May 2015
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“There are a lot of similarities to our proj-
ects,” he said. “But at the same time they’re
all very different and that’s the client com-
ing through. We take what they want and we
push it as far as we can, we’re basically facili-
tating people’s desires for contemporary liv-
ing, and we’re quite good at it because we’ve
been doing it for a long time.”
SMART DESIGN
In the early days of the firm, architectural
trends inToronto were leaningmore towards
the historic end of the spectrum, which led
Altius Architecture to more work outside
the GTA. Though as Ontario’s capital city
entered the newmillennium, opinions began
to shift, as too did the inherently sustainable
nature of modern architecture.
“We ended up doing a lot of work in Mus-
koka because in Toronto, everyone wanted
Tudor and French Chateaus,” Smith said. “In
