After graduating with top honours from Ryerson University in Toronto, and apprenticing in the industry for six years, Raymond Murakami established his own firm in 1989.

Since then, Murakami Design Inc. has grown steadily to become a respected presence in the city, completing new homes and renovations in such exclusive neighbourhoods as Rosedale, Forest Hill, The Bridle Path, The Kingsway and Lawrence Park.

The firm is also gaining attention for its work internationally. It designed and managed the extensive reconstruction of an Upper East Side brownstone in Manhattan, and worked in Florida with renowned town planners Duany Plater-Zyberk developing several houses in a new community north of Istanbul, Turkey.