Connor Malloy brings a background in both carpentry and interior design to his work as a professor in the design and building program at George Brown College in Toronto.
Connor Malloy’s modest, soft-spoken demeanour belies his breadth of experience. Based in Toronto, Ontario, the George Brown College professor describes himself as “not quite a designer and not quite a builder.” That may be true, but his credentials are equally weighted.
What started as a traditional path to a carpentry career—working for his dad’s renovation business—has since taken many turns, including studying interior design at Toronto Metropolitan University and working in architecture firms. But design alone didn’t hold his attention; he missed carpentry.
“Once I finished my design education,” Connor recalls, “I went to work for a green builder and fell in love with the building process all over.” He wanted back in the trades but felt he was “missing the language to be an effective problem-solver.” Grad school was the solution; his interdisciplinary design strategy studies were laser-focused on how to build collaborative tools across industry trades.
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