Elizabeth George is an architect and educator who studies design methodologies. Through a critical collection and interpretive process, she postulates new design methods for alternate uses. The ambition for extracted and translated techniques and strategies is to challenge subconscious boundaries and advance imaginary potentials. Living and working in Chicago, Detroit and Toronto, she is especially interested in the region and established Studio Great Lakes, an architecture and design research practice with a critical agenda for the Great Lakes Basin. George is an associate architect at architectsAlliance in Toronto, an instructor at Lawrence Technological University in Metro Detroit, and earned an M.Arch and M.S. in Architecture with a focus in Design Research from the University of Michigan. She has academically contributed to the discipline in various ways and with several North American architectural programs in Ann Arbor, Chicago, Cambridge and Toronto. George is licensed in the United States and Canada and is a LEED accredited professional.