Omar Gandhi Architect Inc.

Omar Gandhi Architect Inc. is a Halifax, Nova Scotia and Toronto, Ontario-based practice which has become one of Canada’s leading young architecture studios. Since its inception in 2010, the studio has been the subject of dozens of articles in high-profile publications and several notable online journals. The firm was recently named as one of the Top 20 Young Architectural Practices worldwide in Wallpaper* Magazine's annual Architects Directory. The firm is the 2014 recipient of the Canada Council for the Art's prestigious Prix de Rome for Professionals - The $50,000 prize recognizes outstanding achievement in Canadian architecture and is awarded annually to a young architect or architectural firm to develop their skills and creative practice as well as work with specialists worldwide. Formally linked together under the theme of "Adaptations," the studio's projects begin with simple, local building typologies which are then sculpted by conditions and use. Omar is a sessional instructor at the School of Architecture and Planning at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.