 as Webb Zerafa Menkès Housden, WZMH Architects is synonymous with the Canadian built environment and recognized as the architect of record for the iconic CN Tower. Originally defined by towering office developments, the firm diversified across retail, residential, master planning, and high security civic projects. Driven by an entrepreneurial spirit, WZMH recently expanded its geographical footprint to the Middle East and Austin, Texas. At the core of the practice is a deep investment in people through the WZMH Academy, mentorship initiatives, and scholarships that empower architectural talent. The firm challenges industry conventions through two innovation branches. Sparkbird is an internal research and development lab dedicated to physical inventions like modular components. Giraffe Apps is an independent software company engineering digital solutions, such as the Parrot and Aim applications, to streamline design standards. Raised in Toronto, Zenon Radewych discovered a passion for drafting at Western Technical Commercial School. After graduating from Ryerson University, his career accelerated during two years living on site for the Windsor Casino project. Today, he champions business development and spearheads the Sparkbird lab. Supreet Barhay grew up in New Delhi, India, earning an architecture degree from Bangalore University. Her early career involved commuting four hours daily on an analog bus, long before the distraction of scrolling Instagram. Following a master degree, she built a robust retail architecture career at Pellow and Associates before merging with WZMH. Born in Eilat, Israel, Moran Olsha relocated to Canada as a teenager. After studying at Ryerson University, she moved to Budapest, Hungary, managing turnkey real estate projects. Returning to Toronto, she integrated her developmental perspective into WZMH, where she manages major government commissions. ⁠⁠WZMH⁠⁠ Next Release: Gelanaz & Associates Sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Capla...

Issued For Construction ID: François Roupinian - Lightemotion

May 28, 2026 1 hr 10 min

François Roupinian is a globally recognized lighting designer and the founder of Lightemotion. Born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, François discovered his passion for illumination during his youth. His early creative experiments included building custom concrete and metal lamps in his bedroom. Listeners can head over to Instagram this week to view exclusive story photos of these teenage creations. He refined his craft working in the Montreal club scene and providing lighting for electronic music acts like Daft Punk and The Chemical Brothers at venues such as Metropolis. Seeking to deepen his expertise, François studied at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity and completed a production program at the National Theatre School of Canada before graduating in 1999. Following a major architectural project with racing champion Jacques Villeneuve, he established Lightemotion, officially incorporating the firm in 2002. Today, Lightemotion operates internationally with a dedicated team across Montreal, Toronto, and Paris. Under his leadership, the practice has designed illuminating experiences for prestigious clients including Louis Vuitton, Dior, Fairmont, Sofitel, the National Arts Centre, and the Asian Civilisations Museum in Singapore. His team is also deeply involved in illuminating the parliamentary precinct in Ottawa. A believer in heart driven business, François places immense value on human connection. Outside of work, he practices daily transcendental meditation and studies classical guitar. ⁠⁠Lightemotion⁠⁠ Next Release: WZMH Sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Caplan's Appliances⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Doors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Aquanta Pools⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ To connect with our sponsors, email me: jonathan@issuedforconstruction.ca ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Issued For Construction⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Issued For Construction AD: Alex Bozikovic - The Globe and Mail

May 25, 2026 1 hr 24 min

Alex Bozikovic is the architecture critic for The Globe and Mail and a leading voice on urban design, city planning, and housing politics in Canada. Born and raised in the North York region of Toronto, he grew up exploring the varied built environments of the city. His early experiences visiting his immigrant grandparents in slab apartment towers across Toronto shaped his deep appreciation for urban life and density. A lifelong reader with a passion for storytelling, Alex initially studied English at the University of Toronto and pursued graduate studies at the City University of New York. Realizing he did not want to become an English professor, he pivoted to journalism. He began his career cold calling publications and writing book reviews as a freelance writer. His dedication eventually led to a position at the alternative publication eye weekly, followed by a brief stint at the Toronto Star, and finally a permanent role at The Globe and Mail. At The Globe and Mail, Alex spent nearly a decade refining his craft as a copy editor and assigning editor under the guidance of mentors like Carol Toller. Writing off the side of his desk, he eventually pitched himself to fill the architecture critic role previously held by Lisa Rochon. Today, he combines his literary background with an incisive understanding of civic infrastructure. He advocates for accessible public spaces, zoning reform, and vibrant urban ecosystems. In addition to his journalism, Alex also teaches urban design. ⁠⁠Alex Bozikovic⁠⁠ Impossible Toronto: On The Courtyard Next Release: Lightemotion Sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Caplan's Appliances⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Doors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Aquanta Pools⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ To connect with our sponsors, email me: jonathan@issuedforconstruction.ca ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Issued For Construction⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Issued For Construction ID: Jake Oliveira - Jake Oliveira Studio

May 21, 2026 1 hr 22 min

Jake Olivera is a talented product and industrial designer based in Toronto, Ontario. Born and raised in Cambridge, Ontario, Jake was deeply influenced by his Portuguese heritage and a family environment that encouraged spirited debate, independence, and hands on learning. He holds a Bachelor of Design from the joint program between York University and Sheridan College. Early in his career, Jake interned in the marketing department at Umbra, which taught him the critical importance of product storytelling. He later honed his technical skills as an industrial designer at a prominent Toronto interior design firm and at Powell and Bonnell. There, he worked closely with local fabricators and mastered the complexities of physical manufacturing. Following a pandemic related layoff, he launched Jake Olivera Studio. Over the past five years, he has built a reputation for designing highly sculptural, modern pieces. He collaborates extensively with Boyd Lighting in Colorado, producing celebrated lines like the Spire Collection and the complex, blown glass Nest Collection. Recently, Jake partnered with Jason from Henderson Resource Group to launch Ourse, a furniture brand dedicated to domestic manufacturing. Debuting at the Interior Design Show, Ourse aims to revitalize Canadian fabrication by utilizing local materials and labor, ensuring pieces are built to last for generations. Jake describes himself as a small scale problem solver who creates distinct, form focused objects for architects and designers. His ultimate design aspirations include creating the Olympic torch and a signature tile collection, as well as collaborating with global pinnacle brands like Vitra and Magis. ⁠⁠Jake Oliveira Studio⁠⁠ Next Release: ⁠⁠⁠Alex Bozikovic⁠⁠ Sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Caplan's Appliances⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Doors⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Aquanta Pools⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ To connect with our sponsors, email me: jonathan@issuedforconstruction.ca ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Issued For Construction⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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Created by: Issued For Construction with Jonathan Jacobs
Status: Active
Latest episode: Nov 12, 2026
Episodes: 172
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Avg. episode length: 1 hr 14 min
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Language: English

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