David Sisam

A founding Principal of Montgomery Sisam Architects, David Sisam has over 35 years of experience in a wide range of building types. He has directed the design of several of the firm’s award winning projects including the Humber River Bicycle Pedestrian Bridge, Cardinal Ambrozic Houses of Providence and the Arts and Administration Building at the University of Toronto Scarborough Campus.

David led the design team for the George and Kathy Dembroski Centre for Horticultural Excellence at the Toronto Botanical Garden, which won the 2006 Green Toronto Award for design and became only the second building in Toronto to receive LEED Silver certification.  David is currently working on Toronto’s New Ronald McDonald House as well as long term care homes in Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick.

David has recently been focusing on the impact of urban form on public health and sustainable design and has given numerous lectures on this subject for the Federated Press, St. Lawrence Forum, Strategy Institute, the Green Building Festival and the International Academy for Design and Health. David currently sits on the City of Toronto Design Review Panel.

An assistant professor at the University of Toronto, School of Architecture from 1972 to 1983, David has been a visiting instructor and lecturer at Dalhousie University in Halifax and a visiting critic at the University of Waterloo and Ryerson University. In 2009 David was honoured with the Arbor Award for outstanding volunteer service to the University of Toronto.