Architect Joe Lobko has spent much of his career giving his time and expertise to the wider community. Currently a partner at DTAH Architects, he balances the demands of a full-throttle professional practice, filled with projects that he deems socially important.

After completing his architecture degree at Carleton University, Lobko honed his skills at Matsui Baer Vanstone Freeman Architects in Toronto. In 1984, he completed a Master of Architecture at the University of Illinois at Chicago, before returning to Toronto to launch his own firm. He began a 13-year-long stint teaching architecture at the University of Toronto and intensified his lifelong involvement in committees, adjudications, charrettes, and community planning.

While chairing the Toronto Society of Architects, Joe spearheaded the TSA Guide Map of Contemporary Architecture, a team project that served as a catalyst for the public to explore the city and understand its built environment. In his closing year as TSA Chair, Lobko sent then-mayor David Miller a letter cum urban manifesto called “Toward a Clean and Beautiful City Initiative – 10 Suggestions,” which helped shape Toronto’s contemporary policy toolkit for design excellence, helping bring forth innovative policies like the Toronto Green Development Standards and the City of Toronto Design Review Panel, on which he continues to serve.
Publish Date : 2020/Nov/17