Interdisciplinary Team

Key Personnel

Robert Sieniuc
M.E. Des (Architecture), BA, MAIBC

Rob Sieniuc is the founding principal of Broadway Architects. Rob has 30 years environmental design experience on a diverse range of sustainable architecture and planning projects throughout Western and Northern Canada. Several of his firm's projects have become landmarks in their respective communities.

Rob holds a Master of Environmental Design (Architecture) from the University of Calgary and a Bachelor of Arts (Philosophy) from the University of Alberta. He has a long-standing interest in sustainable community planning dating back to his masters thesis (1981), an energy efficient, eco village concept plan for Olds College, Alberta - at the time one of the first such plans of its kind in Western Canada.

Rob is actively involved in teaching communities about environmentally responsive development including the benefits of self construction. He has been an advocate, speaker and workshop leader at numerous conferences. Many of his firm's projects have been featured in print and on television. The Knowledge Network TV film "In A Sacred Way We Build" (OMNI Productions) documents the firm’s Seabird Island Sustainable Community Demonstration project. It highlights the community’s extraordinary participation in the development of this ecologically based housing project. A recent CBC North news report features the self construction process employed on Broadway Architects Government House project.

Bernardo Prieto
B Arch (University Santiago)

Bernardo Prieto received his architecture degree in Santiago, Chile. Bernardo Prieto has extensive experience in a wide range of green architectural and sustainable planning projects including work on Government House, Manning Park and Takhini Hot Springs Resorts, Little Salmon Cultural Heritage Centre, the Health & Social Healing Centre and various single and multi-family residential projects.

As a senior designer and planner, he oversees the firm's ACAD and 3D modeling applications.

Jim Kostyniuk is a long time associate of Broadway Architects. Jim has 25 years experience in planning and graphic design including exhibit, interior design, landscape design, community based housing, subdivision planning, resort development and large-scale urban planning projects.

He has been a senior environmental designer on many Broadway Architects planning teams. Recent projects with Broadway Architects include the Takhini Hot Springs Eco Village Resort Master Concept Plan in Whitehorse, the Greening of Fourth Avenue Streetscape in Vancouver and a community plan for Fort Smith, NWT.

Associates

Eric de Ridder has worked with Broadway Architects as a partner for over twenty years. He has been involved in a variety of architectural and development projects as a lead design coordinator of architectural and technical teams. Past projects include resort planning and facility design, multifamily developments as well as community facilities. Eric oversees all Alberta and NWT based collaborations.

Eric is an active community volunteer, serving on many community organizations. In 2002, he was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal for his long time, outstanding service.

Tang Lee has collaborated with Broadway Architects on projects in BC, Alberta and the Yukon including Seabird Island Sustainable Community Demonstration Project, Takhini Hot Springs Eco Village Conceptual Plan and Government House. He has participated as a keynote speaker at several Broadway Architects workshop and conference events.

Professor Lee has been teaching building science and environmental health for three decades. He has designed buildings that minimize indoor contaminants and incorporate aspects of solar heating, waste heat, and recycling. Many of these projects have been reported in scientific journals, and featured in print and television. Tang is a recognized leader in Canada for his contributions to environmental health and sustainability. He is acknowledged as one of the early practioners in the field and designed Canada’s first 100% passive solar-heated house (1975-76).