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.

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
 * 99 Atlantic Avenue Redevelopment, Toronto
 * CSEC Long-Term Accommodation, Ottawa
 * Durham Region Courthouse, Oshawa
 * Abbotsford Law Courts, British Columbia
 * Toronto Police Service Divison 41, Toronto
 * Harbour Centre, Vancouver
 * Exchange Place, Boston
 * Lester B. Pearson Building, Ottawa
 * Marketplace Center, Boston RBC Waterpark Place.jpg
 * 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
 * York Region Administrative Centre Annex(ACA), Ontario
 * Royal Bank Plaza, Toronto
 * San Stefano Grand Plaza, Egypt
 * Scotia Plaza, Toronto
 * Shanghai Securities Exchange Building, Shanghai
 * Tabor Park Vocational School (Jean Vanier Catholic Secondary School), Toronto
 * The Crossways, Toronto
 * WaterPark Place, Toronto
 * Yorkville Plaza, Toronto
 * Lansing Square Masterplan, Toronto
 * 33 Bloor East, Toronto
 * 777 Bay Street, Toronto
 * T3 Bayside, Toronto
 * 65 King Street East, Toronto