Gregory Henriquez

Architect best known for the design of several community-based mixed-use, institutional and social housing projects in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, Canada. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1963, he graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture from Carleton University in 1987 and attended the Master of Architecture Program, at McGill University in 1988 where he studied under Alberto Pérez-Gómez. In his book “Towards an Ethical Architecture” the authors discuss the urgent need to re-examine the role of ethics, activism and critical commentary in architectural practise. The discussion is founded upon the belief that meaningful architecture must be a poetic expression of social justice.He is the managing partner of Henriquez Partners Architects and is the architect leading the socially inclusive Woodward’s Redevelopment, the largest mixed-use project in the history of Vancouver. He has won numerous design awards, including a 2004 Governor General’s Medal in Architecture for the Lore Krill Housing Co-operative and has been elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts , in 2007 was elected as Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada and was awarded an Honorary Degree in History & Theory of Architecture from the McGill University and in 2008 was honoured as a Carleton Univerisity Great Grad during the conference celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the School of Architecture.


Archimemo - architecture as a poetic expression of social justice