Tae Wook Eum

Tae Wook Eum holds a Master of Architecture from Harvard University, where he was nominated for the James Templeton Kelley Thesis Prize (David Adjaye Studio) and a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Environmental Design and Architecture from Montana State University.

Since joining KPMB in 2007, Tae Wook has worked on a broad range of projects, from art gallery renovations to complex urban-scale developments. He contributed to the design and project managed 11 Wellesley, a mixed-use 60-storey residential tower development. He was project architect for the renovation and expansion of The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery.

Tae Wook’s mixed-use and residential experience also includes 155 Cumberland in Toronto; Pier 8 in Hamilton, Ontario; a waterfront residential community in Columbia, Maryland; and One Scollard, a luxury residential development in Toronto’s Yorkville neighbourhood. Other project experience includes the Dominion Foundry Demonstration Project and obtaining rezoning permission for a mixed-use development in a national historic site.

Currently, Tae Wook is playing a leading role designing Swansea Mews with Toronto Community Housing. He is also part of the team bringing Tyndale Green, a new residential community in the city’s north, to life.

Before joining KPMB, Tae Wook worked at BCHO Architects, where he was a project designer for a number of award-winning projects, including the Pai Chai University College of Art and Camerata Music Studio in Heyri Art Valley in South Korea.