Michael Banman

Michael Banman, FRAIC Senior Principal and Design Director, North America, Stantec Architecture Michael Banman, FRAIC, is Senior Principal and Design Director for North America at Stantec Architecture. With nearly two decades of experience, he leads design excellence across one of North America's largest integrated design practices, championing architecture that is grounded in place, shaped through space, and realized through the synthesis of construction, materials, systems, and craft. His award-winning work spans civic, cultural, educational, workplace, and institutional projects, distinguished by clarity of concept, material richness, technical rigor, and a holistic approach to performance. Michael is recognized for advancing design that seamlessly connects idea and execution, bringing together architecture, engineering, sustainability, and construction expertise to create places that are enduring, resilient, and meaningful. His work is guided by a belief that exceptional architecture emerges through the careful synthesis of context, human experience, material expression, and building technology. Whether shaping learning environments, cultural destinations, or civic institutions, he is committed to design solutions that are legible, purposeful, and deeply rooted in their social, environmental, and cultural setting. A Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, Michael has contributed extensively to architectural education and professional discourse. He has served as a sessional instructor at the University of Manitoba and has been a visiting critic, lecturer, and juror at schools of architecture across Canada and the United States. Through teaching, mentoring, and professional leadership, he is passionate about fostering the next generation of architects and advancing a culture of curiosity, innovation, technical excellence, and design craft.