Chris Canning
Canning Greenworks Studio weaves Ecology into EVERY landscape project to enhance resilience to climate change. We are a landscape architecture firm with over twenty years of experience working with residential clients, developers, community groups, and public clients to beautify and enhance outdoor spaces. We specialize in ecological design, stormwater management, and improving overall landscape sustainability.
We apply visioning before finishing the landscape project of your dreams. We vision with hand sketches to create landscape projects with craftsmanship not found in computer generated pictures.
Chris Canning is a registered landscape architect and ecological designer with international experience and a instructor at Queens University. Sustainable design, that integrates green infrastructure into the urban landscape, has been his focal point. Chris’ work ranges in scales and typologies from the Ray and Maria Stata Center, MIT - Cambridge, MA and the Adam Joseph Lewis Center for Environmental Studies, Oberlin College - Oberlin, OH to the Milton Hershey School Campus - Hershey, PA.
As a landscape architect, Chris has practiced landscape architecture with the internationally recognized firms Andropogon Associates and Olin Partnership in Philadelphia, PA. At Olin, Chris mentored with Laurie Olin, awarded the National Medal of Arts from President Obama and the ASLA Medal.
At the nonprofit Delaware Center for Horticulture, Wilmington, DE, Chris designed green space for urban heat island mitigation and stormwater management in underprivileged urban neighbourhoods. Chris has lectured at the University of Guelph, been a invited juror at Philadelphia University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. At the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he studied civil engineering, hydrology and hydrologic modeling with Professor Ken Potter.
At the Cecil Soil Conservation District, Cecil County, MD, I designed and supervised construction of a variety stormwater erosion and sediment control best management practices to protect local waterways and the Chesapeake Bay.
Education
Bachelor of Education, Magna cum Laude
University of Ottawa
Master of Science in Landscape Architecture
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, Honors
University of Guelph
Edinburgh College of Art (Semester Abroad)
Memberships/Registrations
Full Member with Stamp Ontario Association of Landscape Architects
Canadian Society of Landscape Architects
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Board
Green Roofs for Healthy Cities
Volunteer Experience
OALA Ground Magazine Editorial Board
Abbreviated Project Experience
Acme Grocery Store Parking Lot
Heat Island and Stormwater Mitigation, Wilmington, DE
Adam Joseph Lewis Center for Environmental Studies, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
Frank and Maria Stata Center, MIT, Cambridge, MA
Franklin D Roosevelt Springwood Estate, Visitor Orientation Facility and Presidential Library, Hyde Park, NY
Keystone Building Capital Complex, Landscape on Structure, Harrisburg, PA
Milton Hershey Elementary and High School Campus Masterplan, Hershey, PA
Ottawa City Courthouse Greenroof, Ottawa, ON
Paper Mill Run Stream Riparian Restoration and Demonstration Project - Morris Arboretum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Stormwater Management Guidelines, Watercolor Westport, Traditional Neighborhood Development Westport, ON
Courtyard Sculpture and Fountain, Carre Saint-Louis Apartment Complex, Lepine Corporation, Ottawa, ON
Stewart Village Redevelopment, Brockville, ON