Join us in celebrating the professional growth of our colleagues across Canada with a series of promotions in our Toronto, Ottawa, Calgary, and Vancouver studios that span disciplines and practice areas.
With over a decade of experience across five countries—including Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, the UAE, and now Canada—Lana brings a global perspective to every project. Her portfolio includes work spanning commercial developments, corporate workplaces, high-end residential, and hospitality sectors. This international foundation informs a design approach that is both adaptable and deeply attuned to cultural and contextual nuance.
Learn more about Lana.
Tarek lives and breathes architecture. For him, it is a way of understanding the world—how people inhabit space, how culture is expressed, and how history and place shape meaningful environments. An avid traveler, he built his career working across Europe, the Middle East, the Gulf, and Canada, cultivating a deep sensitivity to context and the human experience of architecture. His work is driven by rigorous conceptual thinking, seeking clarity, coherence, and designs that are honest, place-specific, and tectonic in expression.
Learn more about Tarek.
Gayle is a guiding force in our Toronto and Ottawa studios, lending her technical skill to the successful delivery of some of our most innovative, detailed, and complex projects. She provides uncompromising oversight, ensuring quality on every project to which she contributes, and takes a collaborative and proactive approach when working with construction teams to execute high-performance projects.
Growing up with two engineer parents, Elton was first introduced to AutoCAD as a fun game to play after school in his parents’ office. He has always been intrigued by processes and interested in technology, design, and how things operate—often taking apart and re-building electronic devices just for fun. A versatile problem solver, Elton works at the intersection of design, technology, and innovation. Rethinking the way in which we design individual buildings as a process, he oversees all of our projects through the lens of improving efficiency and helps our teams elevate the quality of design by constructing new tools and incorporating an evidence-driven design approach to building.
Dr. Mohamed Imam is a senior architect with over 10 years of experience in architecture, computation, and performative design. Holding a Ph.D. in architecture and an M.Sc. in Sustainable Buildings, he specializes in optimizing building resource circularity using computational models. As a Certified Passive House Designer and LEED AP BD+C, Mohamed is dedicated to creating sustainable cities through multidisciplinary investigations. Mohamed is the author of “Resource Circularity: Reimagining Cities as Regenerative Systems,” which recently received the RAIC Research & Innovation in Architecture Award.
Jacqueline joined our Vancouver studio in 2024 and quickly became a keystone of our studio culture. She believes that effective leadership is integral to our impact and encourages her colleagues to reach their full potential—whether personal milestones or career goals. Jacqueline sees safety and trust as essential catalysts for growth and strives to create an environment where people feel comfortable communicating their needs, ambitions, and struggles. Her collaborative approach to leadership prioritizes openness and mutual support as a means of collective advancement.
As an architect with a background in environmental design and hands-on experience in construction, Nic is particularly adept at bridging design intent with technical execution. He leads multidisciplinary teams through complex projects shaped by layered and sometimes competing requirements, bringing clarity and finesse to ensure that solutions are thoughtful and buildable. He recently returned from two years in Montréal, where he served as the day-to-day firm representative on the award-winning Réseau express métropolitain (REM), designed in joint venture with Lemay and Bisson Fortin.
In addition to our leadership promotions, we also congratulate team members who have been promoted in our Healthcare; Higher Education; Corporate and Commercial; Cultural and Civic; Sports, Recreation, and Entertainment; Transportation; and Urban Design practices, as well technical and support staff across Canada:
Saman Abdullahi, Johanna Becker, Natalie Bellefleur, Hannah Brash, Nicholas Cross, Kart Gopinath, Shiva Honarvar, Sam Ibrahim, Melika Khazei, Edward Lin, Evgueni Litvinenko, Amelia Mackenzie, Fargol Moshiri, Leandra Natale, Lila Nguyen, Tsvetelina Rabashki, Christian Sano, Carey Smith, and Hanna Yatsko.
