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

Illuminating Engineering Society of North America:

2015: IES Illumination Award of Merit - Quinte Courthouse[5]

International Council of Shopping Centre Awards:

2015: Gold ICSC within the New Development Category - Outlet Collection at Niagara and RBC WaterPark Place in Toronto

Canadian Urban Institute:

2013: CUI Brownie Award[6] in the Excellence in Project Development at the Building Scale category – Nova Scotia Power Corporate Headquarters

Canada Green Building Council:

2013: Canadian Green Building Award[7]- Nova Scotia Power Corporate Headquarters

Ontario Architect's Association Awards

2014: OAA Design Excellence Award[8]- Nova Scotia Power Corporate Headquarters

2012: OAA Award for Design Excellence[9]- Bay Adelaide Centre West Tower

CN Tower
Petro-Canada Centre

Notable projects

Gallery

References

  1. ^ "Profile | WZMH Architects". www.wzmh.com. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  2. ^ "WZMH and Pellow Merger - Bisnow, September 8, 2015 | WZMH Architects". www.wzmh.com. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  3. ^ "Wasted energy from data centers could power nearby buildings". www.bdcnetwork.com. 2021-09-22. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
  4. ^ "WZMH's Newest Project with Ryerson University will be the Smart Campus Integration and Testing Hub (SCITHub)". WZMH Architects. 2021-08-26. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
  5. ^ "2015 IES Illumination Award of Merit - Quinte Courthouse | WZMH Architects". www.wzmh.com. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  6. ^ "2013 CUI Brownie Award winners | Ontario Association of Architects". www.oaa.on.ca. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  7. ^ "2013 CANADIAN GREEN BUILDING AWARDS WINNING PROJECTS | Sustainable Architecture and Building Magazine". www.sabmagazine.com. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  8. ^ "Ontario Association of Architects Announces 2014 Award Winners and Opens Voting for People's Choice Award March 25 - April 15 | Ontario Association of Architects". www.oaa.on.ca. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  9. ^ "2012 OAA AWARDS | Ontario Association of Architects". www.oaa.on.ca. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  10. ^ "Quincy Market" in SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/MA-01-GC5.
  11. ^ "Nova Scotia Power Corporate Headquarters". www.archdaily.com. ArchDaily. Retrieved 7 May 2022.

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