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Place before plan.
A site is studied like a portrait — its sightlines, its sidewalks, the rhythm of its neighbours — long before architecture is briefed.
001 — About
Founded in 1999, Bazis has shaped some of the most consequential addresses in the country's largest city. This is how — and why — we do it.
002 — Origin
Bazis was founded with a deceptively simple thesis — that the most enduring real estate in any city is the kind that feels, after thirty years, like it has always been there.
That thesis has guided every project since. We choose corners over campaigns. We pay attention to the way the morning light meets a sidewalk, and what's across the street. We invest in materials that age well, and architects who understand that the easiest way to date a building is to chase a trend.
The result is a quietly unmistakable portfolio: One Bloor at the city's most-photographed intersection, the Emerald Park towers anchoring the north end, and a generation of mid-town addresses that locals point to without naming the developer — which is, in our experience, the highest compliment a building can earn.
003 — Selected Milestones
Each entry below represents either a delivered residence, a notable acquisition, or a milestone in the firm's development of how it works.
004 — Principles
Most developers find a parcel and ask what fits. We tend to do it the other way around.
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A site is studied like a portrait — its sightlines, its sidewalks, the rhythm of its neighbours — long before architecture is briefed.
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Limestone, bronze, oak, terrazzo — chosen for their patina at year thirty, not their photograph at year one.
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Every project is designed twice — once for the day it opens, and once for the resident who arrives in 2055. The second design always wins.
005 — Studio
A studio of architects, planners, designers, and builders. The names below lead the firm — but the work itself is delivered by a team of seventy.
Michael Gold
Founder & Principal
Sarah Kowalski
Director of Design
James Roy
Director of Development
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