GRAEME LEADBEATER
graeme leadbeater
senior consultant architect
Graeme has over 40 years of experience leading the design and construction phase services of complex multi-phase projects. Graeme’s work has focused on medium and large-scale healthcare, educational, cultural, and municipal infrastructural buildings. He is an effective communicator and productively facilitates client and community consultations. He contributes an extensive knowledge of design standards, team management, and construction delivery techniques and is constantly advocating for and representing the client’s interest throughout all phases of a project. With the leadership and guidance he brings to the team, Cover is able to merge technical knowledge and creative design solutions, delivering high quality projects that align with client and user needs and aspirations.
Registration: Architect AIBC (Retired), AAA (Life Principal, Senior Member), FRAIC
Education: Master of Architecture – Environmental Design, Bachelor of Science
ADAM BRADY
adam brady
architect
After a quest for fresh powder brought him to the Kootenays, Adam joined Cover Architecture in 2020, bringing with him a diversity of design and management experience across fire stations, cultural centres, recreational facilities, museums, and municipal renovations. While working at Cover, Adam has been able to pursue his passion for (affordable) housing, seeing through construction of Group Homes, Seniors Living, and Student Housing.
Adam understands the emotional and financial stressors that build during new construction and renovations projects. With first-hand construction experience (re) building a modest house nestled in the Canadian Shield, he knows that healthier relationships between designers and trades are essential to creating beautiful pieces of architecture that are on budget and on time. With an interest in retrofitting of existing structures, creating high-performing building envelopes, working towards environmental responsibility, and producing low-carbon materials, Adam feels the success of an Architect in this contemporary-era can only be measured in creating (great) spaces that last for generations.
Registration: Architect AIBC, OAA, MRAIC
Education: Master of Architecture, Honours Bachelor of Architectural Studies
KELSY WHITTEN
kelsy whitten
architect
Kelsy is a thoughtful and conscientious designer who is motivated by the opportunity to support and benefit the communities she works with. She strongly believes that architecture shapes our lives, so it is our responsibility to make these changes positive, sustainable, and beautiful for years to come.
Her project experience is primarily in recreation and community spaces, where she enjoys collaborating with clients and team members to create inventive, engaging, and inclusive designs. Kelsy plays a key role in Cover’s commitment to accessibility and Universal Design, bringing passion, specialized knowledge, and a wide range of project experience to this aspect of our work. She is a Rick Hansen Foundation Accessibility Certification professional, which provides her with additional tools and a focus on holistic and meaningful accessibility in the built environment.
She is always keen to bring her diverse educational, work, and personal experiences to any design process.
Education: Master of Architecture, Bachelor of Arts (Studio Arts)
Registration: Architect AIBC, RHFAC Professional
SHANNON KITLEY
shannon kitley
architect
Shannon is an enthusiastic designer that brings positivity and tactful problem solving to her practice. With an eye for composition and colour, Shannon approaches her work with creativity and strives to find unique opportunities for thoughtful design in every project. Shannon understands the importance of communication to a successful project and skillfully conveys complex project intentions and design concepts through diagrams and graphic representations. Since joining Cover, Shannon’s focus has been primarily public facing and community-oriented projects, with involvement in cultural, health, recreation, residential, and commercial buildings and feasibility studies.
Registration: Intern Architect AIBC
Education: Master of Architecture, Bachelor of Architectural History
MAX VOS COUPAL
max vos coupal
architect
As a passionate and conscientious designer, Max has always been driven to create fundamentally unique and beautiful spaces for the whole of society to inhabit. He first joined Cover after moving to Nelson in 2019, and has added value, ideas, ethics, and standards to a great variety of projects leading up to the present. In his professional work he advocates strongly for a rigorous design process, collaborative coordination across disciplines, and strong communication practices throughout all project phases. Most prominently, he led the design work of the new “Confluence” certified Passive House mass timber building for the Castlegar Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Centre.
Registration: Architect AIBC, WELL AP
Education: Master of Architecture, Bachelor of Architectural Studies
ANNA WYNNE
anna wynne
architect
Anna brings international experience in design using a mix of modern sustainable, and historic construction knowledge, with a practical understanding of construction detailing to produce functional, playful and thoughtful spaces. She enjoys the collaborative opportunities within all stages of the creative process of Architecture, as well as the nurturing of relationships and mentorship in office culture and the local community. Anna manages a diverse range of projects in the office from large energy efficiency retrofits to rural community arts projects.
Anna joined Cover in 2021 after moving with her family from rural Scotland, where she has been an Architect since 2010. Originally from a construction and metal work background, she completed her Masters in Architecture in London via a year in Vancouver, working on a diverse range of technical and historic projects.
Outside of Architecture Anna has been a mountain rescue team member for 11yrs, and makes all sorts of things including carving wooden spoons.
Registration: Architect AIBC, ARB (UK)
Education: Master of Architecture