Liana is a Principal at SvN with over a decade of experience designing housing, libraries, and notable insti-tutional projects. She is an effective leader who deftly guides new construction and complex renovations at all scales, through every phase. Liana is currently co-leading the integrated transit-oriented development team on the Ontario Line as the technical advisor to Metrolinx and Infrastructure Ontario, as well as being the Principal-in-charge for the Bob Rumball Centre Group Home for Deaf Youth, among other projects. Re-cent projects include a new City of Toronto childcare located at the base of an energy retrofit for a high-rise residential tower with Toronto Community Housing. Previously Liana was the project architect for Dixon Hall Youth Centre a phased renovation of Cambridge Library’s main branch.

Before joining SvN, Liana was an associate with LGA Architectural Partners in Toronto and worked for award-winning firms in New York and Barcelona. She received the Best Concept Award at the 2011 Ontario Association of Architects Awards. Liana continues her involvement with the academic world as a sessional adjunct faculty with the University of Waterloo and as a guest critic with the University of Toronto and OCAD University