Howard Rideout is the principle of Howard Rideout Architect (HRA), an architectural firm based in Toronto, Ontario.  HRA was founded in 2000, and specializes in custom homes, luxury cottages, resort community planning and cultural facilities-both domestically and internationally.  His illustration style was developed to guide clients through the design process and each drawing explores a unique style as well as different mediums in order too convey the ideas he has been tasked to envision. Howard is a graduate of  the University of Waterloo School of Architecture, and a member of the Ontario Association of Architects.  Throughout the years he has won numerous awards from the ASAI for his illustration ability.