Meet The Team
+ Robert Murphy
Principal Architect at Murphy Partners Seniors Housing Architects. Bob has a Bachelor of Environmental Studies and Architecture from the University of Waterloo and founded the firm in 1985. With experience in commercial, residential, and mixed-use properties, Bob found his niche with his very first seniors housing project in 1985. Since then, he has spent 35 years honing his craft, both in design and in creatively approaching projects with the skills and knowledge of a specialist architect. Bob's passion for providing beautiful, safe, functional housing for seniors comes from his life-long admiration for the "greatest generation" - and his charitable work shows it. As a licensed pilot, Bob owns a refurbished WW2 Tiger Moth bi-plane, which he uses to donate flights to fundraising auctions for charitable organizations like the Alzheimer Society and the Veterans Wing at Sunnybrook Hospital.
+Bev Murphy
Bev is the Office Manager for Murphy Partners and has many years of experience in marketing and finance for IBM, as well as marketing experience with a retirement living operator. Bev has a certificate in Gerontology from Centennial College, and believes strongly in advocating for Seniors to ensure that they receive the best care and highest quality of living standards available.
+Rotem Yaniv
Rotem has a Bachelor of Architectural Studies (BAS) from Carleton University and an M. Arch from the University of Toronto. He is also part of the Design and Dementia Community of Practice of the BrainXchange network. He is interested in the design of seniors housing and his master’s thesis explored the design of a continuum of care campus in an urban setting. He brings to the firm over 11 years of experience designing life lease and retirement home projects. Rotem believes seniors housing should provide the right balance of fresh air, daylight, planting, and colour, and create safe, secure, and home-like environments for both residents and staff.
+ Nadia Qadir
Nadia has an M. Arch from Ryerson University and a B. Arch from the Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture in Karachi, Pakistan. Nadia feels that caring for the elderly in our society is essential, and she enjoys that she gets to design beautiful living spaces for them that feel more like high-end hotels. She also always wanted to work on religious buildings because of the spiritual and experiential aspects of the spaces, and she appreciates how these buildings are entirely different from other buildings.
+Karina Olivares
Architectural Job Captain / BIM Revit Specialist at Murphy Partners Senior Housing Architects. Karina has a Bachelor of Architecture from the Technological Institute of Queretaro, Mexico. She has over 17 years of experience in a wide range of project types from long-term care facilities, schools, a museum, a church, and other commercial projects.
She considers every project to be unique. Her goal is to provide creative and affordable living spaces that can satisfy different needs and improve the quality of life in a community.
Karina is a detail-oriented Architectural Designer, familiar with working on complex projects. Fully versed in project development, team collaboration, coordination, and production of construction documentation.
Her strong commitment to quality, efficiency, and accuracy has ensured the success of projects. She brings solutions to maximize the Revit performance and to improve workflow and standards.