Chris McBride

Senior Landscape Architect | Hapa Collaborative

With over twenty years of experience, Chris is the Studio Lead and a Senior Landscape Architect at Hapa Collaborative and brings design and technical leadership to a variety of complex public and private projects ranging from civic plazas and community parks to institutional, urban redevelopment and corporate campus design. Originally from Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Chris has lived and worked across North America including Houston, Denver, Toronto, Seattle and Vancouver. This broad range of residences and experiences has sharpened his technical capacity and ability to navigate through project complexities at a variety of scales. As an interdisciplinary thinker, Chris strives to facilitate a collaborative design process and encourages open and engaging dialogue within teams – fostering design excellence through creative, place-based solutions that meet the needs of diverse user groups and local communities. Chris has a particular interest in urban public space design, civic landscapes and university campus development. Chris is currently leading some of Hapa’s most challenging projects including the Tsawwassen Town Centre Development, Pazarena Place Park, UBC Biodiversity Building Expansion and the Bentall Centre Redevelopment project with Hudson Pacific Properties in Downtown Vancouver.

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