Susan Fitzgerald

Education

• BSc, University College London
• BID, Kwantlen College
• BEDS, Dalhousie University
  
• MArch, Dalhousie University
• PhD, University College London
  

Current Teaching (2024–25)

• ARCH 3301: B1 Professional Practice
• ARCH 4304: B5 Professional Practice
  
• ARCH 9014: MArch Thesis 1
• ARCH 9025: MArch Thesis 2

Research / Practice Interests

Susan Fitzgerald is a practicing architect and an assistant professor. Her architecture includes institutional, housing, civic, healthcare, public interest, and design-build projects. Research areas include: the spatial and social dynamics of cities, productive urban landscapes, and comparative models of practice. Since 2014 she has been running an urban systems studio investigating urban agriculture in Havana, Cuba.

Selected Built Works

• Halifax Central Library
• Richmond Yards
  
• King Street Live/Work/Grow
  
• House in Scotch Grove
• Bible Hill Consolidated Elementary School

Selected Awards and Honours

• enRoute Magazine (Air Canada) in partnership with RAIC, Hotel design Awards – Best Overall Architecture for Cabot Links Lodge
• Professional Prix de Rome in Architecture, Canada Council for the Arts
• Wood Design Awards - Cabot Links Lodge
  
• Governor General's Medal in Architecture, RAIC - Halifax Central Library
  
• Mayor's Prize in Architecture, Lifetime Achievement Award

Scholarly or Professional Memberships

• Registered architect: Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Alberta
  
• Interior Designers of Nova Scotia
• Royal Architectural Institute of Canada - Fellow

Current Service Activities

• Design Director, FBM
  
• Design Director, Susan Fitzgerald Architecture