Shahid Mahmood

Associate
B.Arch., M.Arch.

Shahid Mahmood has over sixteen years of experience as an urban designer, planner and architect. His principal interest lies in the field of urban planning and has extensive project experience in Canada and abroad. He has managed a diverse portfolio of master plans ranging from new and revitalized communities, city centres, and institutional campuses. The work Shahid has undertaken for public and private sector clients has provided him a broad understanding and skill set in managing diverse stakeholder groups.

Key projects Shahid has managed include: the revitalization of Bucharest's historic city centre for the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development; the Dubai International Financial Centre; Avenue Studies for the City of Toronto; a design proposal for Chhattisgarh's (India) new state-capital city; a Comprehensive Master-plan for the holy cities of Makkah and Madinah in Saudi Arabia; and numerous Canadian university/college campus plans.

Shahid is also a known political cartoonist-commentator whose work regularly appears in international publications such as the Guardian, BBC, CBC, Huffington Post, the Herald Tribune, and Courrier International. His work was viewed by world leaders at the 1997 APEC Conference, enjoyed by John F. Kennedy Jr., and managed to continuously enrage Benazir Bhutto. Shahid is internationally syndicated with the New York Times Press Syndicate and has work archived at the Museum of Contemporary History in Paris.