Jo Palma

Jo Palma is a Portuguese-Canadian architect and founder of PALMA. After graduating from Victoria College and the University of Toronto, he worked as a design director.

Early life Jo Palma was born in Portugal, and served in the Portuguese Navy as Master-at-Arms 1st Class. He graduated with a Bachelor’s degree from Victoria College and a Masters in Architecture from the University of Toronto. In 2015 Palma joined the architecture firm Perkins+Will, where he served as the Regional Design Director, EMEA, working out of their London office. He later founded the architecture firm Jo Palma + Partners also known as PALMA.

Buildings and projects Over his career he has designed and masterplanned buildings on five continents in total. These projects have included mixed-use buildings, skyscrapers, government headquarters, residential complexes (like the Admirala Lazareva in St. Petersburg, Russia), transportation hubs (like the Dublin Airport New Terminal Expansion), civic institutions (like the Panama International Convention Center in Panama City), and community centers (like the Paulínia Smart Community in Paulínia, Brazil).

Palma was the Chief Architect of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization headquarters in Brussels, He also the designed the Baltimore Tower in London, UK, and the Liansheng Financial Center in Taiyuan, China.