Mirko Zardini (Verona, born in 1955)[1] is the former Director and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

He has shaped the institution's collection, research, exhibitions, programs and publications to emphasize the CCA's role as a venue for critical discourse about contemporary culture and the relationship of architecture to politics and society.

[6] The CCA's collection of international architectural archives has received significant additions during Zardini's tenure, most notably those of Pritzker-prize-winner Álvaro Siza Vieira,[7] Abalos & Herreros[8] and Foreign Office Architects.

Design Observer named "Imperfect Health: The Medicalization of Architecture" the best exhibition of 2012[13] and published a review stating "it is worth noting that this show is just the latest in a series of inventive exhibitions that engage in social themes (energy consumption, proactive urbanism, war) undertaken by the CCA under Zardini, shows that together reassert that institution's place as a center of architectural culture.

"[17] Zardini oversaw the redevelopment of the CCA's website as a publishing platform dedicated to shaping architectural discourse, which allows the institution "to frame contemporary problems in a different way, to have a critical attitude about how architects work, and to show the inherent contradictions.