Bio
Anwar Mukhayesh is a Canadian interior designer and architect best known for co-hosting the reality makeover television series Designer Guys, since 2005.
Anwar was born in the Middle East and raised in Toronto, Canada. He is a principal designer and founding partner in the design firm Precipice Studios and has traveled the world extensively.
Educated at the University of Western Ontario with a degree in mechanical engineering design, Anwar calls upon his technical training and style to contribute to one of Toronto’s hottest up-and-coming design firms.
Passionate in entertaining and food, Anwar, along with Precipice, designed the funky and popular student hangout sPaHa modern bistro at the University of Toronto in 1999, which he also owns.
sPaHa was also featured in Wallpaper magazine in October 2000 as the Toronto feature, as well as Precipice being picked in the 2001 Wallpaper Design Directory as “young design talents just waiting for that dream commission.”
Growing up in the family business, Anwar also owns and operates Kensington Kitchen, a Mediterranean Annex landmark which his parents opened in 1981.
Anwar’s eclectic sense of design, studies in engineering, and love of people and culture all contribute to his passion for design.