Khoury Levit Fong, founded in 2006 brings together three partners with diverse professional and academic backgrounds to align cutting-edge research with innovative practice. Because the practice ranges in the scale of its design activities from urban design to the details of architecture, KLF is able to envision and coordinate the synergies that occur across all scales of the built environment. The firm has gained international recognition for award-winning projects that balance the everyday needs of individuals with the collective identity and vision of institutions. The double commitment was recently showcased in “Monuments + Bits,” a solo exhibition at the Eric Arthur Gallery featuring recent projects that “operate at the real scale of urban culture, and help make it livable,” as stated in John Bentley Mays’ review in the Globe and Mail. The shared fundamental commitment of KLF’s partners is to the communal aspects of architecture, to the role and potential of buildings and institutions in a wide social and cultural context. All three partners have led significant studies for the Great Lakes Region, the GTA, and the GGH including urban form and density studies linked to the Province of Ontario’s Growth Plan. The partners’ work in diverse urban environments from Los Angeles to Shanghai gives them a broad perspective on design possibilities and they bring decades of experience to the development of award winning projects.The Partners’ dedication to city and community building also informs their pursuit of sustainability in the built environment. KLF’s contributions is the field benefits from research conducted at the University of Toronto and are recognized for innovative design solutions that capitalize on new technology as much as the environmental intelligence sedimented in traditional building types and construction techniques. “Linking Shade,” an on-going project for the city of Phoenix harnesses solar energy and emerging imbedded technology for a responsive lighting system. The design has been praised for its environmental performance as much as its aesthetic potentials in transforming the urban nightscape. The MOCA-PE project was a trend-setter with the integration of bio-reactors in the building's envelope. The algae fueled reactors provide a source of renewable energy and aid in enhancing the quality of air in the building. Liwan Bayrut recasts age-old shading and cooling strategies found in local vernacular traditions at the scale of large public building and with equal efficacy.