OAA, LEED GA, AIA INTL, RAIC
LICENSED ARCHITECT.
CREATIVE LEADER.
ENTREPRENEUR.
TRIATHLETE.
GLOBE-TROTTING SHIT-DISTURBER.
IN 2023, FOLLOWING A SERIES OF TRANSFORMATIONAL PLANT-MEDICINE JOURNEYS, JONATHAN ESTABLISHED LIMINAL, AN AGILE GLOBAL STUDIO FOCUSED ON DISTINGUISHED, ONE-OF-A-KIND RESIDENTIAL, WELLNESS, AND HOSPITALITY PROJECTS.
"OUR MISSION IS TO CREATE THE MOST COMPELLING ARCHITECTURE FOR THE MOST COMPELLING PEOPLE, TO GIVE PHYSICAL FORM TO OUR CLIENTS’ DEFINING ETHOS, BRAND AND PERSONAL LEGACY.
OUR CLIENTS ARE CHANGE-MAKERS AND FELLOW CREATIVES WITH UNIQUE STORIES TO TELL, INDIVIDUALS + ORGANIZATIONS WHO TAKE PRIDE IN SHAPING THE WORLD AROUND THEM."
JONATHAN LEADS THE STUDIO WITH AN UNPARALLED PASSION FOR CRAFTING EXCEPTIONAL DESIGN EXPERIENCES. A HIGHLY INTUITIVE AND CREATIVE FORCE, HE CONSISTENTLY CHALLENGES TRADITIONAL NOTIONS OF ARCHITECTURE, SOLVING COMPLEXITY AND CONTRADICTION THROUGH INNOVATION AND LATERAL THINKING. HE BALANCES BIG VISION WITH RIGOUROUS ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND MATERIALITY.
WITH OVER 25 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, INCLUDING A DECADE CO-LEADING ONE OF CANADA’S MOST INFLUENTIAL + CELEBRATED YOUNG FIRMS, HE HAS OVERSEEN PROJECTS ACROSS ALL MAJOR TYPOLOGIES, TOTALING OVER $500 MILLION CONSTRUCTION VALUE.
PRIOR TO LIMINAL, JONATHAN CO-LED THE ACCLAIMED DESIGN FIRM, PARTISANS, [read article] TRANSFORMING IT FROM “START-UP” TO “SOUGHT-OUT," RECEIVING NUMEROUS ACCOLADES AND DISTINCTIONS, INCLUDING: “REAL ESTATE’S ‘22 MOST INFLUENTIAL” [read article] AND THE ROYAL ARCHITECTURAL INSTITUTE OF CANADA’S "EMERGING PRACTICE OF THE YEAR 2020" [read article] THE GROTTO SAUNA PROJECT APPEARS ON TOP 10 LISTS OF SAUNAS AROUND THE WORLD AND 4 OUT OF 5 RESTAURANTS DESIGNED HAVE RECEIVED MICHELIN STAR ACCOLADES.
"I AM VERY PROUD OF OUR PAST ACHIEVEMENTS AND THE TRAIL WE BLAZED FOR OTHER EMERGING ARCHITECTURE STARTUPS IN CANADA. IN ESTABLISHING LIMINAL, I AM FORGING A NEW PATH TO PURSUE THE PROJECTS THAT DEEPLY RESONATE WITH ME AND THAT I AM MOST PASSIONATE ABOUT. THESE PROJECTS WILL FOCUS ON ONE-OF-A-KIND HOSPITALITY, WELLNESS AND PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL ENDEAVOURS.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR UNRESTRAINED CREATIVE EXPRESSION AND TO BUILD A NEW TYPE OF ARCHITECTURAL STUDIO THAT IS MORE EGALITARIAN AND SERVES AS A PLATFORM FOR GLOBAL TALENT."
BORN AND RAISED IN DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA TO BRITISH + SWEDISH IMMIGRANTS, HIS CHILDHOOD WAS SPENT BAREFOOT AMONGST NATURE AND THE BACKDROP OF APARTHEID. AT AN EARLY AGE, HE KNEW HE WANTED TO BE AN ARCHITECT, SPENDING WEEKENDS AT THE BEACH, CRAFTING ELABORATE CREATIONS IN THE SAND. IN 1988, THE FAMILY EMIGRATED TO TORONTO, CANADA.
HE HAS LECTURED AND SERVED AS A GUEST CRITIC IN EUROPE AND NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA.
AN ACCOMPLISHED ARTIST AND PHOTOGRAPHER, JONATHAN HAS LIVED AND TRAVELLED AROUND THE WORLD. HE CURRENTLY DIVIDES HIS TIME BETWEEN LOS ANGELES, TORONTO AND COSTA RICA.
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