MJMA

What MJMA does

MJMA Architecture & Design is a Toronto-based, privately held architecture and design practice founded on the design principles of its first project — a community centre in a public park — that continue to shape the firm today: elegant structural solutions, durable materials, natural light, multi-functional spaces, and high-performing building systems. The studio integrates architecture, landscape architecture, interior design, and experiential/wayfinding graphics within a single multidisciplinary practice, organized into five service areas: Community, Campus, Aquatics, Experiential, and Landscape, with embedded Sustainability Planning.

The firm serves institutional and public-sector clients — municipalities, universities and colleges, school boards, independent schools, and not-for-profit recreation operators such as the YMCA of Greater Toronto — across Canada, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand. Notable projects include the UBC Aquatic Centre (2020 Governor General's Medal), the University of Toronto Academic Wood Tower (Canada's tallest mass timber building), the La Trobe University Sports Park (Australia's first Net-Positive athletics facility), and the University of Auckland Hiwa Recreation Centre (2025 WAF Sport category winner). The practice operates on custom project-based design commissions sourced through competitive public procurement (RFPs/RFQs), direct repeat-client commissions, and local-architect partnerships that enable delivery in jurisdictions requiring domestic licensure.

MJMA is led by Founder David Miller (FRAIC) and Founder Emeritus Viktors Jaunkalns, with Partners Robert Allen, Chris Burbidge (promoted May 2026), Jeanne Ng, and Ted Watson, and Principal Marc Downing. The firm employs 85+ professionals including dedicated sustainability, mass timber, and experiential design specialists. Revenue is generated entirely through professional architecture and design service fees; no figures are publicly disclosed and there are no funding rounds, parent companies, or external investors evidenced. Demand generation relies on award accumulation, conference presentations, and an active portfolio rather than paid marketing channels.

Name

MJMA

Legal name

MJMA Architecture & Design

Website

https://mjma.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

MJMA is a Toronto-based, privately held architecture firm with 85+ professionals delivering integrated architecture, landscape, interior, and experiential/wayfinding design for municipalities, universities, and not-for-profit recreation operators across Canada, the US, Australia, and New Zealand.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architecture and Design Services

NAICS

Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413), Interior Design Services (541410), Landscape Architectural Services (54132)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Engagement & Participatory Planning (BPAHAKAO)

akta.pro secondary industries

Infrastructure Planning, Capital Programs & Project Delivery Offices (PMOs) (BPAIALAJ), Building Information Modeling (BIM) & Digital Design Services (BPAHAKAK)

Keywords

• Architecture design services
• Public sector buildings
• Aquatic recreation centres
• Experiential graphic design
• Landscape architecture practice

Headquarters

HQ city

Toronto

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Architecture and Design Services: MJMA generates revenue through professional architecture and design service fees. As a design firm, the firm is engaged on a project-by-project basis, with revenue derived from design and construction administration services for institutional, municipal, and public sector clients. Revenue is primarily project-based and episodic rather than recurring, sourced from government and institutional capital budgets for public infrastructure.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

MJMA is a full-service architecture and design studio that designs and delivers integrated building, landscape, interior, and experiential/wayfinding design for public-sector clients. The firm's work is organized across five practice sectors — Community, Campus, Aquatics, Experiential, and Landscape — and includes programming, schematic design, design development, construction documentation, and construction administration for recreation, athletic, and civic facilities. Projects are delivered on a custom, project-by-project commission basis for institutional, municipal, and not-for-profit clients.

Product overview

MJMA Architecture & Design is an architecture and design firm operating as a single unified practice offering integrated services across community architecture, campus design, aquatics, experiential design/wayfinding, and landscape architecture. The firm does not offer a software product or platform but rather provides professional architectural services. Their portfolio includes community recreation centres, university campus facilities, aquatic centres, sports complexes, libraries, and public spaces across Canada and internationally. Projects are organized into practice areas including Community, Campus, Aquatics, Experiential, and Landscape, with sustainability embedded across all services. Notable projects include the University of Toronto Academic Wood Tower, Vancouver Aquatic Centre, Churchill Meadows Community Centre, and various YMCA facilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Community Architecture & Design Services Design and architecture of community centres, recreation complexes, and public gathering spaces that serve local communities across Canada and internationally. Targeted at municipal clients, not-for-profit recreation operators, and community organizations.
• Campus Architecture & Design Services Design of university, college, and school facilities including fitness centres, aquatic centres, student hubs, academic buildings, and campus recreation centres. Targeted at higher education institutions and independent schools.
• Aquatics Architecture & Design Services Specialized design of aquatic facilities including competition pools, leisure pools, diving facilities, and natatoriums. Targeted at universities, municipalities, and recreation organizations.
• Experiential Design & Wayfinding Services Environmental graphics, signage systems, and experiential design that integrates wayfinding with architectural identity across recreation and institutional facilities. Targeted at public-sector and institutional clients.
• Landscape Architecture Services Landscape design integrated with built projects, including public spaces, parks, outdoor recreation areas, and site development for community and campus projects. Targeted at municipalities and institutional clients.
• Sustainability Planning Services Sustainable design consulting including low-carbon solutions, Net-Positive project work, inclusive design, and regenerative landscape approaches for community facilities. Targeted at institutional and municipal clients with sustainability mandates.

Quantifiable outcome

• UBC Aquatic Centre earned the 2020 Governor General's Medal in Architecture (Canada's highest architectural honour) and 2019 IOC/IAKS Architecture Prize
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Acton Ostry ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMJMA collaborated with Vancouver-based Acton Ostry Architects on the University of British Columbia Aquatic Centre, which earned the 2020 Governor General's Medal in Architecture. The collaboration combined MJMA's recreation facility expertise with Acton Ostry's local knowledge.
• Woodhouse Tinucci ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMJMA collaborated with Chicago-based Woodhouse Tinucci Architects on the Robert Crown Community Center and Library in Evanston, Illinois — MJMA's first major US public sector project. The project received AIA Chicago's 2022 Design Excellence Award.
• HIP ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMJMA collaborated with HIP Architects on the Commonwealth Community Recreation Centre in Edmonton, Alberta — a 220,000 sf facility serving the City of Edmonton, Edmonton Elks, and the public. The project won the 2013 IOC/IAKS Bronze Medal.
• Diamond SchmittcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMJMA collaborated with Diamond Schmitt Architects on the David Braley Vaughan Metropolitan Centre of Community, designing the 77,000 sf YMCA, Vaughan Public Library, and City of Vaughan Studios within the SmartVMC development's podium.
• Patkau ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMJMA collaborated with Patkau Architects on the University of Toronto Academic Wood Tower — Canada's tallest mass timber building at 15 storeys and approximately 80 metres. Patkau brought expertise in architectural expression complementary to MJMA's athletic facility design.
• Raimondo + AssociatescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMJMA collaborated with Raimondo + Associates on the Walker Sports & Abilities Centre at Canada Games Park in St. Catharines, Ontario — the primary competition venue for the 2022 Canada Summer Games. The project received an AIA Canada Award of Merit.
• Acre ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMJMA collaborated with Acre Architects on the Riverview Recreation Complex in New Brunswick — a 60,000 sf facility situated at Mill Creek Nature Park. Acre Architects provided local expertise for this Atlantic Canadian project.
• GWWOcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMJMA collaborated with Baltimore-based GWWO Architects on the Johns Hopkins University O'Connor Center for Recreation & Well-Being. The project received the 2022 AIA Maryland Excellence in Design Award and AIA Baltimore Design Excellence Award.
• Warren and MahoneycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMJMA collaborated with Warren and Mahoney on La Trobe University Sports Park in Melbourne, Australia — a Net-Positive, 6-Star Green Star rated facility and the nation's first athletics-focused building to receive the highest Green Building Council of Australia rating.
• MBACminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMJMA collaborated with MBAC on the Edmonton South Soccer Centre Expansion, providing a comprehensive graphics and interiors program to unify indoor and outdoor spaces with a distinctive yellow identity.
• a+LiNKminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMJMA collaborated with a+LiNK on the East Lions Community Centre in London, Ontario — a community facility inspired by the local weavers and spinners guild, with textile-like exterior cladding.
• Marshall Tittemore ArchitectsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMJMA collaborated with Marshall Tittemore Architects on the Emerald Hills Leisure Centre in Sherwood Park, Alberta. The project received the 2018 Athletic Business Facilities of Merit Design Award.
• Page (Architecture firm)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMJMA collaborated with Page architects on the Long Bridge Park Aquatics and Fitness Center in Arlington County, Virginia — a Design-Build project on a remediated brownfield site. The project received a 2022 AIA DC Design Award.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• CannonDesign: Large global architecture and engineering firm with a significant practice in recreation, sports, and higher-education facilities. CannonDesign competes with MJMA on campus recreation and aquatics RFPs but operates at much greater scale across multiple sectors and geographies, serving as a broad incumbent comparable.

Direct peers

• Acton Ostry Architects: Vancouver-based architecture firm with strong recreation and public-sector portfolio, including the UBC Aquatic Centre which MJMA collaborated on. Acton Ostry is directly comparable to MJMA in their aquatics and recreation specialization and is a known co-design partner on award-winning projects.
• Diamond Schmitt Architects: Toronto-based architecture firm specializing in public, institutional, and cultural buildings, including libraries, recreation centres, and civic facilities. Diamond Schmitt is a leading peer to MJMA in the Canadian public-architecture market; the firms have even collaborated on projects such as the David Braley Vaughan Metropolitan Centre of Community.
• Number TEN Architectural Group: Canadian architecture firm with recreation, sports, and community-building expertise, particularly in Western Canada. Number TEN is a direct peer to MJMA in the recreation-architecture space and competes for similar municipal and educational clients.
• Woodhouse Tinucci Architects: Chicago-based architecture firm with strong public-sector recreation and library portfolio, including the Robert Crown Community Center and Library in Evanston — MJMA's first major US public-sector project. Woodhouse Tinucci is directly comparable as a public recreation/community centre specialist.
• Patkau Architects: Vancouver-based architecture firm recognized for mass timber, public, and cultural buildings, including the University of Toronto Academic Wood Tower — a project MJMA collaborated on with Patkau. The firm is directly comparable in its mass-timber expertise and Canadian public-architecture profile.
• GWWO Architects: Baltimore-based architecture firm with a strong recreation and university portfolio, including the Johns Hopkins O'Connor Center for Recreation & Well-Being — a project MJMA collaborated on with GWWO. GWWO is a directly comparable recreation-facility specialist with overlapping client base in higher education.
• KPMB Architects: Toronto-based architecture firm with deep public-sector and institutional portfolio, including universities, civic buildings, and community facilities. KPMB is a direct comparable to MJMA in scale, geography, and client base, particularly within Ontario institutional and campus work.
• DTAH (Drewett Tannahill Anthony Hojabr): Toronto-based landscape architecture and urban design firm with public-sector and institutional projects. DTAH is comparable to MJMA's landscape architecture practice and competes for similar Toronto-area public realm and institutional commissions.
• TMP Architecture: Canadian architecture firm with a strong recreation, athletics, and community centre portfolio, including aquatics and sports facilities. TMP is a direct peer to MJMA in the Ontario/Canadian recreation-architecture space and competes for similar municipal and university RFPs.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles17 records

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