Omar Gandhi

Omar Gandhi founded Omar Gandhi Architects (OG)  in 2010, and has design studios in Toronto and Halifax, Canada. The internationally honoured practice has produced a portfolio of architecture and other designed products for projects ranging from homes and innovative urban in-fills to medium and large scale public works, and historic landscapes Gandhi and his highly collaborative OG team create architecture that responds in often remarkable ways to design briefs. The practice’s critically acclaimed work continues to attract ambitious clients, and this has been key to architecturally sophisticated projects such as the Schlotfeldt Residence in British Columbia’s Columbia’s Okanagan Valley, the Rabbit Snare Gorge cabin in Nova Scotia, and OGA’s remarkable landform-like intervention at the historically important Peggy’s Cove site in Nova Scotia. The practice’s honors include the Canada Council for the Arts Professional Prix de Rome, Architectural Record Magazine’s 2018 Design Vanguard, and the Canadian Governor General’s Medal in Architecture. Omar Gandhi was a Louis I. Kahn visiting Assistant Professor in Architectural Design at the Yale School of Architecture, and was named among Monocle magazine’s Most Influential Canadians. www.omargandhi.com