Mayor's Urban Design Awards Jury

George Harris, MLArch, CSLA, AALA

Wanda Dalla Costa

George Harris, MLArch, CSLA, AALA, is the Founding Partner and lead creative of George Harris Collaborative Inc., a leading Canadian urban design and landscape architecture firm.

With over 25 years of professional and academic experience, George has designed, led, and executed more than 700 projects, emphasizing the role of landscape architecture in prioritizing people, responding to community needs, conserving biodiversity, and adapting to change. His work spans across BC, AB, SK, and Nunavut, and includes public parks, pathways, trails, streets, transportation systems, community revitalization, and heritage conservation.

George is highly regarded for his personal approach to community engagement and his ability to collaborate with industry experts. Under his leadership, GHC has secured numerous public projects and received prestigious awards, including the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects 2022 Award for Excellence.

Beverly A. Sandalack MLA, PhD, FCSLA, RPP, MCIP

Wanda Dalla Costa

Bev Sandalack is a Professor and former Associate Dean (Academic) in the School of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape at the University of Calgary. She is a Fellow of the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects and a registered planner.

She has practiced in Winnipeg, Halifax and Calgary, including through her own firm, Sandalack + Alaniz. Dr. Sandalack is also Co-Director of the Urban Lab at the University of Calgary, an innovative research group dedicated to exploring urban design, urban morphology, cultural landscapes, and the intersection of health and the built environment.

Her professional and academic contributions have received recognition, with ten CSLA awards, including four National Honour Awards, as well as an edra Place Planning Award, a Calgary Heritage Lion Award, and a APPI Planning Award. She was honoured with the CSLA Teaching Award in 2018, the IFLA President’s Award in 2020, and the AALA Wild Rose Award in 2024.

Bev has just completed her third term on the City of Calgary's Urban Design Review Panel and currently serves on the National Capital Commission’s Advisory Committee on Planning, Design, and Realty. A native Albertan and long-time Calgary resident, she is deeply passionate about the role of design in shaping a strong sense of place and improving the quality of the built environment.

Darryl Condon

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Darryl Condon is interested in design that acts as a catalyst for positive social change. As Managing Principal at hcma architecture + design, he has helped create engaging public spaces across Canada for more than 30 years.

Darryl’s work has been recognized internationally for its design excellence with more than 80 awards. He has lectured extensively across North America, South America, Europe, and Australia.

Darryl is currently completing a Doctorate of Design from the University of Calgary, where he is researching and developing an advanced practice model to maximize benefit from public space. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the University of British Columbia’s School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture.

Darryl is a registered Architect, a LEED-Accredited Professional, and a Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, and a Past-President of the Architectural Institute of British Columbia (AIBC).

Jeremy Klaszus

Wanda Dalla Costa

Jeremy Klaszus is a Calgary journalist who has been reporting on the city for more than 20 years.

He launched The Sprawl in 2017 to help fill the ever-widening gaps in the city's media landscape. Prior to launching The Sprawl, he was a staff writer for Fast Forward Weekly, a columnist for the Calgary Herald and Metro, and a radio reporter for CBC.

He is the host of Sprawlcast, Calgary's in-depth municipal podcast, which also airs on CJSW 90.9 FM.

Johanna Hurme

Wanda Dalla Costa

Johanna Hurme is an architect, co-founder and managing partner of Winnipeg-based 5468796 Architecture. For the past 15 years, the firm has been pursuing a critical architectural response to contemporary issues in multi-family housing and urban design, grounded in real-life practice-based experience and a tandem investigation into world-wide housing research and built work.

The firm’s work has been awarded "50 Best Architectural Firms in 2020" by Domus, Rice Design Alliance Spotlight Award, WAN 21 for 21, Architectural League of NY Emerging Voices, and the Design Vanguard by Architectural Record. 5468796 represented Canada at the Venice Biennale in Architecture and were the recipients of the Prix de Rome Award in Architecture for Canada.

Johanna is also an activist and an advocate, having initiated a number of design related events. She is past Chair of the Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce, a member of the International Council Van Alen Institute NY and the President Elect of RAIC I Architecture Canada. She has taught architecture at Cornell University, NY, the College of Architecture, IIT, in Chicago, and at the University of Toronto, Montreal, Calgary and Manitoba. Johanna lectures extensively and is co-author of ‘Innovative Solutions for Creating Sustainable Cities’ (2018), and 'platform:MIDDLE', Architecture for Housing the 99%, (2023).

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