Gary McCluskie

Biography

Gary McCluskie is a graduate of the School of Architecture at the University of Waterloo. In over twenty-five years with the firm, he has led the design of cultural, institutional and residential buildings with a focus on public and assembly spaces.

He was the Managing Principal for Montreal’s new concert hall, La Maison Symphonique, Sidney Harman Hall in Washington D.C., the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto, and for the New Mariinsky opera house currently under construction in St. Petersburg, Russia.

He has also designed libraries including the new academic e-learning library in North Bay, Ontario; city halls such as the LEED gold certified administration building in Cambridge, Ontario; recreation facilities including the community focused McCormick Community Centre in Toronto; and museums including the interactive environment of the Weston Innovation Centre at the Ontario Science Centre.

Many of his projects have been recognized with design awards including a Governor General’s Award for the Richmond Hill Library, an Award of Excellence from the Ontario Association of Architects for the Etobicoke Memorial Pool, and the American Library Association award for the Pierre Berton Resource Library as the best public library in North America.