Hilary Backman

Designer, Senior Associate, Studio Leader San Diego

SGPA Team

With over 25 years of experience, Hil has designed a range of successful projects in California and abroad. He has been fortunate to design many building types including Residential, Retail, Mixed Use, Senior Living, Hotels, Higher Education, and Creative Offices. Hil has also designed large scale planning projects from Eco-Tourism to Urban Planning.

At SGPA, Hil blends effective communication skills and a flexible approach to design while working with clients, consultants, and colleagues to create special places that resonate with end users. He is also involved with the architectural and planning communities with associations such as ICSC, NIAOP, ULI, and BIA.  

Hil’s deep passion and wonder of our built environment inspired him to pursue a career in architecture and design. He enjoys bringing life to the projects, or in other words “taking it from dream to reality.” He enjoys the collaborative process of working with clients as he believes it always deepens and enriches the work. Hil draws his inspiration from past and current architectural masters defining design with mass, texture, light, time and space.

 

Credentials

  • M.Arch, Dalhousie, Nova Scotia, CA
  • B. Environmental Design Studies in Architecture, Dalhousie, Nova Scotia, CA
  • B.F.A. Painting and Drawing, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, CA
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