A perennial optimist, Boris is driven by the potential to make our cities better and more joyful places to live and move through. Always up for a design challenge, he sees constraint as the necessary frame for creative problem solving.

In his day to day, Boris plans the strategic road ahead, supports the ongoing coordination of the CivicWorks studio, and leads complex change propositions. His progressive, multi-disciplinary experience spans public and private sector projects in development approvals, master planning, municipal and regional land use planning, major transportation infrastructure, information design, and community engagement. As a member of the City of Calgary Urban Design Review Panel, he also regularly provides planning and urban design peer-review and feedback on planning and development applications of significant scale or impact within the City of Calgary.

Boris’ happiest days are spent cooking with his partner, playing with his young son and daughter, and noodling around Calgary’s neighbourhoods by bike, looking for hidden moments of delight. His cycling habit has spawned a growing number of bike building projects and creative storage solutions.