Johanna is a co-founder and managing partner of 5468796 Architecture in Winnipeg, Canada. The firm’s work has been awarded with numerous recognitions nationally and internationally, and published in over 350 books and publications. Recognitions include 2014 WAF Future Project of the Year, 2025 WAFX, and six other WAF category wins. Johanna is a housing + design advocate and has also shaped the firm’s ethos, broadening architectural practice to intersect with politics, economics, social activism, cultural research, and pragmatic engagement. She is past Chair of the Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce and the current President of Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, RAIC. Johanna has taught design at universities across Canada, at the IIT in Chicago, and at Cornell University, NY. Most recently she has been invited to teach at Harvard GSD. Johanna lectures extensively and is co-author of ‘Innovative Solutions for Creating Sustainable Cities’ (2018), and 'platform:MIDDLE', Architecture for Housing the 99%, published in Dec of 2023.