Trevor Boddy FRAIC is a critic and curator of contemporary architecture and a Vancouver-based urban design and communications consultant to designers, developers, museums and governments. His books, articles, exhibitions and consulting are dedicated to exploring the relationship between design, communities and contemporary city-building. His writing on buildings and cities have been awarded the Alberta Book of the Year and Jack Webster Journalism prizes, Western Magazine Award, the RAIC Advocacy Award, and an Honorary Membership in the American Institute of Architects and the Bulgarian Union of Architects, and was named Fellow of the New York Forum for Urban Design. At the 2011 UIA World Congress of Architecture in Tokyo, Boddy’s essay on contemporary design in Canada entitled “MEGA + MICRO: Canada, Innovation at the Extremes” was commended for the UIA/CICA’s Pierre Vago Prize for best architectural criticism published worldwide. His most recent books are: CITY-BUILDER: The Architecture of James K M Cheng (Images, Melbourne); Glacier Skywalk, and Stantec: Airports (both Figure 1 Press, Vancouver). Currently an Adjunct Professor at Calgary’s SAPL, he has held previous academic appointments at UBC, Oregon, Manitoba, Carleton and Toronto, and lectures globally on contemporary design.