The Globe and Mail

An architect who was ahead of the curve in thinking how sustainable design can be integrated in elegant architectural solutions, Adrian DiCastri brought his love of music and culture along with his analytical skills to the art and practice of his profession. "What a lot of people didn't realize about Adrian was his poetic sensibility," said his friend Dereck Revington, another architect who described Mr. DiCastri's major buildings as "full of colour and light and a subtle dancing rhythm." Pragmatism had to be satisfied first, but what characterized Mr. DiCastri's work was a luminous and lyrical modernism, Mr. Revington said. "His definition of sustainability was much more complex than simply creating ecologically friendly buildings. He spoke continuously about the importance of cultural, environmental and aesthetic sustainability."