Clinton Cuddington Editor

Dr. Michael J. Prokopow is a cultural historian and curator whose areas of expertise include architecture and design, material and visual culture, and critical and postcolonial theory. His many publications include, most recently, Hurvin Anderson (2021) and Smith House II for UBC SALA West Coast Modern House series (2012). Between 2004 and 2008, he was curator of the Design Exchange, Canada’s only museum of twentieth-century industrial design. In 2011, he curated an exhibition on the work of architect and theorist George Baird at the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design, and in 2016 he co-curated the touring exhibition True Nordic: How Scandinavia Influenced Design in Canada. He sits on the boards of the Arthur Erickson Foundation, the Canadian Society for the Decorative Arts, and Studio Magazine, and holds a PhD from Harvard University. Born and raised in Victoria, BC, he now divides his time between London, UK, and Toronto, where he is a faculty member at OCAD University. Clinton Cuddington is the Founder and co-Principal, with Piers Cunnington, of Measured Architecture, an award winning Vancouver-based studio practice focused on modern design, interiors and landscapes. Prior to forming Measured in 2007, Clinton spent nine years as an architect for Bing Thom Architects working on commissions that included the redevelopment of the Arena Stage Theatre in Washington, DC, and the Surrey Campus of Simon Fraser University. Clinton received his Master of Architecture at University of British Columbia. He is a member of both the RAIC and AIBC, serves on the Board of both the Arthur Erickson Foundation and the Architectural Design and Film Festival and has served on the City of Vancouver’s Urban Design Panel and First Shaughnessy District Advisory Panel.