Polyμῆτις

*metis Ancient Greek from Proto-Indo-European *méh₁tis (“measurement”)

skill
counsel
plan

Polymetis is an award-winning art and architectural design studio founded by Michaela MacLeod and Nick Croft that seeks to enrich shared environments across a variety of scales, including buildings, public art, furniture, objects, spaces, and infrastructure.

Engaging residential, commercial, cultural, civic and public projects, the studio explores the transformative potentials of interdisciplinary design through the lens of human experience, crafting environments and imagining future possibilities that inspire, resonate emotionally, and promote meaningful interactions between people and the spaces they inhabit.

The studio’s work is rooted in experimentation and creative problem-solving, drawing on diverse perspectives to synthesize complex information and develop innovative solutions that blend conceptual and aesthetic narratives with practical functionality.

MICHAELA MACLEOD

Co-Founder / Partner

Michaela MacLeod is an architect and artist with a robust academic and professional background. Her professional experience includes roles as Senior Associate at Preservation Green and Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates in New York, and Urban Designer at PlanningAlliance and Urban Strategies in Toronto.

Michaela has previously taught design studios at the University of Toronto, Toronto Metropolitan University, and the University of Waterloo, and has served on juries for the Canada Council of the Arts, and participated as an invited artist for CARFAC National’s Public Art Consultation Stakeholder Group.

Michaela received Master of Architecture and Bachelor of Environmental Studies degrees from the University of Waterloo, and a Certificate of Urban Studies from Bauhaus Dessau. She is the recipient of the Prix de Rome in Architecture for Emerging Practitioners and the OAA Architecture Guild Medal Award.

michaela@polymetis.net
647 608 7347

NICK CROFT

Co-Founder / Partner

Nick is an architect and artist with experience diverse realizing a broad range of project types, from temporary art installations and exhibitions to large-scale public architecture projects. Most recently he was an Associate at MJMA and Project Architect on Western North York Community Centre, a multi-use facility for the City of Toronto slated to be Canada’s first ‘Aquatic-Based Net-Zero Energy Building’. He has previous work experience at Studio Daniel Libeskind, Studio Luz, and 3six0 Architecture; and as a digital designer and project manager for the artist Maya Lin, notably assisting in the production of her pieces for the Pace Gallery exhibition “Here and There” shown in New York and London.

Nick received a Master of Architecture degree from Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) where he was awarded the American Institute of Architects Henry Adams Medal upon graduation. He holds a post-professional Master of Architecture in Urban Design from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design.

nicholas@polymetis.net
nickcroft.com
647 550 9235

AWARDS

Canada 150’s 30 Architecture Firms Breaking New Ground
Twenty + Change for Emerging Canadian Design Practices
City of Mississauga Urban Design Award

PUBLICATIONS

Azure Magazine
Interior Design Magazine
Canadian Architect
The Paris Review
Braun