Peter Oberlander

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H. Peter Oberlander (born 1922) is a Canadian architect and Canada's first professor of city planning.

Born in Vienna, Austria, he moved to Canada in 1940 and received a Bachelor of Architecture degree from McGill University in 1945. He then received his Master of Planning and Ph.D. in Urban and Regional Planning from Harvard University. He is married to Cornelia Oberlander.

In 1950, he started teaching at the University of British Columbia in the School of Architecture. In 1956, he was the founding director of the School of Community and Regional Planning, where he remained until 1970. From 1970 to 1973, he was Deputy Minister for Canada's Ministry of State for Urban Affairs. In 1973, he was the founding director of the Centre for Human Settlements at the University of British Columbia and remained in this position until 1987.

In 1989, he became an associate partner with the Vancouver architectural firm of Downs/Archambault & Partners.

In 1994, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada for "his vision of planning which strengthens the social and economic stability of communities". [1] He was promoted to Officer in 2002.

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