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Martin Tite is a graduate of the Carleton University School of Architecture and the Architectural Association Graduate School’s History and Theory programme. He spent most of his career at GRC Architects, contributing to the firm’s success with institutional clients based in Ottawa, including the National Capital Commission, National Defence, Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC), and Global Affairs Canada. Martin became a director of GRC Architects in 2011 and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada in 2015. He is an occasional guest critic at the Carleton University School of Architecture, where he taught design in 1988, 2000, and 2001. With more than thirty-five years of experience, he is also a LEED-accredited professional.
Martin’s professional practice has focused on the design of institutional environments for work, training, and presentation. His recent work includes 875 Heron (the rehabilitation of an office building recognized by the Federal Heritage Buildings Review Office), the Gatineau 2 National Archives (controlled-environment storage vaults for paper records), the Embassy of the State of Qatar, the Cornwall Arts Centre, the rehabilitation of the historic Ottawa New Edinburgh Boathouse, and Central Parkway, a design study examining the potential of repurposing a section of Ottawa’s Queensway highway corridor. Heritage rehabilitation, including the conservation and adaptation of modern heritage buildings, is another important dimension of his practice.