Moriyama Teshima Architects

08/12/2026

In collaboration with , MTA designed Limberlost Place, a 10-storey mass timber building for George Brown Polytechnic’s Waterfront Campus. The net-zero carbon tower serves as the institution's School of Architectural Studies. With connections to public transit, plenty of fresh air, natural light, and the use of exposed mass timber, the academic facility creates a warm, welcoming environment for students to learn about sustainabble design in a hands-on manner.

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Editing by Kai Lovlin (.kai

06/17/2026

From historical fiction and award-winning memoirs to postmodern novels, MTA loves reading! Our team are dedicated bibliophiles, finding inspiration and escape in the stories of fiction and non-fiction books alike. We will be heading to our local Toronto Public Library branches to source our top picks. What are you reading this summer?

Piranesi - Susanna Clarke
Echoes from Eden - Dax Dasilva
Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian Mafia - John Dickie
A Frolic of His Own - William Gaddis
When Eero Met His Match: Aline Louchheim Saarinen and the Making of an Architect - Eva Hagberg
Solidarity: The Past, Present, and Future of a World-Changing Idea - Leah Hunt-Hendrix and Astra Taylor
Small Things Like These - Claire Keegan
Tyll - Daniel Kehlmann
The End - Karl Ove Knausgaard
Angel Down - Daniel Kraus
The Sympathizer - Viet Thanh Nguyen
Hamnet - Maggie O’Farrell
The Typing Lady - Ruth Ozeki
The Politics of Design - Ruben Pater
Year of the Monkey - Patti Smith
From the Mouth of the Whale - Sjón
The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables - Robert Louis Stevenson
The Mushroom at the End of the World - Lisa Tsing
The Order of the Day - Éric Vuillard
The 5th Wave - Rick Yancey

06/03/2026

With the housing crisis in Canada, there’s no one size fits all solution. Architects across the country have been thinking about affordability through the angles of innovation and policy to ensure that the issue is addressed upstream, and that designers are included in the conversation alongside politicians, bankers, and developers.
 
In last month’s issue of Canadian Architect, MTA Partner Carol Phillips and 5468796 Co-Founder Joanna Hurme shared their ideas with Ian Chodikoff. For Carol, modern methods of construction with mass timber systems can offer opportunities for standardization in Ontario, while Joanna considers changes in regulation and ownership structures in Winnipeg. For both design leaders, these responses can unlock affordable housing delivery that support stability, dignity, and community.
 
To read their full interviews, visit: canadianarchitect.com/april-2026

05/18/2026

“Museums are the lungs of the city—they make it breathe.” – Enzo Mari, Italian artist and designer
 
Every museum has a story to tell, whether it’s about a particular region, event, culture, or theme. Through displaying and preserving significant objects, they educate the public and facilitate cultural exchange. By engaging with history, we establish context for the present and have the potential to shape the future toward mutual understanding.
 
MTA is proud to have designed a number of museums across Ontario, a result of our mission to build inspiring and enduring spaces that transform communities and reinforce civic identity.
 
Happy International Museum Day!

Images:
Aga Khan Museum
Canadian War Museum
Etihad Museum
Niagara Falls Region Museum
Bata Shoe Museum
Waterloo Region Museum

05/18/2026

“Museums are the lungs of the city—they make it breathe.” – Enzo Mari, Italian artist and designer
 
Every museum has a story to tell, whether it’s about a particular region, event, culture, or theme. Through displaying and preserving significant objects, they educate the public and facilitate cultural exchange. By engaging with history, we establish context for the present and hold the potential to shape the future toward mutual understanding.
 
MTA is proud to have designed a number of museums across Ontario, a result of our mission to build inspiring and enduring spaces that transform communities and reinforce civic identity.
 
Happy International Museum Day!

Images:
Aga Khan Museum
Canadian War Museum
Etihad Museum
Niagara Falls History Museum
Bata Shoe Museum
Waterloo Region Museum

03/02/2026

Moriyama Teshima Architects is honoured to receive the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada’s () 2026 Architectural Practice Award, which recognizes a Canadian architectural practice that consistently produces distinguished architecture.

“We are deeply grateful for this recognition from our peers and from the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. We carry a legacy of bold, passionate design from our founders, and we’re honoured to be recognized today, not for where we’ve come from, but for who we are now—a collective that continues to evolve and continues to push boundaries with courage in the pursuit of a more balanced and beautiful future.

We share this honour with every collaborator, from our clients and partners to the communities we work with, who believe, as we do, that purposeful design has agency to shape a better world for people and for planet.” - Carol Phillips, Partner

1. Multi-Faith Centre, University of Toronto
2. Ismaili Centre (with Charles Correa Associates)
3. Canada Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai
4. Government of Canada Visitor Welcoming Centre (with Arcadis)
5. Aga Khan Museum (with Maki and Associates)
6. Etihad Museum (with CH2M Hill)
7. Parks Canada Collections and Curatorial Centre (with NFOE Architects)
8. Limberlost Place, George Brown Polytechnic (with Acton Ostry Architects)

12/09/2025

Thank you to About Here for featuring MTA’s winning entry in the 2025 Urbanarium Decoding Timber Towers Competition—Timber Commons! This low-carbon housing project unites affordability, sustainability, and community through a flexible kit of prefabricated mass timber components, a renewable resource that reduces costs and accelerates construction. The project combines multiple construction methods, including concrete cores, mass timber circulation, modular units, and timber columns and panels, carefully coordinated to integrate utilities and maintain simplicity. Interior spaces are highly adaptable while being thoughtfully arranged for gathering, play, and performance. Timber Commons provides a site-specific solution and a replicable framework to address affordable housing and climate challenges with a unified approach.

Video link: https://youtu.be/gQ42KhybIUk?si=nUn78Y7ubaWPDKaE

I'm honoured to partner with Urbanarium to bring you this video. Purchase their Decoding Timber Towers competition book at https://vancouver-urbanarium-socie...

11/11/2025

On Remembrance Day, we pause to honour those who served and sacrificed for our freedom. Their courage continues to inspire generations.

11/06/2025

“We don’t make a sustainable world by making buildings that are only demonstrative, but by showing what is possible for every building.” — Carol Phillips, Partner-in-Charge
 
Azure Magazine’s Climate Issue celebrates Limberlost Place as a pioneering display of climate-conscious design. The feature, “Timber Land,” spotlights how this groundbreaking George Brown College building (designed by Moriyama Teshima Architects with Acton Ostry Architects) sets a new precedent for low-carbon, code-shifting architecture in Canada.
 
Through open-source research, adaptive learning spaces, and visible structural systems, Limberlost Place is leading by example to help to build the future of Canada’s sustainable design industry.

11/04/2025

This November we pause together and remember. Join us at the Canadian War Museum on Nov 11 for a livestream of our ceremony in Memorial Hall and explore our remembrance program online. 🎖️

https://www.warmuseum.ca/events-and-programming/remembrance-day