Stephanie Werbin

Born in Uruguay, Andréa Wolff moved to Canada in the late 1960’s. Graduating from McGill University in 1977, she received her degree with distinction and a number of awards, including a medal from the Royal Institute of Canada.

In the beginning of her career, she worked at the internationally renowned office of Moishe Safdie Architect and gained practical local experience at Tolchinsky and Goodz, architects and at Dimakopoulos and Partners.

Her creativity and experience in managing large scale projects led to the foundation of ARCHITEM; in which she continues to exercise her leadership skills, providing strong conceptual direction to projects of varying size and complexity. She sits on the Planning Advisory Committee of Westmount, is an active member of the Board of the Montreal Sexual Assault Centre, the Patricia Mackenzie Pavilion (a shelter for homeless women), and MAB-Mackay Rehabilitation Centre. She is Vice President of Maison de l’Architecture du Québec.

Elizabeth Shapiro, a native Montrealer, graduated from the University of Toronto in 1980. Following graduation, she worked in Calgary with the Sturgess Partnership and then travelled and worked in the design firm Edward Cullinan, Architects, in London, England.

Upon returning to Canada in 1983, she joined the firm Dimakopoulos and Partners, where she collaborated with Wolff and Kuskowski.

She served for many years as a member of the Board of HERITAGE MONTREAL and has recently joined the Board of the Visual Arts Centre of Montreal. In 2007, Shapiro was named Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada.

After moving to Montreal from Poland in 1974, Magda Kuskowski completed her architectural studies at McGill University in 1977. She worked for the Architects Bland, Lemoyne, Shine and Tolchinsky and Goodz before joining Dimakopoulos and Partners as a design architect in 1981.

Kuskowski was one of the key designers for three major competitions: the Museum of Man in Hull, the Headquarters for Hydro-Quebec in Montreal, and the Musee d’Art Contemporain in Montreal for which she received a mention.

Born in Montreal, Mira’s interests in architecture were picked at a young age by her architect father. Throughout her years studying architecture at McGill, she was fortunate to find summer work with the firms Urbandale Construction Limited and Aediculae, which provided her with a strong understanding of the depth and work involved with both commercial and residential projects.

Upon completing her Bachelor degree in 1993 with an award in the Murdoch Laing Design Competition, Mira left Canada to pursue research
interests in India, resulting in the publication of: “A Pattern Language, vol. 2 – Tora Village”.

Returning to Montreal in 1995, Mira joined the ARCHITEM, Wolff, Shapiro, Kuskowski team, where she has had the opportunity to work on commercial, institutional, and residential projects. Her technical fortitude paired with a flair for design, has made her invaluable as a part of the ARCHITEM, Wolff, Shapiro, Kuskowski team.

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