Naama Blonder | Architect, Urban Designer | B.Arch, OAA, MCIP

Naama is an Architect and an Urban Designer who has gained technical and management experience in planning and architecture in some of the city’s most renowned firms. At Urban Strategies and Hariri Pontarini Architects, she has worked on high-profile master plans in Toronto and participated in both the architectural and the planning aspects of some of these plans. She also managed the City of Toronto’s most recent design guidelines study: Growing Up – Planning for Children in New Vertical Communities.

Naama currently serves the OAA Affordable Housing Task Force, volunteers with Kehilla, an Affordable Housing Programme, and is the Chair of the United Jewish Appeal Young Real Estate Division. With a special interest in the design of the public realm, urban form, and development economics, Naama brings fresh, visionary and practical solutions to the projects she works on. Learn more about Naama >>

Misha Bereznyak | Architect | B.Arch, MUDS, OAA, LEED ND

Misha is a registered Architect and is educated in both architecture and urban planning. His experience in both disciplines gives him the expertise and the proven ability to lead complex development projects.

Working in an internationally recognized firm based in Toronto, Misha’s work included transforming large underutilized sites in the GTA, Ottawa and Greater Vancouver into vibrant, mixed-use communities.

With the combination of creativity and diligence, Misha explores a wide range of design solutions and conducts thorough research, looking deep into the implications of the design options to achieve nothing but excellent results. Learn More About Misha >>

 

Amit is an Architectural Designer specializing in modular architecture and efficient design layout for co-live/work housing and micro-home buildings.

Amit Co-founded CercaHomes, a design and manufacturing studio. The studio developed affordable and scalable modular housing units to introduce gentle density to existing neighbourhoods and operates in Toronto, Los Angeles and San Francisco.  

Amit has designed co-live/workspaces for grad students and young professionals while considering complex historic preservation and structural reinforcement requirements as well as sensitively managing tenant, supplier, and contractor relationships.