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WZMH Architects
Practice information
FoundersPeter Webb, Boris Zerafa, Rene Menkes, Warwick Housden
Founded1961
LocationToronto
Significant works and honors
ProjectsCN Tower, Royal Bank Plaza, Bay Adelaide Centre, Nation Towers, Shanghai Securities Exchange, Richmond Adelaide Centre, RBC WaterPark Place, 33 Bloor East

WZMH Architects is an architectural firm established in 1961 and based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Originally known as Webb Zerafa Menkès Housden (after Peter Webb, Boris Zerafa, René Menkès, and Warwick Housden) the company's name was changed to WZMH Architects in 2002.

The firm is known for its work with tall, landmark structures (including the CN Tower), skyscrapers, major mixed-use development, commercial, institutional, residential and hospitality projects, as well as renovation and retrofit projects involving heritage restoration, justice buildings and data centres.[1] In 2015, WZMH merged with retail design firm, pellow + associates.[2]

The company working with Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University), has devised a concept for providing supplemental energy to buildings that are linked to a microgrid that would draw that energy captured from the testing of nearby data center generators.[3] The company has come up with a concept to harness “wasted energy” from data centers by diverting it to residences and commercial buildings that are located near the data center to form a direct current microgrid-based community.

The next company's project with Ryerson University, The Ryerson University Smart Campus Integration and Testing Hub (SCITHub) will be the world’s first building that is 100 percent digitally enabled.[4]

Awards

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Year Project Location Award
Since 2015 WZMH Architects Toronto, ON, Canada Canada’s Best Managed Company Award
2024 Toronto Police Services Division 41 Scarborough, ON, Canada Architizer A+ Awards, Special Mention in the Unbuilt Non-Residential category
2023 WZMH Architects Toronto, ON, Canada Architecture MasterPrize Large Firm of the Year in Multi-disciplinary Architecture
T3 Bayside Toronto, ON, Canada Forest Stewardship Council Leadership Award in Design and Build Category
T3 Bayside Toronto, ON, Canada Waterfront Design Review Panel Award for Excellence in Commercial or Institutional Design
65 King Street East Toronto, ON, Canada NAIOP REX Award Office Development of the Year
2 Bloor Street West Toronto, ON, Canada NAIOP REX Award Retail Lease of the Year
2021 33 Bloor Street East Toronto, ON, Canada Architecture MasterPrize (AMP) Winner for Design of the Year (Transportation Category)
33 Bloor Street East Toronto, ON, Canada Architecture Press Release (APR), Global Future Design Award, Interior Design
33 Bloor Street East Toronto, ON, Canada Illuminating Engineering Society (IESNA), Illumination Award of Merit
33 Bloor Street East Toronto, ON, Canada World Interiors News (WIN) Silver Medal for Experiential Design
York Region Administrative Centre Annex Newmarket, ON, Canada Architecture MasterPrize (AMP), Honourable mention in the Institutional Category for Design of the Year
York Region Administrative Centre Annex Newmarket, ON, Canada Architecture Press Release (APR), Global Future Design Award, Institutional
2019 ISP Panel NA Award of Excellence - Canadian Consulting Engineering Awards
ISP Panel NA Hive 50 Innovation Award - Building Tech
2018 777 Bay Street Toronto, ON, Canada AL Architectural Lighting Design Award - Commendable Achievement, Interior Lighting
GO Transit / Via Rail Oshawa Station Oshawa, ON, Canada Award of Excellence - 2018 Oshawa Urban Design Awards
2017 CN Tower Toronto, ON, Canada RAIC Prix du XXe siecle
2015 Quinte Courthouse Belleville, ON, Canada IES Il tion Award of Merit, 2015
Quinte Courthouse Belleville, ON, Canada P3 Awards – Finalist, Best Designed Project – Partnerships Bulletin/P3 Bulletin
WaterPark Place Toronto, ON, Canada International Council of Shopping Centres (ICSC), Gold Award
2014 100 Adelaide Street West Toronto, ON, Canada NAIOP REX Award Office Lease of the Year
Nova Scotia Power Corporate Headquarters Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Canadian Institute of Steel Construction – Sustainability Award
Nova Scotia Power Corporate Headquarters Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada OAA Design Excellence Award
Quinte Courthouse Belleville, ON, Canada Canadian Design-Build Institute (CDBI) – Award of Excellence – Honourable Mention
2013 333 King Street East - Toronto Sun Building Redevelopment Toronto, ON, Canada Award of Engineering Merit, CISC Ontario Steel Design Awards
Conestoga Mall Waterloo, ON, Canada The Outstanding Building of the Year (TOBY) Shopping Centre, BOMA
The Edward Drake Building Ottawa, ON, Canada ReNew Canada Magazine – Top 100 Biggest Infrastructure Projects in Canada
Nova Scotia Power Corporate Headquarters Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada World Architectural Festival Shortlist Finalist, New and Old Category
Nova Scotia Power Corporate Headquarters Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada INSIDE: World Festival of Interiors Shortlist Finalist, Creative Re-Use Category
Nova Scotia Power Corporate Headquarters Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada CUI Brownie Award, Excellence in Project Development at the Building Scale
Nova Scotia Power Corporate Headquarters Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada SAB Magazine Canadian Green Building Award
WaterPark Place Toronto, ON, Canada North American Revit Technology Conference – Integration Category
2012 Bay Adelaide Centre Toronto, ON, Canada Ontario Association of Architects Design Excellence Award
Nova Scotia Power Corporate Headquarters Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Nova Scotia Lieutenant Governor’s Design Awards Medal of Excellence
Nova Scotia Power Corporate Headquarters Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada ARIDO Award of Merit: Restoration and Adaptive Re-use in the Workplace
Nova Scotia Power Corporate Headquarters Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada ARIDO Award of Merit: Sustainable Re-use in the Workplace
Durham Region Courthouse Oshawa, ON, Canada Urban Design Award for City of Oshawa
Durham Region Courthouse Oshawa, ON, Canada Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships, Silver Award
Durham Region Courthouse Oshawa, ON, Canada CUI Brownie Awards, Category 3 - Financing, Risk Management and Partnerships
WaterPark Place Toronto, ON, Canada International Properties Award, Best Office Development
WaterPark Place Toronto, ON, Canada NAIOP REX Awards, Office Lease of the Year
2011 The Edward Drake Building Ottawa, ON, Canada Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships –Innovation & Excellence in Project Financing – Silver Awards
The Edward Drake Building Ottawa, ON, Canada Real Property Institute of Canada – Partnership (Group)
The Edward Drake Building Ottawa, ON, Canada Project Finance Magazine – North American Social Infrastructure Deal of the Year
Durham Region Courthouse Oshawa, ON, Canada RAIC CaGBC Green Building Award of Excellence
Durham Region Courthouse Oshawa, ON, Canada World Architecture Festival Shortlist Finalist
Nova Scotia Power Corporate Headquarters Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Nova Scotia Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Excellence in Engineering – Refurbished Historic Buildings
2010 222 Jarvis Street Sustainable Building Renewal Toronto, ON, Canada Zero Footprint Re-Skinning Award, Finalist Large

Commercial Category

Bay Adelaide Centre Toronto, ON, Canada Ontario Steel Design Award
Conestoga Mall Waterloo, ON, Canada Gold Award, International Council of Shopping Centers Canadian Awards
Conestoga Mall Waterloo, ON, Canada Award of Merit, Association of Registered Interior Designers of Ontario (ARIDO)
Durham Region Courthouse Oshawa, ON, Canada ARIDO Award of Merit
Durham Region Courthouse Oshawa, ON, Canada Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships, Project Financing Award of Merit
Shops at Don Mills Toronto, ON, Canada International Council of Shopping Centers Canadian Awards, Gold Award
Shops at Don Mills Toronto, ON, Canada Canadian Society of Landscape Architects, National Merit Award
Nova Scotia Power Corporate Headquarters Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Zero Footprint Re-Skinning Award, Finalist Large Commercial Category
2009 Shops at Don Mills Toronto, ON, Canada Design Exchange Awards, Urban Design, Gold Award
Shops at Don Mills Toronto, ON, Canada CISC Ontario Steel Awards, Award of Architectural Merit
2008 Durham Region Courthouse Oshawa, ON, Canada AIA Certificate of Merit, San Francisco
2004 The Carlu at College Park Toronto, ON, Canada Toronto Construction Association “Best of the Best” Award
The Carlu at College Park Toronto, ON, Canada Heritage Toronto Award of Excellence
The Carlu at College Park Toronto, ON, Canada Ontario Association of Architects Design Award
2002 Canadian Embassy Warsaw, Poland Best Public Building, City of Warsaw (Poland), Mayor’s Awards for Architecture
Canadian Embassy Warsaw, Poland Polish Association of Architects Award, Publicly Funded Buildings Category
Casino Rama Resort Rama, ON, Canada Wood WORKS Design Award – Commercial Category
2001 Canadian Embassy Warsaw, Poland Best Building of the Year, Polish Business News
Creekside Phase I Mississauga, ON, Canada Mississauga Urban Design Awards, Award of Merit for Innovation

Notable projects

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EY Tower
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References

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  1. ^ "Profile | WZMH Architects". www.wzmh.com. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  2. ^ "WZMH and Pellow Merger - Bisnow, September 8, 2015 | WZMH Architects". www.wzmh.com. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  3. ^ "Wasted energy from data centers could power nearby buildings". www.bdcnetwork.com. 2021-09-22. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
  4. ^ "WZMH's Newest Project with Ryerson University will be the Smart Campus Integration and Testing Hub (SCITHub)". WZMH Architects. 2021-08-26. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
  5. ^ "Quincy Market" in SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/MA-01-GC5.
  6. ^ "Nova Scotia Power Corporate Headquarters". www.archdaily.com. ArchDaily. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
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