Stephen Verderber

Dr. Stephen Verderber is Professor of Architecture, and Adjunct Professor in Public Health at the University of Toronto. A Registered Architect in the United States, and co-founder of R-2ARCH (Research to Architecture), he is author of eight books, and one-hundred peer reviewed scholarly and professional articles. His most recent books are Innovations in Transportable Healthcare Architecture (2016), Innovations in Behavioural Health Architecture (2018) and the Second Edition of Innovations in Hospice Architecture (2020). His first book, Healthcare Architecture in an Era of Radical Transformation (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2000), has become a standard text internationally. Principal investigator of numerous externally sponsored research projects and technical reports, he holds one of only two North American faculty cross appointments between a University-based Architecture Faculty and a School of Public Health. Dr. Verderber has delivered keynote lectures at numerous international conferences on healthcare architectural design, environmental design research, educational pedagogy, and health systems management. He is recognized as a leading specialist in healthcare architecture, therapeutic built environments, and evidence-based design research for eco-humanist health promotion. Dr. Verderber has been invited guest design critic at numerous Universities, and received numerous awards for contributions both to the discipline and profession of architecture and allied design fields.