Architect Shiv Garyali’s Journey from Delhi to Victoria

Join us on April 25th for the next installment of our Spring 2025 Architect Speaker Series. Senior local architect Shiv Garyali will present an overview of his life’s work, with a focus on his wide-ranging career in and around Victoria. Mr. Garyali will speak about some of his early influences as a young student of architecture in India, as well as his time working in the office of Arthur Erickson in the 1970s. He will show how these experiences have informed his outlook and career as one of Victoria’s leading architects for over three decades.

Born in Kashmir, India,  Shiv was educated in Delhi. There he worked with one of the top architectural firms as an associate Architect. In 1968 he travelled to Canada via Europe. In 1972 he joined Arthur Erickson architects in Toronto and moved to Arthur’s office in Vancouver in 1975. In 1979 Shiv moved to Victoria and joined Marshall Goldsworthy Architects. In 1990 he started the private practice of Garyali Architect Inc. with Don Marshall. Soon after he established the  core team of Shiv Garyali, John Armitage, and Nick Fiocco to promote sustainable Architecture in Victoria, Sidney, Duncan, Nanaimo,Tofino and Whistler.

Photo: Burnside Gorge Community Centre (2008)