A principal at KPMB Architects, Kael Opie brings expertise in advanced building technologies and in-depth experience in the integration of energy efficiency and cutting-edge sustainable strategies into building design. Opie believes that the power of architecture holds both immense promise and responsibility and that we collectively need to shape our buildings to realize the future we see for ourselves. Working holistically and always beginning from a “first principles” perspective, he strives to synthesize site, climate, programmatic elements, and client aspirations into a unified and synergistic whole. Opie was the project architect for the first LEED Platinum-certified commercial project in the Toronto area — the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario. He also served as a project architect for Manitoba Hydro Place in Winnipeg, one of the most energy-efficient towers in Canada, and was the associate-in-charge of Isttaniokaksini / Science Commons at the University of Lethbridge, a purpose-built facility for transdisciplinary science. Recently, he worked on the Center for Computing & Data Sciences at Boston University and served as a project architect for the groundbreaking Discovery Centre for the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), merging cutting-edge lab design and mass timber construction with an advanced active double-facade system.