About Us

Site-Arch is a Canadian architectural practice, research studio, and developer founded in 2020 by Ali Navidbakhsh and Steven Schuhmann. The focus of our work is high-performance residential architecture and development partnerships. 

Our professional edge lies at the intersection of Architecture, Sustainable Design, Project Management, and Building Information Modeling (BIM). Before Site-Arch, we were privileged to have worked for several internationally renowned architecture heavyweights and are eager to transplant the knowledge and experiences gained from large, complex institutional projects to our current work.


The current state of residential architecture in Canada is rife with complacency. Change is needed. Let’s do something different.