Lateral Office 

Toronto, Canada

Founded in 2003 by Lola Sheppard and Mason White, Lateral Office is a Toronto-based firm known for its experimental creative practice at the intersection of architecture, landscape and urbanism. The studio sees its practice as a commitment to design as a vehicle for responding to complex, urgent questions in the built environment, while engaging in the wider context and climate of a project – social, ecological or political. The firm’s recent work and research are focused on the importance of establishing a relationship with the public domain, infrastructure and the environment from the conceptual stage onward.