Presenter:
Bruno Freschi is one of North America’s most honored architects. Graduating from UBC with post-graduate studies at the Architectural Association in London, he has practiced in Canada, US, England, Italy and Switzerland. He was a senior associate on the design teams for SFU and the BC Courts/Vancouver Art Gallery Master Plan. Freschi was awarded The Order of Canada and also held the position of Prof. Emeritus at State Univ. of New York.He is a leading proponent of the “integrated, transdisciplinary, and transcultural approach” to planning and sustainable, high-performance design. He utilized this approach at the Kyonggi University in South Korea, designed as Asia’s first “green” and global university. He was the Chief Architect and Master Planner of the 1986 World Exposition in Vancouver, designed EXPO Centre (now Science World}, and architect of the Vancouver Ismaili Jamatkhana for the Aga Khan. His firm was responsible for Vision Master Plans for several waterfront cities in Canada.