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I’ve always had a passion for architecture, design, and the built environment. Whether it’s capturing a mood through light and shadow, an unexpected detail, a captivating composition of planes and curves, or at a wider scale, placing a building in the context of the skyline and public realm.

Originally from France and trained as an Industrial Engineer, I’ve built a successful, Toronto-based practice that marries creative and technical thinking. I take pride in helping my clients showcase their built work and win national and international awards. My work has been featured in prestigious online and print publications such as Azure, Architectural Record, the Globe and Mail and the LA Times, to name a few.

I am engaged with my community. As an avid road cyclist, I care deeply about building a better, more sustainable, city, and hope to effect change through my photography and community involvement. I’m a member of the Toronto Society of Architects (TSA), SMPS Ontario, and Heritage Toronto.

I acknowledge that as a Toronto resident and business owner, I am a settler on the land that has been the traditional territory of many nations, including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples, for thousands of years. I also acknowledge that Toronto is covered by Treaty 13 with the Mississaugas of the Credit. Finally, I acknowledge that my travels take me to the traditional territories of many other nations across North America, also known by many traditional Indigenous names such as Turtle Island.

As a privileged able-bodied cisgender white man born and educated in France, and working in the architecture industry, it is important that I recognize and evaluate my implication in Canada’s history of colonialism, patriarchy, and oppression of people of colour, and especially in our industry’s continued impact on Indigenous people and lands.

“Sweeny&Co trusts Michael Muraz to capture our portfolio so that our work is shown in the light and the many views envisioned and executed by the architects. He has exceptional talent, and takes such a collaborative approach to the shoot – we love working with him. Michael is our go-to photographer because we always are delighted with the process and the end product!”
— Terri Robinson, Sweeny&Co Architects
“ZAS Architects have thoroughly enjoyed working with Michael Muraz on a number of challenging and unique photographic assignments. A good listener and intuitive photographer, his work provides a number of great images to choose from. Aerials views, spatial panoramas and details are captured with creative professionalism. We look forward to collaborating with him in the future to capture the built form ambition behind our design work.”
— Paul Stevens, ZAS Architects
“It’s always a pleasure to work with Michael on our project photography. He clearly takes the time and care to understand our project goals and objectives, finding the best way to capture them through his photography, and he goes above and beyond by promoting our shoots on social media. You can trust that by working with Michael, your vision will come to life through digital media. Plus, he is such a lovely guy!”
— Sarah Anthon, Quadrangle

Select Clients

  • Kohn Pedersen Fox

  • Arquitectonica

  • Perkins & Will

  • Moriyama & Teshima

  • Diamond Schmitt Architects

  • Hariri Pontarini Architects

  • KPMB Architects

  • WZMH Architects

  • RDH Architects

  • BDP Quadrangle

  • ZAS Architects + Interiors

  • Sweeny &Co Architects

  • Studio JCI

  • DPAI Architecture

  • Kasian Architecture

  • Teeple Architects

  • Lebel & Bouliane

  • DTAH

  • Claude Cormier + Associés

  • Janet Rosenberg & Studio

  • Louis Vuitton

  • Christian Dior

  • Fendi

  • Cartier

  • Ladurée

  • Valentino

  • David Yurman

  • IWC Schaffhausen

  • Piaget

  • Lucid Motors