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Robert Glover, is a professional Architect, Registered Professional Planner and an Urban Designer with 30 years of professional experience. He is also Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Toronto Faculty of Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Design and teaches in the Master of Urban Design program. Mr Glover was a member of the Toronto Preservation Board (2002 to 2007) and has been a member of Lamba Alpha International since 2002. As a consultant, Mr. Glover’s work has focused on the urban design of intensification projects in urban and historical areas, and on creating more compact forms of development in suburban areas. Over the past few years, a major theme has been the appropriate location and design of tall buildings in the City. He has spoken frequently on urban design matters and has provided professional urban design and planning opinions at the Ontario Municipal Board on numerous projects. Mr. Glover was the first Director of Urban Design of the amalgamated City of Toronto (1998 to 2001). Major City planning initiatives during this period included the new City of Toronto Official Plan and the Toronto Waterfront Plan. Under his Directorship, the City of Toronto Architecture and Urban Design Awards were established with the support of the development industry to promote better urban design and architecture. Before amalgamation, he was Manager of Urban Design with the former City of Toronto, and as manager was responsible for the urban design approach taken in the King-Spadina and King-Parliament Plans, the University of Toronto Plan (1996) and the Urban Design Handbook. Between 1988-92, he was the Urban Design Co-ordinator for the Ataratiri project, which produced a redevelopment plan for the West Donlands area of Toronto’s Downtown. International work has included participation in the Sustainable Santiago (Chile) project with ICLEI and CIDA in 1997-98, for the purpose of developing a new, community-based urban design plan for the Municipality of La Pintana, Chile, and the development of a new town plan near Temuco (Chile) in 2000. In 2002, while with IBI Group, Mr Glover led a team, which developed a concept plan for a new mixed use and transit-oriented Gateway Boulevard into Mecca, Saudi Arabia. | ||||||||
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