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Shahid Mahmood has twenty-five years of experience as an urban and strategic planner. He has managed a diverse portfolio of master plans ranging from new and revitalized communities, city centres, and institutional campuses. The work Shahid has undertaken for public and private sector clients has provided him a broad understanding in managing diverse stakeholder groups, helping prioritize institutional requirements and leading multi-disciplinary consultant teams from the front. Key projects Shahid has managed include: the revitalization of Bucharest's historic city centre for the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development; planning the Dubai International Financial Centre; Avenue Studies for the City of Toronto; a design proposal for Chhattisgarh's (India) new state-capital city; a Comprehensive Master-plan for the holy cities of Makkah and Madinah in Saudi Arabia; and numerous Canadian university/college campus plans.
In 2017, Shahid established
Urban Conclusions, a firm of 'strategic planners' based in Toronto who advise clients and partner with other agencies to deliver on a wide range of planning services. Urban Conclusions' curated approach ensures applications and strategic thinking are well-considered and effectively presented. Urban Conclusions works exclusively with a number of specialists that include: visualizers, space-programmers, engineers, and other skilled practitioners who provide full, dedicated project support. Similar to One One Ten, Urban Conclusions utilizes these specialists within a seamlessly integrated team at the onset of the project. Prior to establishing
Urban Conclusions, Shahid was an Associateand Practice Lead (Urban Design/Planning) with Moriyama & Teshima Architects in Toronto, Ontario for ten-years.
Shahid is also a well-known political cartoonist whose commentaries have regularly appeared in international publications such as the Guardian, BBC, CBC, Huffington Post, the Herald Tribune, and Courrier International. His work was viewed by world leaders at the 1997 APEC Conference, enjoyed by John F. Kennedy Jr., and managed to continuously enrage Benazir Bhutto. Shahid was internationally syndicated with the New York Times Press Syndicate and has work archived at the Museum of Contemporary History in Paris.
