David J. Lieberman
Educated in architecture, sculpture, and industrial design at Cornell University in New York, California Institute of the Arts, California Institute of Technology, and the Architectural Association in London, England, David Lieberman has been a practicing architect since 1974. He is an Associate Professor at the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture Landscape, and Design, University of Toronto and has a long term adjunct appointment at the School of Architecture, University of Waterloo. He has taught at the Laban Institute of Dance and in Landscape Design in Environmental Studies at York University. Teaching responsibilities include thesis, urban design, comprehensive building studios, and lecture seminars in the culture of architecture. He has moderated sessions at the Digital Fabrications Conference and the Northern Voices Choral Festival. Recent work includes a cultural college for the Hobbema Cree Nation, production design for feature films and the stage, design of a 200 metre operable floating bridge, a house on the Toronto Islands, a medical clinic, a 25,000 sq.ft. roof garden, and a 150 unit residential condominium. Current work includes technical consultancy to a millwork fabricator, industrial design for a steel fabricator, two residences in the Toronto area, a four-plex in Manhattan, and a new daycare facility. Materials development and testing are ongoing research activities in addition to the construction of large scale alchemical instruments in landscape. As a member of the planning committee for the soundaXis festival of New Music, research has, of late, focused on listening to the sounds and desires of the city. David Lieberman is not a musician, but has enjoyed the pleasures of music and is constantly challenged by the space between notes.