Anne‑Marie Armstrong is an architect, educator and co‑founding principal of AAmp Studio, the cross‑border practice she leads with partner Andrew Ashey from twin studios in Toronto, Ontario, and Portland, Maine.
Raised in Don Mills, Toronto, Armstrong spent childhood afternoons sketching with her painter‑grandmother and solving logic riddles with her mathematician father—an art‑and‑math pairing that still drives her design thinking. She earned an Honours BAS from the University of Waterloo and, as a Fulbright Scholar, a Master of Architecture from Yale University. Before launching AAmp she sharpened her skills in three markedly different contexts: facade detailing at Diamond Schmitt (Toronto), competition work with former Foster + Partners staff at Aedas (London), and physical model making in the Frank Gehry Partners shop (Los Angeles), with formative stints in Berlin and New Haven along the way.
Today she holds architecture licences in Ontario, California and Maine and brings 15 years of professional experience to AAmp’s portfolio, which spans bespoke Toronto residences, award‑winning Death & Co cocktail bars, the Ramble Hotel brand, and a 100‑room boutique hotel in Savannah. The studio’s “no‑weekend‑grind” ethos and BIPOC leadership shape a culture of collaboration and wellbeing for its bi‑national nine‑person team.
Armstrong is also an Assistant Professor (Teaching Stream) at the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design at the University of Toronto, where her courses foreground diversity, equitable practice and the everyday city. Whether crafting a neighbourhood café, orchestrating a hospitality flagship or mentoring emerging architects, she champions the idea that thoughtful, inclusive design can transform experience at every scale.
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