We are an award winning toronto-based architecture practice crafting beautiful spaces rooted in culture and community.
The studio WAs a contributor to the 2023 Venice Biennale of Architecture and the recipient of the 2023 Emerging Architectural Practice Award from the RAIC, and the 2023 Professional Prix de Rome in Architecture.
Montague House
Propeller Dance, Ottawa
Blong House
We are architects, designers, cultural thinkers, and dreamers — deeply engaged in research and the broader discourse of architecture's impact on culture, the environment and the shaping of cities.
King Street Fountain
Hillside Washroom Pavilion, High Park
The studio is led by Montreal born Shane Laptiste and Toronto born Tura Cousins Wilson
Granny’s House
Magdalene Odundo Exhibition, Gardiner Museum, Toronto
St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts
Our creative interests span multiple scales & types, ranging from cultural, recreational, & residential, to urban design, exibition design, & public art.
2025 Venice Biennale Shortlist
Toronto Imagined Exhibition
“SOCA is primed to develop into a powerful architecture firm that will make its mark on the Canadian design world.”
- RAIC Emerging Practice Award Jury
Little Jamaica, Venice Biennale 2023
Fisher Field Soccer Clubhouse
Fisher Field Soccer Clubhouse
Panelists discuss Designing Black Spaces with Community Accountability
Wildseed Centre for Art and Activism Phase I
Montague House
King Street Loft
Mixed-Use Laneways, Panel Discussion
Alexandra Park, 1969. Roger Jowett
Alexandra Park, An Alternate Vision
Alexandra Park, An Alternate Vision
Alexandra Park, Before It's Gone
Wildseed Centre for Art and Activism, Photo Alexa Del Sol
Climate Resilient Housing, Barbados
Culture Factory, Ottawa