Brian R. Sinclair,  PhD  MSc(Psyc)  MEDes(Arch)  FRAIC   AIA (Intl)

Dr. Brian R. Sinclair is Professor of Architecture + Environmental Design, and former Dean, in Faculty of Environmental Design (EVDS) at the University of Calgary, Canada.  For the past several years he has served this institution in the unique position of Presidential Advisor on Design + Sustainability.  In this capacity he has overseen, advised, inspired and influenced the institution regarding all aspects of landscape, urban, architectural, interior design and sustainability. Prior to assuming the deanship at Calgary, he was Chair of the nationally-ranked Architecture school at Ball State University in the USA.  Brian holds postgraduate degrees in the fields of both architecture and psychology.  He is president of sinclairstudio inc., a design and research corporation engaged in a diverse array of projects around the globe.  His expertise, experience and engagement spans the breadth from science to art.  He is an educator and practitioner, an academic and an administrator.  Professional memberships include the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and Fellowship in the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC).  Involved extensively in development activities worldwide, with a particular emphasis on the Asian region, he is the only foreign member of the Society of Nepalese Architects (SONA) and the Union of Mongolian Architects (UMA). International board memberships include the Architectural Research Centers Consortium (ARCC) and the Toda Institute for Global Peace + Policy Research.  Professor Sinclair is an Advisory Board Member of the Evergreen Foundation and Board Member of the Van Horne Institute of International Transportation + Regulatory Affairs. He is a past Senator at the University of Calgary, a presiding Governor of the Architectural Foundation of Alberta, member of the Board of Governor’s Committee on Environment, Health, Safety and Sustainability, and member of the International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB).  In 2003 he was inducted into the Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK) Leadership Society.  Professor Sinclair is the recipient of numerous honors, including Distinguished Scholar awards from UNESCO and the International Institute for Advanced Studies in Systems Research & Cybernetics.  His doctoral degree, from the University of Missouri, focused on leading-edge research involving innovative design + planning approaches to improve quality of life for some of world’s poorest people.  Scholarship areas include professional practice, design methods, systems, open building & agile architecture, environmental psychology, international development, informal settlement, urban studies, sustainability, and the collision of science and spirit.