Recently appointed to the College of Fellows at the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, Donald has firmly established himself among Canada’s leading progressive architectural voices through his inventiveness and investment in place-making, his commitment to a more thoughtfully executed architecture and his contributions to academia. His project skills volley between the strategic planning of urban and institutional work through to the detailing of finely-crafted spaces — underpinned by a studio approach built on research-based and regenerative systems design.

Donald has held architectural speaking, academic and jury engagements globally — related to master planning, urban design, structural innovations, Mass Timber and resilience. He has taught at the University of Toronto and the Ercole Poytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland and has been awarded Canada Council’s Prix de Rome for Architecture, and the Architectural League of New York’s Emerging Voices Award — which have created opportunities to speak, adjudicate and teach in academic and cultural institutions in Tokyo, Aspen, Helsinki, Copenhagen, Zurich and Amsterdam. Recognized globally for his leadership and innovation in Integrated Project Delivery and Mass Timber Design, Donald is currently the Chair for Canadian Wood Council’s (WoodWorks) Advisory Board.

Donald’s recent works are the recently opened Queen’s University John Deutsch University Centre, The Science Collaboration Centre in Chalk River, Ontario, York University’s Neurological Sciences Lab Loft, Western University’s Food School and Academic Pavilion at Brescia College, University of Kentucky’s Academic Hospital Expansion in Lexington, and Waterloo Regional Health Network’s new Community Hospital.

Donald has also been featured in numerous journals/exhibitions such as Dwell Magazine, The Interior Design Show and CBC Radio for his work on smaller-scaled residential projects and his ‘Best-in-Show’ Small Fridges Make Good Cities featured space.