WZMH Architects

WZMH Architects
WZMH Architects
Practice information
Founders	Peter Webb, Boris Zerafa, Rene Menkes, Warwick Housden
Founded	1961
Location	Toronto
Significant works and honors
Projects	CN 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


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