Brent Toderian Biography

Brent Toderian is a nationally and internationally respected practitioner and thought-leader with over 25 years of experience in advanced urbanism city planning and urban design. In recent years he has advised and collaborated with cities agencies and best-practice developers around the world including the cities of Auckland Brisbane Buenos Aires Copenhagen Gold Coast Groningen Helsinki Medellin New York Oslo Perth Rotterdam and Sydney and in Canada the cities of Abbotsford Burlington Calgary Edmonton Halifax London New Westminster North Vancouver Ottawa Regina Surrey and Vancouver.
Brent’s establishment of TODERIAN UrbanWORKS (TUW) in early 2012 followed 6 years of significant achievement as Vancouver BC’s Chief Planner (2006-2012) with accomplishments that included the 2010 Winter Olympics-related planning and design; the EcoDensity and Greenest City Initiatives; new waterfront and skyline-shaping strategies; new visions and strategies for the city’s viaducts multi-modal mobility and active transportation (walk bike and transit); place-making public place design and street activation strategies; next generation transit-oriented development (TOD) initiatives; the Laneway Housing program and other affordability/housing strategies; and inventive strategies at the downtown city and regional levels emphasizing a “complete city” not just a livable one. Brent also oversaw all development design and architecture in Vancouver known internationally as a “city by design.”

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