Anne Cormier is an architect. She has a bachelor’s degree in architecture from McGill University and a Certificat d’études approfondies en architecture urbaine from the Paris-Villemin school of architecture, where she wrote a dissertation on development projects and the transformation of Paris in the early 20th century. Ms. Cormier is co-founder of Atelier Big City, a group of Montréal architects recognized for the quality of its architectural and urban projects. Atelier Big City received the Prix de Rome in architecture from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Governor General’s medal and the grand prize in architecture from the Ordre des architectes du Québec. Anne Cormier currently a professor at the Université de Montréal’s school of architecture, and is affiliated with the Laboratoire d’étude de l’architecture potentielle, a group dedicated to research on the design process in architecture. She regularly sits as a member of architectural juries and is a member of various committees dedicated to excellence in architectural and urban projects.