Donna Clare is an architect, and was a partner at DIALOG for over 20 years. She remains active and fully engaged with design teams and clients on a number of projects across our studios.

Donna holds a Bachelor of Science in Honours Biochemistry from the University of Alberta and a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Toronto School of Architecture. She is a Fellow of the Royal Architecture Institute of Canada and a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.

Since joining DIALOG in 1994, Donna has helped build our practice across the education, arts and culture, post-secondary, and research sectors. She has worked collaboratively with scientists and engineers, with seminarians and nuns, with actors and musicians, with elders and the deaf community, bringing together diverse stakeholders across a breadth of project typologies towards a shared vision, respecting the technical and social needs specific to each, while delivering design excellence.

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I love Aspire. Seeing the work of the past year, the passion we bring to our work and the depth of caring and talent within DIALOG always leaves me hopeful.

My favourite way to experience and navigate a city is to walk it. You see, hear, smell, and feel so much. Walking is when I do my best thinking.

I have already done that.... my first career was in biochemistry. After working for a couple years, I took some time off and traveled. I fell in love with cities, with beautiful urban environments and with inspiring buildings. So I came back to Canada and enrolled in architecture school. I cannot imagine doing anything else now.