20 emerging Canadian practices ‘pushing boundaries’ of design

The list’s curation was led by Heather Dubbeldam, Director of Twenty + Change and Principal of Dubbeldam Architecture + Design, along with Elsa Lam, Editor of Canadian Architect magazine, and was the outcome of an open call for submissions to the list. The curatorial team also included Marie-Chantal Croft of Écobâtiment (Quebec City), Susan Fitzgerald of FBM (Halifax), Andrew Hill of StudioAC (Toronto), and Ben Klumper of Modern Office of Design + Architecture (Calgary).

“The sixth edition of Twenty + Change presents a diverse array of concerns and preoccupations that respond to the current architectural landscape,” Heather Dubbeldam noted. Elsa Lam added: “Any emerging practice spends some time getting its footing. And then, with some luck, it begins to be able to ask bigger questions: what is Canadian architecture now? And what might it become?”

The list of 20 firms is as follows: 

• Alexandre Bernier Architecte - Montreal, QC 
• Architecture écologique - Montreal, QC 
• AtLRG Architecture - Winnipeg, MB 
• blanchette archi.design - Montreal, QC

• BoON Architecture - Quebec City, QC  
• COMN Architects - Toronto, ON  
• EHA (Eitaro Hirota Architecture) - Vancouver, BC 
• Future Simple Studio - Montreal, QC

• LAAB architecture - Montreal, QC  
• Laura Killam Architecture - Vancouver, BC  
• Leckie Studio Architecture + Design - Vancouver, BC  
• Mindful Architecture - North Vancouver, BC

• Nonument - Toronto, ON 
• Odami - Toronto, ON  
• Oxbow Architecture - Regina, SK  
• Pivot - Montreal, QC

• Poiesis Architecture - Toronto, ON  
• Rafael Santa Ana Architecture Workshop - Vancouver, BC  
• s.no architecture - Whitehorse, YT  
• VFA Architecture + Design - Toronto, ON