Jon Cummings is a Toronto based architect and educator who grew up in the suburbs of Toronto, Ontario. After early interests in drawing, painting, sculpture, and ceramics, his path toward architecture deepened through travel and close study of the built environment, including formative time in Italy and exposure to historic and contemporary works.

He studied architecture at the University of Waterloo, completing multiple co op terms in Canada and abroad, including work experiences in Peterborough, Boston, New York, Dublin, and Toronto, as well as time in Los Angeles at Morphosis. After a solo backpacking trip across Europe, he pursued graduate studies at the University of Toronto and contributed to an architecture exhibition led by professor John McMinn that was installed at the Venice Biennale of Architecture.

Cummings spent more than a decade at architects Alliance in Toronto, gaining end to end experience across project phases and building types. In 2021, he founded his own studio, Jon Cummings Architecture, also known as JC A, based in Toronto. His practice focuses on residential work at multiple scales, including renovations, new builds, multiplex housing, and accessory dwelling units, alongside public sector and campus renovation work. He is interested in contemporary architectural language, local sustainable materials, and the expressive potential of structure, mechanical systems, and light as visible parts of how buildings are made.

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