
Naama Blonder is an architect, urban planner and urban designer. She has a bold vision: to change what good housing can and should look like in North America today; with that in mind, she co-founded Smart Density in 2017. Her work has received numerous awards including the prestigious Ontario Association of Architects’ Best Emerging Practice Award for 2022, the BILD Professional Service Award 2026, the Ontario Professional Planning Institute Award for Public Education in 2024 and was a finalist of Royal Bank of Canada's Women of Influence in 2023.