HomeProvides objective, professional advice for decisions by the Commission or its Executive Committee on long-range plans and policies for the use of public lands in the National Capital Region, on design proposals affecting these federal lands and on real property issues.
ACPDR consists of experts in real estate development, environmental, urban and regional planning, urban design, architecture and landscape architecture with a broad range of experience with different types of projects and in different environmental and socio-economic contexts.
Paul J. Bedford
Larry Beasley
Chair
Vancouver, British-Columbia Claude Provencher
Vice-Chair
Montréal, Quebec
Brian MacKay-Lyons
Member
Halifax, Nova Scotia Lawrence R. Paterson
Member
Calgary, Alberta
Member
Toronto, Ontario
Donald Schmitt
Member
Toronto, OntarioPeter Busby
Member
Vancouver, British ColumbiaDavid Witty
Member
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Marc Letellier
Member
Quebec City, QuebecLise Cormier
Member
Montréal, Quebec
Larry Beasley, CM, BA, MA, FCIP
Chair
Vancouver, British-Columbia
As Co-Director of Planning for the City of Vancouver, Mr. Beasley leads planning initiatives in the inner city, and manages and approves current development throughout Vancouver. He studied architecture and holds degrees in geography and political science and planning. He advises city governments around the world on planning, urban design and development management. He is an adjunct professor at the University of British Columbia. In 1996, Mr. Beasley’s work received recognition by the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements as one of the “world’s 100 best planning practices.” Mr. Beasley is a Member of the Order of Canada.
Claude Provencher, FRAIC, OAQ, OAA
Vice-Chair
Montréal, Quebec
Mr. Provencher is a founding partner of the architecture firm Provencher Roy+Associés architectes. As a lead designer of the firm, Mr. Provencher has directed a large number of important projects that have won several prizes and honours for architecture and urban planning. They include a recent Award of Excellence by Canadian Architect for a joint scientific research centre of the University and École Polytechnique de Montréal, Pavillon J.-Armand Bombardier. Mr. Provencher has been invited to speak in Canada and Europe at numerous fora on architecture and urban planning. He is a Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada and member of the Ordre des architectes du Québec and of the Ontario Association of Architects.
Brian MacKay-Lyons, FRAIC, RCA, Hon. FAIA
Member
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Brian MacKay-Lyons, a principal of MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects, is a Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, and Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). His firm has built an international reputation for design excellence, confirmed by 67 awards (including five Governor General’s Medals and the AIA Honor Award). The firm has been the subject of over 162 monographs, books and journal publications internationally, including the recently published Plain Modern, The Architecture of Brian MacKay-Lyons. As a full professor of architecture at Dalhousie University, Brian MacKay-Lyons has contributed to architectural education in the region for more than 20 years. He has held numerous endowed academic chairs and visiting professorships at leading universities, including Houston, Harvard, McGill, Syracuse, Tulane, Auburn, Texas A&M, Maryland, Arkansas, Michigan and Washington University in St. Louis. Mr. MacKay-Lyons has delivered more than 150 public lectures on his work internationally. The firm's work has been the subject of over 50 exhibitions in Canada, the United States and Europe.
Lawrence R. Paterson, BLA, AALA, FCSLA
Member
Okotoks, Alberta
Mr. Paterson is a landscape architect with more than 35 years’ consulting experience in western and northern Canada. He is currently Director of Landscape Architecture for Cohos Evamy, a multidisciplinary firm of architects, planners, interior designers and landscape architects with offices in Calgary, Edmonton and Toronto. He has served as President and Executive Director of the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects. Mr. Paterson's career has focused on commercial, institutional and transportation projects, and he has been nationally recognized with awards for campus design and highway landscape architecture. He has volunteered on various community and municipal district committees and has lectured internationally on landscape architecture. He is an avid vintage sports-car racer.
Paul J. Bedford, B.A., M.Sc., FCIP
Member
Toronto, Ontario
Urban mentor and retired Chief Planner for the City of Toronto, Paul Bedford is a member and fellow of the Canadian Institute of Planners, with more than 35 years' experience in urban planning and city building. Since retirement in 2004, Mr. Bedford has been appointed adjunct professor at the University of Toronto and Ryerson University planning schools. He is a member of the Urban Design Review Panel for the Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corporation, a senior associate of the Canadian Urban Institute, and a member of the Property Committee to redevelop the campus of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto. A frequent public speaker at forums on planning issues, he is also active in shaping the new policy agenda at all levels of government. Additional activities include mentoring young planners, writing for the Ontario Planning Journal and participating in numerous international events.
Donald Schmitt
Member
Toronto, Ontario
Mr. Schmitt is a principal of Diamond and Schmitt Architects Incorporated, a Toronto-based firm with a national and international practice. The firm has won more than 100 design awards, including five Governor General’s Medals and Awards. Mr. Schmitt has taught at several universities: Toronto, Dalhousie, Texas, Pennsylvania State and British Columbia. His notable buildings include the Metro-Central YMCA in Toronto, Symphony Hall in Detroit, the Earth Sciences Centre and the Bahen Centre for Information Technology, both at the University of Toronto, and the complete campus and buildings of the University of Ontario Institute of Technology. A Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, he is also a member of the provincial architects' associations of Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia and Nova Scotia. Donald Schmitt is a member of the Board of the Canadian Art Foundation.
Peter Busby, AIA, FRAIC, MAIBC, MAAA, MOAA, BCID, LEED ™, A.P., C.M.
Member
Vancouver, British Columbia
Mr. Busby is managing director of the award-winning architectural firm Busby Perkins+Will — one of North America's leading green practices with the largest portfolio of built green projects in Canada. He was a founding member of the Canada Green Building Council, and is respected internationally as a leader in green building design. In recognition of his contributions to his profession and his community, in 1997, Mr. Busby was admitted to the College of Fellows of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, and in the fall of 2005, he received the Order of Canada, which acknowledges his lifetime of outstanding achievement, dedication to the community and service to the nation.
David Witty, Ph.D., MRAIC, FCIP
Member
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Dr. Witty was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Manitoba in August 2001. He is an urban planner and urban designer who has practiced across western and northern Canada. He is also a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Planners and member of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. He is Chair of the City of Winnipeg's Urban Design Advisory Committee. Dr. Witty is active nationally and internationally as an adviser, design competition jury member, and strategic consultant on urban issues.
Marc Letellier
Member
Quebec City, Quebec
Mr. Letellier is a partner of Gagnon, Letellier, Cyr, Architects (winner of prizes for excellence from the Association of Landscape Architects of Canada and from the Ordre des architectes du Québec). His firm is part of a consortium that has just completed the design of the Canadian Embassy in Berlin. He is active on the Organizing committee for the Quebec City Canada Day festivities.
Lise Cormier, BLA, MASc
Member
Montréal, Quebec
Ms. Cormier is an instigator and Executive Vice-President and Director of Mosaiculture International Montréal. She is President of the International Mosaiculture Committee, responsible for organizing the international competitions; Director of the new Parks, Gardens and Green Spaces Department, City of Montréal; President of the Board of Directors, Société du parc des îles, Montréal; and holds a degree in Landscape Architecture and a Masters in Applied Science (Planning). She is the recipient of many honours including a gold medal from the Massachusetts Horticultural Society in Boston, has collaborated on a book about her home town, L’Assomption, and has authored many articles on landscape architecture.