Jon Cummings Architecture Inc. (JC-A) is a full-service architectural design firm, founded in 2021.  

Prior work includes custom homes, cultural institutions, offices, retail, and multi-unit residential at all scales from townhomes to towers.  

JC-A is focused on the future; in finding expressive beauty and meaning in the low-carbon, energy-efficient, and environmentally-adaptive technologies that will be used to make the next generation of buildings. Collaborations are sought with excellent clients and industry experts to help make exemplary buildings.



Jon Cummings, HBAS, M Arch, OAA


Jon is an architect and educator with two decades of experience in the field of architecture.  

Prior to founding JC-A, Jon worked for 10 years at architects-Alliance in Toronto, where he designed and managed mixed use, multi-unit residential, office, retail, cultural, and academic buildings at all project stages from design through construction. Previous to that, Jon’s varied experiences included work for Morphosis in Los Angeles, and at offices in New York, Boston, Dublin, and Toronto, on diverse project types from embassies to single family homes, and exhibitions.


Jon teaches undergraduate and graduate level architecture and urban design studios as an Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, at the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape & Design at the University of Toronto, and has been a recurring guest critic at other universities.


Jon holds architecture degrees from the University of Waterloo (HBAS) and University of Toronto (M Arch) where he was distinguished on graduation with both the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada and the American Institute of Architects School Medals. Jon is a licensed member of the Ontario Association of Architects.

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