Omar
Gandhi
Principal
Omar Gandhi is a Canadian architect, born in Toronto and raised in Brampton and currently practicing and residing in both Halifax, Nova Scotia and Toronto, Ontario. After studying in the Regional Arts program at Mayfield Secondary School (Caledon) and then the inaugural Architectural Studies Program at the University of Toronto Omar moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia where he received his Master’s degree in 2005 at Dalhousie University. After graduation, Omar worked for some of Canada’s most respected architectural practices. Gandhi started his own design studio in 2010 and became a registered architectural practice in 2012.
Almost immediately, with the support of his small team - the studio became one of Canada’s most exciting and decorated. In 2014 Gandhi was hailed as “Canada’s Next Top Architect” by the Globe & Mail and in the year following year was listed in Monocle Magazine’s “20 most influential Canadians” roundup. Omar was appointed as the Louis I. Kahn visiting Assistant Professor in Architectural Design at the Yale School of Architecture for the Fall semester of the 2018-19 academic year. When not in the studio, Omar spends his time wandering the streets of the North End of Halifax, playing with his son, and traveling internationally to both teach and lecture.