The Story Behind the Designs

How It All Started

Look, I didn't grow up dreaming about blueprints and building codes. My path to architecture was kinda messy - started with sketching old churches in my hometown, then falling in love with how Toronto's Victorian row houses somehow fit next to glass condos without looking completely ridiculous.

After getting my degree from Waterloo back in 2008, I spent five years at a big firm doing cookie-cutter commercial stuff. Good work, decent pay, but something felt off. I kept thinking about those heritage buildings getting torn down for parking lots, about how we're designing spaces that people actually have to live and work in, y'know?

So in 2015, I took the leap. Started this practice with one principle: every project should respect what came before while pushing toward what's next. That means restoring a 1920s heritage home with the same care we'd put into designing a net-zero commercial space.

These days, I split my time between saving old buildings worth saving and creating new ones that hopefully won't embarrass us in fifty years. It's challenging work - you're balancing client needs, building codes, budget realities, and trying to do something meaningful. But honestly? Can't imagine doing anything else.