Brad Smith

Partner, Senior Landscape Architect
BLA, OALA, APALA, FCSLA, ASLA, IFLA, CLD

With over 20 years’ experience, Brad is an award-winning landscape architect and is driven by the intimate relationship to memories of place, emotional connection to environments, and the understanding of how people interact with the landscape. He constantly blends sustainable values with core principles of landscape architecture to balance innovation and practicality with every project. His collaborative approach to projects is focused on creating performance-based landscapes that straddle related disciplines and bring together creative and strategic thinking.

In 2023, Brad was recognized with the University of Guelph’s Alumni Volunteer Award of Excellence.  In 2025, Brad was named a Fellow of the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA) in the category of Executed Works in landscape architecture. One of the highest honours that can be bestowed on a Canadian landscape architect by the Association.

Brad has worked across Canada, at a range of scales from large regional planning pieces through to small scale sites and has been involved in projects from concept through to detailed design and implementation.  Brad’s clients have included municipal, provincial, and federal government, Canada’s National Capital Commission, conservation authorities, non-profit organizations, land developers, and private industry. 

Beyond practice, Brad is a sessional instructor at the University of Guelph’s School of Landscape Architecture, where he challenges students to integrate ecological, social, and cultural dimensions into urban design and master planning.  He has also completed Indigenous Studies at the University of Alberta to strengthen his ability to embed Indigenous perspectives into design and engagement.

Brad contributed his expertise as a member of the City of London Urban Design Peer Review Panel (2014) and the City of Burlington Urban Design Peer Review Panel (2016). Beyond his professional commitments, he actively supports his community through public art juries, local events, active transportation initiatives, and volunteer work with the Bruce Trail Conservancy. As an OALA Advisor, he mentors emerging professionals, reflecting his conviction that landscape architects not only have the opportunity but also the responsibility to give back through teaching, mentorship, and public service.