Jaime Torres Carmona founded Canopy to explore his belief in design as a vehicle for positive change, through projects ranging in scale from community and health centers to housing, schools, mixed-use buildings and urban design. Jaime is drawn towards the urban and civic realm and its impact on the human experience, and is recognized for his sensitivity toward the end user, the community impact and the environment.

Jaime is currently engaged in projects throughout Chicago and the Midwest, focusing on opportunities that allow him to combine research with a participative process to create meaningful spaces.

Jaime’s work has been presented in a number of venues including the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Northwestern University, the Energy Center of Wisconsin, the Chicago Cultural Center, as well as the National AIA Conference in New York City. As both a Baker Fellow and a Ryerson Fellow, as well as a distinguished graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, he has taught at UIUC, Judson University and other local universities where his studies have focused on cities, urbanism, people and culture.