About
Thirty-five years, and the same instinct at every scale.
He arrived in Canada at six and was drawing complete houses by hand at thirteen. Everything since has been that instinct applied to larger and larger problems — a building, then a street, then a downtown.
Five active professional registrations — verifiable in the public registers
OAQ
Registered Architect
Ordre des architectes du Québec
Issued 1992
OUQ
Registered Urban Planner
Ordre des urbanistes du Québec
Issued 1994
CIDQ
Certified Interior Designer
Council for Interior Design Qualification
Issued 2001
RLQ
Registered Consulting Lobbyist
Registre des lobbyistes du Québec
Issued 2010
OACIQ
Chartered Broker & Agency Director
Organisme d’autoréglementation du courtage immobilier du Québec
Issued 2011 · G1737
The man
Santander to Montréal, by way of a drawing board.
He arrived in Canada at six. He was drawing complete houses by hand at thirteen and working as a technician in an architecture office before he was an adult. Everything after that is the same instinct, applied at a larger and larger scale.
Villa Mozart, as built — Little Italy
1960s
Born in Santander. Emigrates to Canada with his family at six.
Age 13
Drawing complete houses by hand, plans and all.
Studies
Université de Montréal, then Columbia University in New York.
Age 26
Wins the City of Montreal’s first open architecture competition, before being issued his licence.
1992
Registered architect, Ordre des architectes du Québec.
2000s
Beijing — a competition win for the downtown redesign, and work tied to the 2008 Games.
2011
Chartered real estate broker and agency director, OACIQ.
Today
Leads Future Cities Group, integrating architecture, planning and real estate strategy.
- 35
- Years in practice
- 5
- Active registrations
- ~500
- Brokerage transactions
- 3
- Places he has practised
Registered architect since 1992
Four orders and a public register
Since the 2011 licence
Montréal · Beijing · LATAM brokerage
Who retains him
Institutions that cannot afford a wrong read.
- Family offices
- Banks
- Pension funds
- Universities
- Municipalities
- Real estate management firms
- Provincial and federal governments
- Private investors
Named references available on request
Tell him what you are trying to build.
Every enquiry is read by Miguel himself.