Marianne McKenna

Marianne McKenna, OC, FRAIC, OAA, OAQ, AIA, RIBA (born September 25, 1950) is a Canadian architect and a founding partner of KPMB Architects, a Toronto-based practice established in 1987. She is an invested Officer of The Order of Canada "for her contributions as an architect, designing structures that enrich the public realm".

McKenna has led a wide range of projects across the cultural, educational, business, hospitality, and science sectors in Canada and the United States. They include the renovation and expansion of The Royal Conservatory TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning and Koerner Hall (2010 Governor General's Medal), a renovation and expansion of the historic Massey Hall in Toronto, the design of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, and a vertical campus building for The Brearley School, an independent all-girls school in New York City.

Her current projects include the Dramatics Art Building at Yale University, the Werklund Centre Transformation (formerly Arts Commons) in Calgary, 300 Bloor Street West in Toronto, the redevelopment of St. Monica's Parish in Toronto, and a series of purpose-built rental housing communities with developer Kindred Works in locations across Canada.

McKenna is a recipient of the King Charles III Coronation Medal and the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada's Gold Medal . In 2023, she received an honorary Doctorate of Arts degree from Swarthmore College. She was the first woman to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Design Futures Council.

In 2010, McKenna was named one of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women. She has also been named one of Toronto’s top 50 Powerful People by MacLean’s Magazine, one of the 50 Most Influential Torontonians by Toronto Life, and one of 30 Essential Women in Architecture and Design by Azure Magazine.