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Design Review Panel

Overview

The City of Vaughan Design Review Panel is a non-statutory, advisory body of design professionals with architecture, landscape architecture, urban design and engineering expertise to advise City staff on matters of design that affect the public realm, including proposed buildings, structures, landscape and associated streetscapes, in order to promote and uphold standards of design excellence in the City of Vaughan.

Design Review Panel Members

Megan Torza, DTAH (Chair)
Paul Kulig, Perkins+Will (Vice-Chair)
Margaret Briegmann, BA Group
Alfredo Landaeta, Forrec

Fung Lee, PMA Landscape Architects Ltd.

Sheldon Levit, Quadrangle Architects Ltd.

Ute Maya-Giambattista, SGL Planning and Design Inc.
Michael Rietta, Giannone Petricone Associates Architects

Guela Solow-Ruda, Petroff Partnership Architects

Wayne Swanton, Janet Rosenberg + Studio

John Tassiopoulos, WSP Canada Group Ltd.

Peter Turner, Turner Fleischer Architects Inc.
Henry Burstyn, IBI Group

Process

During the development application process, projects are reviewed twice as follows:

1) First Review (schematic design):

Scheduled at the pre-consultation stage during the initial functional design of the project to afford the possibilities of significant changes, if needed.

2) Second Review (detailed design):

Scheduled following revisions having been made to the development proposal or project. Intended to contribute to the detailed design process.

The Terms of Reference and Protocol includes further details on the following:

Purpose of the City of Vaughan Design Review Panel

Duties of the Panel

Scope

Membership

Meeting Protocol

Project Review Timing

Meeting Procedures

Presentation Materials

Monitoring

Conflict of Interest

Meeting Schedule, Agendas and Minutes

The Design Review Panel is scheduled to meet the last Thursday of every month on the dates listed below. Meetings are open to the public and are located in Committee Room 243 at Vaughan City Hall, 2141 Major Mackenzie Drive.

2021 Meetings

January 28, 2021 - Agenda, Minutes, Video item #1, Video item #2

February 25, 2021 - Agenda, Minutes, Video item #1, Video item #2

March 25, 2021 - Agenda, Minutes, Video item #1, Video item #2

April 29, 2021 - Agenda, Minutes, Video item #1, Video item #2, Video item #3

May 27, 2021 - Agenda, Minutes, Video item #1, Video item #2

June 24, 2021 - Agenda, Minutes, Video item

July 29, 2021 - Agenda, Minutes, Video item #1, Video item #2
August, 2021 - No Meeting

September 30, 2021 - Agenda, Minutes, Video #1, Video #2, Video #3, Video #4

October 28, 2021 - Agenda, Minutes

November 25, 2021 - Agenda, Minutes
December, 2021 - No Meeting

2020 Meetings