Kelly Doran

Kelly leads MASS Design Group’s London studio, overseeing work in East Africa and Europe. He joined MASS in 2014 to lead its Kigali office and grew the practice from eight employees to 80 over a five year period. Kelly has led the design and implementation of several of MASS’s projects across East Africa, notably the award-winning Munini District Hospital and Rwanda Ministry of Health’s Typical Hospital Plans; headquarters for both the One Acre Fund and Andela in Kenya; and the Rwanda Institute for Conservation Agriculture. Kelly is a graduate of the University of Toronto, a recipient of the Canada Council’s Prix de Rome for Emerging Practitioners, and has held teaching positions at the Bartlett School of Architecture, Harvard University, and the University of Waterloo.

Education

• Master of Architecture (M.Arch.) University of Toronto (2005 — 2008)
• Bachelor of Architecture (BArch) University of Manitoba (2000 — 2003)

Companies

• Associate Director White Arkitekter (2021)
• Sessional Lecturer University of Toronto (2020)
• Advisory Board Rwanda Institute for Conservation Agriculture (2020)
• Practice Tutor Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London (2020)
• Senior Principal MASS Design Group (2018 — 2021)
• Senior Director - East Africa Programs MASS Design Group (2014 — 2018)
• Architect SvN Architects + Planners (2008 — 2014)
• Lecturer of Landscape Architecture Harvard Graduate School of Design (2012 — 2013)
• Visiting Professor University of Waterloo (2010 — 2010)