Born into an immigrant family of makers, bakers, tailors and artisans, Paul Kulig was raised in a community that practiced city building as a collective craft. His family built houses together, fixed cars together and hosted refugee families together. Kulig has built on this understanding of community to address broad social issues through urban design and architecture. His practice includes an intentionally diverse portfolio of designs for public spaces, transit stations, neighbourhood master plans and affordable housing. Each project aims to deliver well-being and delight, while contributing to a larger, regional economy. Applied research forms a key component of Kulig’s practice and he and his team have developed a series of analytical tools that serve to inform decision-making with quantifiable data.