Susan Fitzgerald
Associate Professor
Email: susan.fitzgerald@dal.ca
Phone: 902-830-1024
Fax: 902-423-6672
Mailing Address:
Halifax, NS, Canada B3H 4R2
- social role of architecture
- learning spaces
- mixed-use urban environments
- housing
- productive urban landscapes
- mass timber
Education
- BSc, University College London
- BID, Kwantlen College
- BEDS, Dalhousie University
- MArch, Dalhousie University
- PhD, University College London
Current Teaching (2025–26)
- ARCH 3301: B1 Professional Practice
- ARCH 4304: B5 Professional Practice
- ARCH 9014: MArch Thesis 1
- ARCH 9015: MArch Thesis 2
Research / Practice Interests
Susan Fitzgerald is the design director of FBM and an associate professor at Dalhousie University’s Faculty of Architecture and Planning. Her design work has been the recipient of many accolades, including the Canada Council for the Arts' Professional Prix de Rome, Governor General’s Medals in Architecture, Canadian Architect Awards, Wood Design Awards, International Architecture Award from the Chicago Athenaeum, Lieutenant Governor Awards including Medals of Excellence, and the EnRoute Air Canada Award. She is the holder of multiple industry and Social Science and Humanities Research Council grants investigating the hidden social dimensions of infrastructure, modular mass timber, affordable housing, and the spatial justice of school design. Her work has been featured at the Venice Biennale, the Lisbon Triennale, and the World Congress of Architects, and her writing published by UCL Press (2023), Routledge Press (2022), among others. Susan was appointed a Fellow of the RAIC in 2015 and awarded Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee Medal for service to architecture in 2022.
Selected Built Works
- Cunard Street Live/Work/Grow
- Venice Biennale 2023: Architects Against Housing Alienation (AAHA!)
- Halifax Central Library
- Cabot Cliffs
- Marine Drive Academy
Selected Awards and Honours
- Governor General's Medal in Architecture, RAIC - Cabot Cliffs
- Professional Prix de Rome in Architecture, Canada Council for the Arts
- Governor General's Medal in Architecture, RAIC - Halifax Central Library
- Wood Design and Building Awards, Canadian Wood Council - Cunard Street Live/Work/Grow
- Wood Design and Building Awards, Canadian Wood Council - Cabot Links
Scholarly or Professional Memberships
- Registered architect: Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador
- Royal Architectural Institute of Canada - Fellow
- Interior Designers of Nova Scotia
Current Service Activities
- Design Director, FBM
- Design Director, Susan Fitzgerald Architecture