Who We Are

Nemyxon Thalquinth

Principal Architect & Founder

Look, I didn't start this practice because I wanted another glass tower in the skyline. There's enough of those already, trust me.

Back in 2011, I was working for one of those big corporate firms - you know the type, everything's renderings and buzzwords. Then I got assigned to assess a 1890s warehouse slated for demo. Standing there in that dusty space, seeing those hand-laid bricks and timber beams that'd outlasted generations... something clicked. We were about to erase that craftsmanship for what? Another predictable development?

That building became my first independent project. Spent eighteen months convincing the client, the city, basically everyone that we could honor what was there while making it work for today. It's now a mixed-use space that people actually love being in.

Started Nemyxon Thalquinth Architects in 2013 with a pretty straightforward philosophy - don't just build stuff, think about what it means. Every project's gotta respect where it sits, what came before, and honestly, whether it'll still make sense in fifty years. Toronto's got this incredible architectural DNA from different eras, and I'm not interested in pretending it doesn't exist.

These days we split our time between bringing old buildings back to life and designing new ones that won't make future architects roll their eyes. Lot of residential work, commercial projects, urban planning stuff - always with sustainability baked in from day one, not slapped on at the end as an afterthought.

Got my Master's in Architecture from University of Toronto, studied heritage conservation in Edinburgh for a bit, became a LEED AP because it matters. But honestly? Most of what I know came from walking Toronto's neighborhoods, talking to the people who live in these spaces, and yeah - making plenty of mistakes along the way.

We're a small team, and that's deliberate. Means I'm still involved in every project, still sketching ideas at 11pm, still arguing with engineers about beam placements. That's the work. That's why we do this.