JOHN
VAN NOSTRAND

John van Nostrand is the founding principal of planningAlliance, as well as our sister practices rePlan and regionalArchitects. Over the past three decades, John has been the driving force behind the firms’ domestic and international planning and design practice.

John has worked on a number of significant urban development projects throughout southern Ontario over his 30 year career. At the same time, he has worked in a wide range of developing countries on the planning, design and construction of new communities, ranging in size from 150 to 150,000 persons.

John’s work has been recognized with a number of international and national awards, including the World Leadership Award for Town Planning, the Daniel Burnham Award, the World Habitat Award, numerous Awards of Excellence from the Canadian Institute of Planners and Ontario Professional Planners Institute, and many City of Toronto Urban Design Awards. In 2004, John was awarded the Jane Jacobs Award for Ideas That Matter for his contribution to and advancement of social housing and urbanism.

John graduated from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Architecture in 1972 and is a Registered Professional Planner, a member of the Canadian Institute of Planners, and a Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. He writes and lectures widely on urban planning and design in Canada and around the world.