Revitalizing the home for performing arts in Canada by welcoming the city in, day and night.

“[DSA’s] design for the Mariinsky II transcends the perceived boundaries of classical versus modern. Its acoustic and spatial design is taking the standard of performances to whole new levels.”

Hinge Magazine

“The design solution is rigorous and uncompromising, highly appropriate and smart. The lighting effects, while in other circumstances often gratuitous, here speak dynamically to the building’s character and use.”

Toronto Urban Design Awards

“Dreams sometimes do come true. It has been a dream of our musicians to have a great home, one in which we can make the best music possible for you, our public. Our collective wish is now being granted, and we are very grateful to all who have brought this project forward."

Jaap van Zweden, Music Director, New York Philharmonic

"The OPL-LAC Joint Facility will be a welcoming, beautiful and inclusive space; one where people gather, learn, discover, and explore their creativity.”

Councillor Tim Tierney, Chair, Ottawa Public Library Board

Enabling a growing university to launch an expanded campus and creating the context for its business, economics, and mathematical communities to do pioneering work.

“There is hardly a college today that isn’t rushing to build its own version of Papadakis.”

Philadelphia Inquirer

An exquisite renovation that restores a classic train station and converts it into a gracious, public-facing home for Canada’s Senate.

An urban research institute that inspires renowned scientists to find new collaborative ways to solve children’s health problems.