Pat Hanson (BFA March RAIC OAA) has deliberately staked out a broad range of practice in the belief that design encompasses the entire spectrum of the built environment. Pat’s background in the visual arts has distinguished her architectural career. A versatile designer and a strong visual communicator, Pat has directed the design of many of academic and institutional projects which knit together the interior and exterior realm including the Humber Arboretum Centre for Urban Ecology and Pond Road Student Residence. Pat was design architect for the award winning Ashbridges BayTreatment Plant Site Design, the Bloor Street Revitalization and the Union Station Precinct Study and, with Diana, developed the landscape master plan for the Toronto Brickworks. Pat has also served as an adjunct professor in architecture at the University of Toronto and the University of Waterloo and is a frequent guest critic at universities across Canada and the United States.

Current projects include a tropical lab building in Panama for the Smithsonian Institute, the expansion of the Canadian Museum of Inuit Art and the master planning and design of photography studios outside of Peterborough Ontario.