Lauren Abrahams brings her experience in architecture and urbanism to her work at a range of scales at Toronto-based PUBLIC WORK. Lauren has a strong international profile, enriched by over a decade and a half of practice and urban research in Canada, the Netherlands, Italy, and the United States, with a focus on understanding the territory of the contemporary city and its ecologies. Her combined professional and academic experience gives her a research-based approach and a progressive outlook on the relationship of landscape, urbanism, and the design of the public realm. As a senior designer and project leader, Lauren has been central to the evolution of The Bentway project.