MJMA

MJMA is a Toronto-based multidisciplinary design firm focused on projects that advance personal and civic wellness. In addition to Architecture, the firm fully integrates the design disciplines of Landscape Architecture, Urban Design, Interior Design, and Environmental Graphic Design under one roof, with accredited designers in each field. This process allows us to integrate and overlap at each stage of a project to generate diverse and holistic thinking, ensuring an innovative but consistent and rigorous tailored design solution.

Olga Pushkar, OBEC, MRAIC | Associate

Olga’s design career is highlighted by award-winning projects completed at some of Canada’s most reputable architecture firms including: Ian MacDonald Architect, Shim Sutcliffe Architects, and KPMB Architects. Since joining MJMA in 2009, Olga has led a broad range of community recreation projects. She continues to bring thoughtful project-specific design solutions with responsive site strategies, spatial richness and carefully articulated materials to her projects. Furthermore, Olga’s design strength is rounded out by a global perspective and continued advocacy for local issues through her involvement with non-profit organizations: participating on international teams with Habitat for Humanity building homes in Central America, Kenya, and Kyrgyzstan.

Tarisha Dolyniuk, OAA, ARIDO, NCIDQ, IDC, MRAIC, LEED AP | Director of Interiors

Tarisha graduated from the University of Toronto with a Masters of Architecture in 2003. She is both a registered Architect and Interior Designer. Over her 20-year career, she has focused her attention to interior design and detailing and has developed strong organizational, graphic and communication skills, working in multi-disciplinary team environments for a variety of project types. She now works almost exclusively on community and recreation interiors. This expertise allows her to translate design concepts into innovative, creative and supportive design solutions, and her close attention to technical detailing has resulted in numerous national design awards.

Darlene Montgomery, OALA, CSLA | Director of Landscape

After completing a BLA at the University of Toronto in 2001, Darlene returned to Daniels School of Architecture, Landscape and Design in 2013, to complete a post-professional MLA as a way to further her research and understanding of the profession. She has designed landscapes in Canada and in the U.S. that range from a 50-mile long bioremediation project in Riyadh; to a rooftop children’s garden for the YMCA; to a post-Sandy resiliency study for buildings along Water Street in Manhattan. All of the projects evaluate natural and sociological systems and project ways of navigating into future decades. Several of her projects have won prestigious awards including two 2014 New York ASLA Awards for the Master Plan of Hudson Square and the design of West Point Foundry Preserve where she served as the prime designer / project manager, with large teams of specialized consultants.

Claudia Cozzitorto, OAA, MRAIC, LEED AP  | Director of BIM and Digital Practice

As MJMA’s Director of BIM and Digital Practice, Claudia leads the implementation of BIM and ensures the studio continues to be at the forefront of technology and innovation. Claudia is a licensed architect with nearly 15 years of practice in both Ontario and British Columbia. She oversees all of MJMA’s BIM Projects and is integral in their setup and is a key member of all the firm’s recent recreation projects. Claudia is a BIM industry recognized thought leader, as the Executive Director of the Toronto BIM Community, the Vice-Chair of Communications for BuildingSMART Canada, and a board member of the Institute for BIM in Canada (IBC) Steering Committee as a RAIC representative.

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