Founders

Alain Fournier, Julia Gersovitz and Rosanne Moss founded Fournier Gersovitz Moss and Associates Architects in 1996 by merging their practices established since 1983. They grounded their practice in an approach based on contextual design, close collaboration with clients, and respect for the cultures and histories of places.

In 2007, Georges Drolet joined the team, which became FGMDA. The firm distinguished itself notably in heritage conservation, with major projects such as the West Block of Parliament in Ottawa and Union Station in Toronto. It also developed a recognized expertise with First Nations and Inuit communities, delivering buildings rooted in local realities across Nunavik, Nunavut and the James Bay, including the Canadian High Arctic Research Station (CHARS) in Cambridge Bay, LEED certified.

In January 2016, the firm took the name EVOQ Architecture. EVOQ derives from the word evocation, a vision of the qualities required to create works that stand the test of time. The past: we create in respect of cultures and heritage. The present: every concept is inspired, purposeful and inhabited. The future: our creations are a legacy anchored in origins, yet resolutely oriented toward tomorrow.

Today, more than a hundred professionals across four offices in Canada continue this collective work. The founders' legacy is not passed down as a doctrine, but as a living practice, unfolding project by project. It lives in the attention paid to places, to cultures, and to the histories that inhabit them. It is an architecture that listens before it draws, that weaves connection before it takes shape. An architecture that seeks, in every gesture, to reveal rather than impose, and to let meaning resonate rather than fix it in place.