The compact Studiolo was designed for a screenwriter with a background in architecture, and focuses on a desk washed with light from above. Photo by Scott Norsworthy
Architect Anya Moryoussef is the director and founder of Anya Moryoussef Architect (AM_A), a practice started in 2016. Her professional career includes award-winning work with firms in Canada and abroad. She demonstrates a commitment to design excellence and innovation in the practice of architecture, and serves the profession and the community through teaching, mentorship and speaking engagements.
Moryoussef graduated from the Master of Architecture program at the University of Waterloo with Commendation and Honours, achieving the highest academic standing in her undergraduate degree and receiving the RAIC Student Medal for Outstanding Thesis. Following graduation, she apprenticed with Sarah Wigglesworth Architects in London, UK. Her work included the designing the jewel-like Bermondsey Bicycle Storage, working on the multiple-award-winning Sandal Magna Primary School, and designing and directing a studio at the Bergen Arkitektskole in Norway.
While working at Sarah Wigglesworth Architects in the UK, Moryoussef was the project designer for the Bermondsey Bicycle Storage?a bicycle shed in South East London made to look like a crown jewel. Photo by Mark Hadden
Returning to Toronto, she joined a small design-forward firm with a focus on residential projects, where she became the firm?s first associate. ?My role ...