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FBM Architecture Ltd. (Fowler Bauld & Mitchell)

Halifax-based architecture, interior design and planning firm serving Atlantic Canada, with a portfolio spanning public, institutional, healthcare, cultural, commercial and residential buildings. In practice since 1917 — one of the oldest architecture firms in Canada — and brands its approach as 'people-driven design.'

📍 Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaEst. 1917100% first-party verified
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// SELECTED PROJECTS
Halifax Central Library
Completed
Public library / civic cultural building · Halifax, Nova Scotia · 2014
Local / executive (prime-consultant) architect, in collaboration with design architect Schmidt Hammer Lassen (contract won via an international design competition in 2010)
Opened to the public 13 December 2014; ~15,000 m2. FBM was the local executive architect alongside Danish firm Schmidt Hammer Lassen as design architect. Corroborated by Dezeen and by the official halifaxcentrallibrary.ca architects page (which names FBM as lead architect with SHL as international partner). FBM's own project page lists the year as 2015 (see unverified_notes).
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Cunard Street Live/Work/Grow
Completed
Multi-storey mixed-use mass-timber building (office + residential); FBM's own studio · North End, Halifax, Nova Scotia (101-5560 Cunard St.) · 2023
Architect; FBM is the occupant ('the new home for FBM')
Described by FBM as 'one of the first significant multi-storey mass timber structures in Atlantic Canada,' built on a brownfield site in Halifax's north end and now home to FBM. Awards listed by FBM: Halifax Urban Design Award of Merit, Canadian Architect Design Excellence Award of Merit, and a Wood Design & Building Award Citation. Project partners include CBCL Limited, Campbell Comeau Engineering, Aitchison Fitzgerald Builders, and Servant Dunbrack McKenzie & MacDonald Ltd.
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Dalhousie University Mona Campbell Building
Completed
Post-secondary academic / institutional building (~100,000 sq ft) · Halifax, Nova Scotia · 2010
Architect (with CBCL Limited)
~100,000 sq ft; houses the College of Continuing Education, School of Social Work, Faculty of Computer Science research space, and College of Sustainability. FBM lists partner CBCL Limited and awards (Lieutenant Governor Award Citation; Lieutenant Governor Engineering Award). A Dalhousie fact sheet describes it as a ~$30M green/LEED building. Some aggregators name 'MacFawn and Rogers' as co-architect — not confirmed first-party (see unverified_notes).
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QEII Health Sciences Centre master plan
In progress
Healthcare campus master planning · Halifax, Nova Scotia (Halifax Infirmary and Victoria General sites) · 2025
Master-planning architect, partnered with BDP Quadrangle; engaged with Nova Scotia Health, Build Nova Scotia, and the Department of Health and Wellness
Tender award announced by the Province of Nova Scotia on 1 October 2025; master plan expected to complete in early 2027. Freshness-checked: active / in progress, not implied-completed.
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// KEY PEOPLE
SF
Susan Fitzgerald
Architect, Design Director (Partner / Principal)
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Craig Davidson
Operations Director (Partner)
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Greg Fry
Architect, Director
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Dennis Ramsay
Architect, Healthcare Director
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In practice since 1917 (originated as C. A. Fowler & Company Architects and Engineers), one of the oldest architecture firms in Canada.
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In March 2025, FBM entered a partnership with Dillon Consulting Limited and continues to operate separately under its own brand as FBM Architecture Ltd.
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Named one of Atlantic Canada's Top Employers (2026) and Nova Scotia's Top Employers (2026) as FBM Architecture Ltd.
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