Antonio Gomez-Palacio

Principal, DIALOG

As a founding partner of DIALOG and formerly of Office for Urbanism, Antonio is committed to creating healthy places, where people thrive – through dialogue. His work with cities, communities, and campuses, has been recognized with awards for planning and design excellence by the Canadian, the Ontario and the Alberta Institutes of Planners, as well as by the Environmental Design Research Association, the Design Exchange, and others.

Acting at the intersection of urban design, planning, and architecture, Antonio’s work is characterized by an engaging and collaborative process, which delivers healthier, flourishing, complete communities. By collaborating across sectors and through the broad engagement of developers, residents, community and political leaders, and other stakeholders, Antonio’s plans, designs, and policies, have a unique track record of generating buy-in and being successfully implemented.
Antonio is regularly called upon by municipalities, developers, and professional associations to front a strategic conversation on how to deliver city-building objectives through public and private initiatives. In the last few years alone, Antonio has lead the planning frameworks for LRT projects in Mississauga, Brampton, Edmonton, and Hamilton, the creation of neighbourhood plans in Toronto, Vaughan, and Calgary, and campus master plans for post-secondary institutions in Toronto, Markham, King, and Sudbury. His recent speaking engagements include topics of: Transit Urbanism; Urban Vibrancy; Contemporary Approaches to Heritage; Community Resilience; and Urban Wellness.

He has acted as the Chair of the Toronto Society of Architects, and is the inaugural Chair of the City of Vaughan’s Design Review Panel.

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