Lee
And
Macgillivray Architecture
Studio

Modern office with two computers, office chairs, large window with wooden frames, potted plant, shelves with documents and decorative items, white desk, and a light-filled, minimalistic decor.

LAMAS is an award winning architecture studio registered in the United States and Canada. We have worked in a range of scales, from ground-up residential houses to manufacturing and commercial spaces. We are practitioners and academics, equally invested in pragmatics and discursive research. Together with our energetic staff, we explore ornament, color, optical illusions, and craft traditions with advanced technology.

LAMAS was a 2014 finalist for MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program. We were named “Next Progressives” by Architect Magazine in 2017. Our work has won the 2017 Architizer+ Award, 2011 R+D Award and has been cited by Dwell Magazine, I.D. Magazine, and ACSA Faculty Design Awards. Our practice is backed by 16 years of combined experience as project managers for SHoP Architects and Gluck+. We have designed and led those teams to earn P/A Awards and the 2013 National AIA Housing Award.

LAMAS was founded by Vivian Lee and James Macgillivray.

TEAM

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WEIHAN VIVIAN LEE
Partner

Wei-Han Vivian Lee is a registered architect in the U.S. and Canada, and director of the Masters of Architecture program at the University of Toronto Daniels Faculty. As founding partner of LAMAS, Lee brings to the studio her research on the role of craft in the age of digital architecture as related to issues of craft, labor, vernacular traditions, and professional practice. 

Prior to LAMAS, Lee practiced as a project manager at SHoP Architects and LTL Architects in New York City. While at SHoP Architects, she co-led her team to earn a P/A Award for the NYC East River Waterfront project in 2008.Lee received her masters of architecture from Harvard’s Graduate School of Design. She holds a B.A. in studio arts from Wesleyan University.

JAMES MACGILLIVRAY
Partner

James Macgillivray is a registered architect, co-founder of LAMAS and lecturer at the University of Toronto Daniels Faculty. He has published widely on film, architecture and projection. He is from Toronto and received his Masters in Architecture from Harvard’s Graduate School of Design and his B.A. in Architecture from Princeton University. 

Prior to founding LAMAS James worked as a designer at Steven Holl Architects and as a project manager at Peter Gluck and Partners Architects.

Modern office with wooden framed windows, shelves with binders and office supplies, desks with computers, and chairs in a bright, minimalist design.

KARA VERBEEK
Associate Partner

Kara is a Toronto-based designer and educator. She is an associate at LAMAS where she manages various research, residential, and commercial projects. Before moving to Toronto, Kara was a junior architect at OMA in Rotterdam and has also worked at studios in Vancouver and Copenhagen. Kara completed her Master of Architecture degree at UBC’s School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, where she received numerous awards and scholarships. Prior to studying architecture, Kara graduated with a Bachelor of Design and worked as graphic designer. Combining architecture with her interest in graphic design, she is passionate about the ways in which the two disciplines can work together to represent, communicate, and create space.

TIFFANY WONG
Project Manager

Tiffany is a designer at LAMAS where she manages and participates in residential projects. Prior to her time at LAMAS, she has interned at various firms in Toronto, BIG in New York, and Hata Tomohiro in Kobe, Japan. Her experiences in design have ranged from private residential, multi-unit residential, commercial, and public. Tiffany completed her Master of Architecture at Daniels Faculty of Architecture at the University of Toronto and her Bachelors of Architecture from Carleton University. She has a passion for design and a love to see it realized.

LAMAS PAST + PRESENT

Missy Ablin
Phil Carr-Harris
Kevin Chan
Grace Chang
Kevin Chen
Elaine Chau

Scott Claassen
Caterina Cuda
Pooja Dalal
Ella den Elzen
Patrick Ethen
Miranda Fay

Mariano Martellacci
Samiha Meem
Carolina Mellado
Roya Mottahedeh
Isaac Ng
Jennifer Ng

Le Nguyen
Elizabeth Nichols
Ron Noble
Max Obata
Gloria Perez
Andrea Rodriguez Fos

Cassandra Rota
Kiefer Savage
Fahim Shahreer
Clara Syme
Dakota Wares-Tani
Miriam Wierzchoslawska

Mark Kurzawinski
Soonjae Kwon
Liu Liu
Nora Leon
Tarlton Long
Owen Maher

Scott Fredricks
Dimah Ghazal
William Guinane
Dylan Johnston
Andrea Kamilaris
Daniel Kobran