Michael Taylor has been partner-in-charge and principal designer of many of the firm’s high profile projects that include custom residences, schools, community centres and workplace environments. Each of these has benefited from his hands-on approach and careful attention to detail and materiality.

His approach to design is founded on creating a partnership with his clients to craft thoughtful, and enduring spaces. His work has received 25 awards for design excellence, including 3 Ontario Association of Architects awards, one of which also received the People’s Choice award, as well as a Toronto Urban Design Award for the Market Street Redevelopment.

A registered architect since 1993, Michael cofounded Taylor Smyth Architects in 2000 with Robert Smyth. Over the past 22 years, he has completed 20 custom residences, numerous projects for the Toronto District School Board, the $10 million Centennial Community Center, and many workplace projects. He recently completed the commercial redevelopment of the full block along Market Street opposite the St. Lawrence Market, which included renovation and retrofit of a number of heritage buildings, along with the design of a new building to complete the block.