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Norman Hotson MAIBC, OAA, FRAIC, RCA
Norman Hotson graduated from the University of Toronto in 1969 with a Bachelor of Architecture (Honours) and the Architectural Guild Gold Medal for Design. He started his own practice of architecture and urban design in November 1973, in Vancouver. Today, Hotson Bakker Boniface Haden architects + urbanistes employs forty people and carries out a diversity of project types in British Columbia, Alberta, the USA and China.
Since 1977, Norm has held the post of Coordinating Urban Design Architect for the Redevelopment of Granville Island on behalf of the Government of Canada. He has directed the planning and design of numerous waterfronts in Canada and the USA, Australia and New Zealand, several of which have included the design of a public fresh food market as the generator of public activity. His firm is known internationally for its expertise in the field of mixed-use waterfront development, resort planning, historic restoration, multi-family residential, municipal and university buildings.
In addition to serving the City of Vancouver through membership on various panels and boards, Norm sat on the Board of Advisors to The Waterfront Center in Washington, D.C. and chaired the Advisory Committee on Planning, Design and Realty of the National Capital Commission in Ottawa.
In all of the work undertaken by the firm, Norm has pursued his interest in the “street” and in the making of urban places that people truly enjoy.
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