He was born on April 18, 1937. He studied architecture at the University of British Columbia where he received Canada's top architecture award. He then studied in London before returning to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada to work with Arthur Erickson in the 1960s. He founded Bruno Freschi Architects, in 1970 in Vancouver. He was dean of the school of planning at the State University of New York at Buffalo, NY, USA until 2002. Ismaili Center Burnaby, Burnaby, British Columbia Archnet