# WZMH Architects

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. In 2015, WZMH merged with retail design firm, pellow + associates.
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. 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.

## Awards

Illuminating Engineering Society of North America:
2015: IES Illumination Award of Merit - Quinte Courthouse
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 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- Nova Scotia Power Corporate Headquarters

### Ontario Architect's Association Awards

2014: OAA Design Excellence Award- Nova Scotia Power Corporate Headquarters
2012: OAA Award for Design Excellence- Bay Adelaide Centre West Tower

## Notable projects

* 222 Jarvis Street Sustainable Building Renewal, Toronto
* Bay Adelaide Centre, Toronto
* BCC Data Centre, Ontario
* Caesars Windsor, Windsor
* Canadian Embassy, Warsaw, Poland
* Canadian Space Agency, St. Hubert, Quebec
* Casino Rama, Rama, Ontario
* Centennial Place, Calgary
* CN Tower, Toronto
* CSEC Long-Term Accommodation, Ottawa
* Durham Region Courthouse, Oshawa
* Harbour Centre, Vancouver
* Exchange Place, Boston
* Lester B. Pearson Building, Ottawa
* Maplewood High School, Toronto
* Marketplace Center, Boston
* Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Abu Dhabi
* Nile Plaza - Four Seasons Hotel, Cairo
* Nile Ritz-Carlton, Cairo
* Nova Scotia Power Corporate Headquarters, Halifax
* Parkway Forest Re-Urbanization and Emerald City, Toronto
* Public Institution for Social Security Headquarters (PIFFS), Kuwait
* Quinte Courthouse, Belleville, Ontario
* Royal Bank Plaza, Toronto
* San Stefano Grand Plaza
* Scotia Plaza, Toronto
* Shanghai Securities Exchange Building, Shanghai
* Tabor Park Vocational School (Jean Vanier Catholic Secondary School), Toronto
* The Crossways, Toronto
* WaterPark Place, Toronto

## Gallery

* Canterra Tower
* Scotia Plaza
* DaimlerChrysler Tower
* Calgary Municipal Building
* Bow Valley Square
* Tabor Park Vocational School, Scarborough, Ontario (Toronto District School Board)
* Maplewood Vocational School, Scarborough, Ontario (Toronto District School Board)