Dave LeBlanc

Recipient of the Stephen A. Otto Award for Research and Documentation

For over 20 years, Dave LeBlanc has driven across the province taking photos, interviewing building owners, restoration specialists, architects and designers, telling the stories of buildings from mills to mansions, utopic townscapes to industrial sites. As the Globe and Mail’s Architourist, Dave has been the source of information on architecture for every style, every building type, and every civic purpose. He has tirelessly recorded victories and shortcomings, dreams and nightmares. Dave’s entertaining commentaries are the source for researchers and documentarians, as well as being the go-to weekly read for those who love their built environment, but don’t have the time or flexibility to discover it on their own.