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2021 Emerging Architect Award | Anya Moryoussef
As a child, Anya Moryoussef was especially sensitive to her surroundings; to light and dark, joy and anger, emptiness and fullness, strength, and fragility. She lived in many homes; some happy, some bright, some full, some less of all these things. Anya knew a space could make you feel, could change… Read More
The 2021 recipient of RAIC Emerging Architect Award is Anya Moryoussef. Jurors for the award stated, "Throughout her career, Anya has demonstrated an enduring commitment to design excellence along with the skills to achieve not only well-designed buildings, but to design architecture that addresses … Read More
Anya Moryoussef knew a space could make you feel, could change your mood, your sense of security, well-being, productivity, prosperity, potential. In this office, the contemporary and modern feel adds to the environment.
Before submitting a proposal, Anya insists on meeting a client at their home. In these visits, she starts to intuit the potential of a client and their space. Anya listens closely to the stories they tell, with no preconceptions about who a client is or the kind of place they want to be inside. The … Read More
Jurors for the RAIC Emerging Architect Award in 2021 stated, "Anya Moryoussef's work and intellectual approach are distinguished by the sensitivity and clarity of the goals she seems to have set for the profession of architecture.
Her involvement in the teaching of architecture is also to be comm… Read More
Anya Moryoussef helped create this bright and open space. Moryoussef was the 2021 recipient of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Emerging Architect Award.
In 2014, Anya left Superkül to practice her craft on her terms— which were: do ambitious work, support her soon-to-be growing family with her income, and make buildings. She did not regard these expectations as grand, but Anya soon learned how grand they were with the prospects that faced a sole pra… Read More
Jurors for the RAIC Emerging Architect Award in 2021 stated, "From simple pavilions to homes and public buildings, her work has shown itself to be highly attuned to her clients’ needs and budgets, while time and again creating designs of a high calibre, precisely detailed, and beautifully executed. … Read More
In 2011, Anya became Toronto firm Superkül’s first Associate, growing alongside the firm as projects began to take on greater scale and scope. As the sole associate, Anya found herself taking on greater managerial responsibilities, and while the exposure to new dimensions of practice were crucial to… Read More
