Suresh Perera is a principal architect at studio PERCH architecture.Having over 22 years of work experience and being licensed with the OAQ (Ordre des architectes du Québec, 2007) and previously, the AIA (American Institute of Architects, 2003), Suresh has practised architecture in Washington DC, Chicago, and Montréal. Suresh has taught architectural design studios at the Schools of Architecture at McGill University (Montréal), Carleton University (Ottawa) and UQAM (Montréal). He has also been the recipient of several grants from the Quebec Arts Council for research on themes that include the integration of art within architecture and the landscape.In 2008 Suresh began his own Montreal-based practice with a focus on small-scale buildings and structures as well as installations and exhibitions. In 2016 architects Suresh Perera and Julie Charbonneau launched PERCH architecture studio.