Omar Gandhi Architect Inc.

Omar Gandhi Architect Inc. is an architecture firm specializing in custom modern design based out of Toronto, Ontario and Halifax, Nova Scotia. The practice has become one of Canada’s leading young architecture studios. In 2013, the studio was the recipient of a Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Architecture in the first year of eligibility for Shantih. In 2012 Omar Gandhi and builder Deborah Herman-Spartinelli were recognized in the form of a Resolution from the House of Assembly of Nova Scotia for their collaboration on Cedar in Three Textures. Their projects Black Gables and Moore Studio were selected by Phaidon Architectural Press as part of their onlinePhaidon Atlas.

Since it’s inception in 2010, the studio has been the subject of dozens of high profile publications including Wallpaper* Magazine, the Globe and Mail, Canadian Architect Magazine, East Coast Living, The Chronicle Herald, The Coast, Halifax Magazine, The Telegraph Journal and the most notable online journals including ArchDaily,Dezeen, Architizer and Mark Magazine to name a few. The firm was recently named as one of the Top 20 Young Architectural Practices worldwide in Wallpaper* Magazines annual Architects Directory.

The company believes that good architecture need not be expensive and that all buildings deserve to be thoughtful, healthy and elegant environments for its occupants. Above all else, the studio serves to provide nice things for good people. Collaboration is a key element of the work we carry out. Whether our building project is a home design for a new build, a renovation of an existing residence, or an outbuilding, from a barn to a studio, collaboration and consultation between the owner and architect exists throughout.