Top U.K. designers Allies and Morrison open up shop in Toronto

Toronto, says architect and urban designer Alfredo Caraballo, “is on the up.” In British English, that means the city is on the rise; the phrase carries a sense of momentum. To hear it from Mr. Caraballo is to sense not just a forecast but a wager. Allies and Morrison, the London-based firm where he’s a partner, has opened a Toronto office, and with it a new chapter in the city’s architectural story.

Allies and Morrison (AAM) are not just designers of buildings – they are orchestrators of urban possibility. Can you conjure a neighbourhood from scratch, one that feels lived-in before the first resident arrives? If anyone can, it’s them.