Johanna Hurme is an architect, cofounder and managing partner of 5468796 Architecture. Originally from Helsinki, Finland, Hurme received her architectural education at the Aalto University in Helsinki and at the University of Manitoba (Bachelor of Environmental Design 1999, Master of Architecture 2002) after emigrating to Canada. She cofounded 5468796 Architecture with Sasa Radulovic in 2007. With its beginnings in student design competitions, Hurme’s design partnership with Radulovic spans nearly three decades, resulting in some of the firm’s most seminal projects. She brings conceptual depth and a focus on how spaces and places shape human experience. Influenced by Nordic sensibilities, her approach emphasizes clarity and restraint, reducing projects to their essence and always seeking for the “just enough.” She has also shaped the firm’s ethos, broadening architectural practice to intersect with politics, economics, social activism, cultural research, and pragmatic engagement.

Sasa Radulovic is an architect, cofounder and partner at 5468796 Architecture. Originally from Sarajevo, the former Yugoslavia, Radulovic was educated in Sarajevo, Belgrade, and at the University of Manitoba (Bachelor of Environmental Design 1999, Master of Architecture 2003) after escaping the Sarajevo and Balkan war during the mid 90s. He cofounded 5468796 Architecture with Johanna Hurme in 2007. As an exceptionally accomplished designer and an avid follower of contemporary architectural work around the globe, Radulovic spearheads the firm’s artistic output through a critical lens on current movements, issues, and contexts, grounded on deep technical understanding of buildable solutions and real-life cost implications. His relentless pursuit of a new language and ‘architecture of consequence’ has driven the firm’s work to be recognized with numerous national and international awards and inclusion in publications around the world.