Sustainable Practices for Quebec City’s Riverfront

Bio: Peter Murphy is senior urban designer with Quebec City’s Design, Architecture and Historic Preservation Division where he is coordinating the long-range plans for the restoration of the Sillery and Charlesbourg historic districts as well as the revitalization of several village centres and former industrial sites. In 2003, he served as jury president for a provincial-wide architecture competition for the expansion of the award-winning public library in the heart of the Trait-Carré historic district in the Charlesbourg borough. In 2006, he served as a jury member for the Félix-Leclerc library competition in Quebec City and was an alternate member of the jury for the expansion of the Beaux Arts Museum in Quebec City in 2009-2010. Between 2005 and 2007, he collaborated with the Quebec Port Authority on several major waterfront revitalization projects for Quebec City’s 400th anniversary in 2008. He is currently coordinating the redesign of Laurier Boulevard, a major gateway to Quebec City and one of the city's main commercial districts. From 1992 until 2004, he was an adjunct of urban design theory and methods at Laval University’s School of Architecture in Quebec City.

Education: Peter holds Master’s degrees in architecture and urban planning from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners.

Key Publications: "Roch Garden: The Revitalization of the Saint-Roch Neighbourhood" (Canadian Architect, November, 2006) "Perspective littoral / Riverfront Perspective: Concours international pour la requalification du bas de la chute Montmorency" (Landscape Canada/Paysage, winter 2005)

Past Assignments: "Une nouvelle vision pour le plateau centre de Sainte-Foy" (Colloque sur l'innovation en architecture, Québec, 2011) "Cultural Landscapes in Quebec City: Recent Interventions in Historic Settings (University of Vermont Historic Preservation Department, 2009) "The Construction of the Charlesbourg Public Library: Going Green in the Trait-Carré Historic District"; (Sustainable Operations Summit Canada, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, 2007) "La bibliothèque de Charlesbourg: Catalyseur dans la réalisation d’interventions durables" (Heritage Canada Foundation Annual Conference, Edmonton, Alberta, 2007) "Quebec and the Saint Lawrence River: Restoring Connections Through Sustainable Interventions" (International Association of Great Lakes and Saint Lawrence Mayors’ Conference, Chicago, Illinois, 2004)