National Urban Design Awards Jury 2024

Martin Brière, OAQ, MIRAC

A senior partner of BGLA, Martin Brière has 31 years of experience in private practice, 26 of which were as a freelance architect in Montreal. His specialized background in architecture (Université Laval, 1992) and urban studies (Paris-Belleville, 1996) laid the foundation for his architectural and urban practice, and reflects his active and ongoing concern for the built environment and its context. 

At BGLA, Mr. Brière acts as principal, project manager, and lead designer on many of the firm’s key projects. In recent years, a number of major institutional projects in the education, culture, and health sectors have benefited from his recognized expertise in urban design. The most significant of these include the Growing Up Healthy / Grandir en santé project at the CHU Ste. Justine hospital, the university pavilions at UQAT (Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue) and the greenhouses at McGill University, the new pavilions on the two campuses of Collège Charles-Lemoyne, Espace Dallaire in Gatineau, and the master plan for Montreal’s Triangle sector. 

Audrey Farias, RPP, MCIP, PMP, MUDS, BARCH, LEED AP 

Audrey Farias, a skilled Project Manager at the City of Markham, has extensive experience in urban design, landscape architecture, planning, and project management both in public and private sectors. She served as a Jury member for prestigious awards, including the National Urban Design Awards in 2022 and Plan Canada Awards from 2014 to 2018, demonstrating her commitment to sustainability and design excellence. Her dedication extends to volunteering on OPPI’s Professional Standards and Registration Committee from 2017 to 2022. Audrey’s impactful career includes leading the City of Vaughan’s 2012 Urban Design Awards and managing complex projects globally and in Canada. Her passion for sustainable, beautifully designed communities continues to shape urban planning. 

Trevor McIntyre, MLA FCSLA OALA AALA APALA ASLA 

Principal, Global Practice Group Director | Placemaking 

Trevor is a leading urban planner, urbanist and registered landscape architect with more than 35 years of experience in complex, multi-disciplinary design projects conducted in Canada, United States, Europe, The Middle East, South America, and Asia.  

Trevor moved to southern Ontario in 1982, with an undergraduate degree in Geography, to obtain a Master of Landscape Architecture degree at the University of Guelph in 1985. He became a full member of the OALA and the CSLA in 1989 and is a member of the AALA, the APALA and the ASLA and was made a Fellow in the CSLA. He is currently the Global Practice Group Director of Placemaking at Arcadis, a Global practice based in Amsterdam. 

Professional Advisor: 

Fiona Boey, OAA, MRAIC   

Fiona Boey is a licensed architect in Ontario and has been the Technical Director with the Laboratories Canada program at Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) in Ottawa, Ontario since June 2023.Before her move to PSPC, Fiona held the position of Deputy Chief Architect at National Defence. Fiona also worked for over 10 years in the private sector, with various architecture firms based in Toronto, Montreal, and Ottawa.  

As an advocate of community support within the profession, she served as Chair of the Ottawa Regional Society of Architects (ORSA) from 2007 to 2010. Currently, Fiona serves as the Professional Advisor to the RAIC Honours and Awards Committee, after completing a three-year term as a committee member. 

Fiona moved from Calgary, Alberta to Ottawa to attend Carleton University, where she received her architecture degree in 1999. She currently resides in Gatineau, Quebec.