Omar Gandhi

Omar Gandhi Architect is a Canadian architectural firm established in 2010, with two small studios located in Halifax, Nova Scotia and Toronto, Ontario. The firm is known for its work blending contemporary architectural style with rural vernacular influences, and for sensitivity to the natural landscape of Canada’s Atlantic coast, where the majority of the work is found.[1]

They are viewed as one of Canada's notable young architects.[2] The firm has received accolades for its contemporary Maritime architecture. Omar Gandhi Architect has received the Professional Prix de Rome in Architecture from the Canada Council for the Arts in 2014,[3] a nomination for the Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize (MCHAP) in 2016 and a Governor General’s Medal in Architecture for Rabbit Snare Gorge in 2018.[4]

  1. ^ "Omar Gandhi". Architect Magazine. 2016-05-17. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
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  4. ^ "Governor General's Medals in Architecture — 2018 Recipient | Royal Architectural Institute of Canada". raic.org. Retrieved 2020-03-05.