The Construction Source

FEBRUARY 2020 “Excellence, innovation, and collaboration are hallmarks of our work, from the moment we meet with the client to the completion of their project,” says Lorne Rose, founder and director. “Our priority is to meet the specific needs and requirements of our clients today and deliver a design that will be still functional and contemporary tomorrow.” Lorne was born and raised in Toronto, and first knew that he wanted to be an architect at 10 years old. To make his dream come true, he attended the Ohio State University and earned a Bachelor of Science in Architecture, and then a Masters of Architecture at the University of Michigan. He established his own firm in 1995. In the early days of the company – then called Rose + Bigauskas Architects, before becom- ing Lorne Rose Architect Inc in 2000 – he con- centrated on the high-end residential sector. In the years since, the company has branched out and done townhouses and various com- mercial works within the Greater Toronto Area, while still making high-end custom homes their speciality. Today, Lorne Rose Architect is capable of offering clients on those projects the full range of architectural services – starting from site analysis and going all the way through to con-