Sonia Ramundi
Sonia Ramundi
M. Arch, OAA, MRAIC
Sonia Ramundi holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Toronto with a double major in architecture and fine art history, and a minor in visual studies. Since graduating from the master’s program at the Daniels Faculty in 2012, she has been actively practising and teaching architecture.
Ramundi is a registered architect and has been the project lead on multiple commercial interior fit-outs and residential new-builds. She has worked in offices in Los Angeles and Toronto on various institutional projects as well as award winning, high-end interiors and residential projects. She is particularly interested in exploring the dynamic relationship between site and architecture, and in examining design problems and their potential solutions at various scales.
Since 2017, Ramundi has been involved in BEAT (Building Equality in Architecture Toronto) as an executive member, then as the executive director, and presently as an advisory member. During her term as executive director of BEAT, Ramundi led the internal visioning workshop initiative which sought to update the group's mandate to respond to current needs in the profession, and to prepare the organization for future growth.
Valerie Gow
Valerie Gow
OAA, FRAIC, ARIDO, IDC
Outreach
Valerie Gow is the co-founder of Gow Hastings Architects, a practice that has been recognized as an industry-leader in the creation and transformation of post-secondary institutions.
Valerie is an active participant in the design community and a passionate advocate for the advancement of women in architecture. She mentors intern architects and thesis students and is a member of the Urban Land Institute's Women's Leadership Initiative Championship Team. She has presented at post-secondary leadership seminars for women at both the University of Toronto and Ryerson University. She is also a regular critic at architecture and design schools, and a frequent jury members for design and product competitions.
Valerie is a founding member of the Harbourfront Architecture Gallery Advisory Committee and sits on the Ryerson School of Interior Design Program Advisory Board, the CISV (Children’s International Summer Villages) Toronto Board and the Southwestern Ontario Region Committee of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC). In 2016, she was named a Fellow of the RAIC for her distinctive service to the profession and community at large.