Taylor Smyth Architects is a full-service Canadian practice dedicated to creating enduring, finely crafted architecture. Since 2000, the firm has earned an international reputation for elegant buildings and interiors shaped by place, client aspirations, and authentic material expression. Their work is guided by fundamentals to which people naturally respond—light, texture and colour, natural materials and proportion—balancing openness with a sense of shelter and fostering strong connections to views and the outdoors. By pairing quality materials with careful craftsmanship, they deliver refined private residences, high-quality public buildings, and thoughtful redevelopment projects.
The studio’s approach centres on listening, rigorous service, and exceptional attention to detail, building long-term relationships with clients, suppliers, contractors, and collaborators. Drawing on extensive project experience and technical rigour—and a keen interest in how people live, work, and play—they create innovative environments that both nurture and delight. Their award-winning portfolio spans residential and interior design, educational, recreational, and workplace facilities, retail environments, and master planning, with work widely recognised in local, national, and international publications and awards.
LOCATION: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Michael Taylor Architecture + Design builds on the legacy of Taylor Smyth Architects and continues its commitment to client service, attention to detail and design excellence.
Two adjacent contemporary houses in a Victorian Toronto neighbourhood, designed by the same architect and for the same client, subtly respond to the local vernacular and to each other, while expressing their own unique characters.
The interior of this 1990’s condo was gutted and completely reconfigured with a contemporary design that juxtaposes a refined palette of oak, stone and steel with the exposed raw concrete structure of the base building.
The clients, Jesleen and Jihad, a young professional couple expecting their first child, approached Taylor Smyth to design a new residence, having been impressed by one of their other contemporary houses nearby, winner of the People’s Choice…
Taylor Smyth Architects and Cecconi Simone collaborated on the design of the house, with the sophisticated interiors custom designed by Cecconi Simone to incorporate bronze privacy screens, stone, wood paneling and built-in millwork.
The transformation of a somber traditional interior into a joyful modern open environment was designed to be a vessel for the clients’ extensive art collection, as well as a family focused environment for their three children. Built…
