Clive’s esthetic outlook is strongly influenced by his involvement in landscape and garden design; integration of interior and exterior living spaces, use of natural materials, natural light, and design that minimizes impact on the environment. His appreciation of highly developed traditions of integrative design in the East also have noticeably influenced his design; the Japanese approach to spatial flow and structural expression, the common sense psychology (but not the materialistic superstitions) of Feng Shui, and the Tibetan principle of Drala, the energetic sense of place that heightens awareness, being and connectivity.

The projects illustrated on this site are intended to give an overview of some of the projects that Clive has been involved in, and to convey a sense of the quality of his analysis, design and draftsmanship. Although many of them are large scale planning and institutional building projects, the principles and esthetic outlook on which they are based are equally meaningful to small scale residential design, where the relationships between inside and out, home and garden, are essential to success.

Clive Russell has 40 years of experience in functional programming, urban design, regional planning, and architectural design for a wide variety of building types.

Graduating in 1967 from the University of Manitoba School of Architecture with a Thesis Report First Prize, and the Skidmore Owings and Merrill prize for structural analysis, since that time Clive has been awarded a Canada Council Arts Grant and numerous Awards of Excellence for landscape design. He has been a member of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada since 1979, and a member of the Ontario Association of Architects since 1983.

Clive has had the good fortune to work, over the course of his career, with excellent mentors. Sandy and Blanche van Ginkel were pioneers in modern design and urban planning, with whom Clive worked for more than a decade on a variety of major planning, urban design and research projects, and from whom he learned analytical rigour and esthetic clarity. B. James Wensley was an inspiring champion of esthetic appreciation, sensitive use of materials, and human scale. Pamela Cluff, with Associated Planning, has been a tireless advocate for the elderly and infirm, and developed many of the barrier-free guidelines that all architects and builders now take for granted, and introduced Clive to architecture in service of our elders. Mel Mekinda and Doug Snyder were instrumental in upgrading many of the Long Term Care facilities throughout Ontario and are responsible for design of some of the most beautiful and functional schools in the province.

Communities of the MacKenzie
Bobier Long Term Care Facility
Edmonton Convention Centre
207 Ellsworth Renovation
Fairview Long Term Care Facility
Hillsdale Manor Long Term Care Facility
Long Term Care Facilities
Midtown Manhattan Circulation Study
Piazza Dante International Design
388 Pine Grove Renovation
Rocky Dharma Centre
Sisters of Mercy Long Term Care Facility
SkyDome Area Urban Design Study
T.Roy Adams Dementia Care Centre
Wensley Office Building
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