Chodikoff & Ideas

Ian Chodikoff

I'm an architect who helps architecture and design firms, from startups to global firms. I lead my clients in crafting design leadership solutions that address their unique challenges for a better world.

I help creatives improve their reputations, clarify how they share their design processes, and position their capacities for reinvention through persuasive and relevant leadership. I bring my clients to their target audiences.

I synthesize my clients' communication strategies, leadership potential and targeted business development solutions.

I have over 25 years of experience providing implementable expert-led solutions comprising value-added research, design narratives, and targeted communications strategies from business and cultural perspectives.

I understand the design community and construction industry, focusing on the Canadian market and beyond. I am a Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada and a licensed architect with the Ontario Association of Architects.

My extensive experience includes publishing, public speaking, design competitions and procurement, conferences and expos. My diverse career includes developing communications platforms, driving leading-edge conference programming for two of Canada's most prominent design expos, establishing an accelerator program supporting the transition to a green economy, serving as the Executive Director of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada and leading Canadian Architect magazine as its editor.

I began my architecture education after studying public policy and business administration. I graduated from the University of British Columbia and worked in Singapore, Vancouver and Toronto before pursuing postgraduate studies in urban design at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. I am honoured to have received several awards and research grants throughout my career, in addition to the many leadership roles as a teacher, public speaker, design juror, committee and board member, and member of various selection committees impacting architecture and urban planning.