Dan brings over 10 years of communications and business development experience in service of design professionals in the built environment. His experience with all elements of the procurement pipeline is supplemented by his understanding of industry, technology, and market trends. Beyond his professional engagements, Dan has earned a reputation within the broader design and urbanism world for his thought leadership and community advocacy.

Dan will lead the development of a robust and resilient strategy for DTAH that incorporates business process management and technology applications, to support the firm and team as it continues to grow and mature.

Humber Bay Park East has reopened following construction of the first phase of major revitalization based on DTAH’s award-winning Humber Bay Park Master Plan.

Located on Toronto’s waterfront at the mouth of Mimico Creek, Humber Bay Park has become a significant ecological refuge and a valued neighbourhood green space. The master plan addresses the park’s aging infrastructure, increased visitor use, and the evolving needs of the surrounding community while enhancing the park’s naturalized landscape and ecological functions.

The first phase of the master plan implementation delivers key park enhancements, including a linear wetland created from the existing stormwater pond to improve water circulation, new habitat plantings, and new boardwalks and bridges. Additional planting is ongoing, and site furnishings will be installed in the coming months.

Guided by extensive community engagement, the park revitalization supports a richer visitor experience while strengthening the ecological health and resilience of this important waterfront destination.

DTAH Partner Megan Torza is featured in Women Changing Architecture, a publication highlighting the careers of 32 women architects from Ontario and Quebec and their impact on contemporary architecture in Canada.

The book’s content was originally presented in “Buone Nuove: Good News from Italy,” an exhibition organized by the MAXXI Museum in Rome that addresses the historical underrepresentation of women architects and celebrates their accomplishments. It was shown last year at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) and Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), is currently on view at Laval University School of Architecture and is expected to travel to Vancouver and Victoria in the fall.

Megan is recognized for her socially minded, contextual body of work, including the award-winning Tommy Thompson Park Entrance and Pavilion. The project is featured for its response to the history of the Leslie Street Spit and for creating a welcoming, engaging, and ecologically sensitive gateway to the park.

Learn more: https://centrededesign.com/women-changing-architecture/

Last week, DTAH Senior Associate Elnaz Sanati led a tour of St. Andrew’s Playground Park for the City of Mississauga development review team – a group of 30 planners, urban designers and landscape architects. The group also toured several nearby developments, including the Waterworks next door.

As the project manager for this award-winning park, Elnaz spoke about our design process, and how the revitalization has transformed the park into a vibrant community gathering place.

Thank you to City of Mississauga Development Liaison – Business Advisor and Urban Planner David Ferro for organizing the tour and giving us the opportunity to share more about our work.

We are incredibly honoured to be part of the winning team for the 200-Block Banff Avenue Redevelopment Competition! Led by Kengo Kuma and Associates (KKAA) and Paul Raff Studio, with DTAH as landscape architects and urban designers, the jury selected our design out of the six finalists.

The international design competition called for an engaging visitor experience that celebrates the region’s natural beauty and rich cultural heritage, and introduces vibrant housing and a welcoming hub for community life. 

The winning design rises to this challenge with creativity and clarity. It preserves the sweeping mountain views and honours the profound Indigenous significance of the land. The Visitor Centre and residential development are thoughtfully positioned to frame the iconic Mount Rundle, anchored by a lively central plaza that brings the community together. Guided by Indigenous teachings and cultural presence, the design weaves in spaces for ceremony, storytelling and learning. 

This inspiring vision transforms the site into a place of connection, reflection and cultural exchange in the heart of Banff. We are thrilled to move forward with the project team to bring this exceptional concept to life. 

Learn more: https://www.letstalkmountainparks.ca/200-block-banff-avenue-redevelopment-2026 

We are looking forward to opening our studio to visitors for Doors Open on Saturday, May 23, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.! 

This is your chance to see our working environment as an integrated landscape architecture, architecture, and urban design studio. Drawings, renderings, and photographs of DTAH projects in various stages of development will be on display to showcase how we are continuing to shape Toronto. We will also feature a selection of Partner Emeritus Robert (Bob) Allsopp’s hand-drafted drawings, spanning from his student days in the 1950s through to his early work at DTAH. 

As part of the Toronto Society of Architects (TSA) Open Studio program, we are offering free presentations that respond to this year’s Doors Open theme, The World in a City. The schedule is as follows:

11:00 a.m. Park for All: The Community-Driven Design of St. James Town West Park by DTAH Senior Associate Elnaz Sanati

1:00 p.m. Letting Nature Soak In: Toronto’s First “Sponge” Park, presented by DTAH Senior Associate See-Yin Lim and DTAH Architect Felix Cheong 

3:00 p.m. A Street for Everyone: Inclusive Design on Queens Quay, presented by DTAH Associate Corin Latimer

We are located at 425 Adelaide St. West, across from our national award-winning project, St. Andrew’s Playground Park. Volunteers will be in the lobby to guide guests to our studio.

We are pleased to announce that Glen Road Pedestrian Bridge and Tunnel received an Ontario Engineering Project Award from the Association of Consulting Engineering Companies (ACEC)!

Maintaining its historical location under Bloor Street East and over Rosedale Valley Ravine, the new Glen Road Pedestrian Bridge & Tunnel serves as a key connection between the neighbourhoods of St. James Town and Rosedale. The design retains the core visual character of the original bridge, while improving its aesthetics with wood handrails, coloured aggregate deck surfacing, and continuous aluminum approach railings. The bridge and tunnel have been widened to increase openness and sightlines, and the bridge features innovative V-shaped barriers, stainless steel webnet, and LED lighting to enhance above-deck user safety.

DTAH provided bridge architecture and urban design advisory services for the project, with Stantec as the lead engineering consultant.

It has been very rewarding to see the positive response from the community since the Bridge & Tunnel opened to the public in 2025. Thanks to ACEC-Ontario for this recognition!

Landscape Carbon Benchmarking Study received two prestigious awards from the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA): a National Award in the category of Research, and the Jury’s Award of Excellence.

The study began with a focused question: how carbon intensive are the landscapes being reviewed through Toronto’s development application process? Commissioned by the City of Toronto, it creates a practical starting point for municipalities, practitioners, and policymakers to better understand lifecycle carbon in landscape design and move toward lower-carbon development landscapes across Canada.

“The jury felt that this Study truly advances the science, the practice and art of landscape architecture. The jury was particularly impressed with how the case study findings are communicated in a simple and clear language, to be widely understood and accessible to those outside of our profession. This will inspire others to apply the practical, yet science-based, principles to projects across Canada, resulting in measurable impacts to climate change. Most notably, this benchmark un-complicates carbon reduction and sequestration in urban landscapes and positions landscape architects as leaders of that change.”

Read the full document: Landscape Carbon Benchmarking Study