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Studio North adds wooden screen to Calgary residence

May 13, 2024 Kate Mazade 0

Canadian practice Studio North has wrapped a wooden screen around the curved corners and cantilevers of a Calgary house near a winding river. Studio North completed the 4,520-square-foot (420-square metre) residence – known as Elbow House – at the end of 2023 on an 8,050-square-foot (748-square metre), wedge-shaped property along the banks of the Elbow

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Partisans sculpts limestone facade for Rolex boutique in Toronto

May 5, 2024 Dan Howarth 0

Toronto architecture studio Partisans has used parametric modelling to create an undulating stone storefront for luxury watch brand Rolex. Partisans’ latest application of its digital modelling and fabrication technique resulted in a sculptural facade that wraps the ground floor of a high-rise on Bloor Street in Downtown Toronto. The studio worked with Italian architect Arturo

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Ivy Studio combines retro colours at Ottawa restaurant Buvette Daphnée

May 4, 2024 Dan Howarth 0

The colorful retro diners of Quebec influenced the interiors of this restaurant in Ottawa, designed by Montreal-based Ivy Studio. Buvette Daphnée wine bar and fine dining restaurant sits in a 1,500-square-foot commercial space within an old industrial building in the city’s historic ByWard Market district. “The establishment, led by a head chef with deep roots

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Omar Gandhi Architects balances cedar house on rocky Nova Scotia coastline

April 25, 2024 Kate Mazade 0

Canadian studio Omar Gandhi Architects has completed a cedar-wrapped house “inspired by the scattered boulders” that trail down the seaside property in Hubbards, Nova Scotia. Known as Rockbound, the 4100-square foot (380-square metre) home sits on a rocky, sloped three-acre site overlooking a bay that connects the property to Peggy’s Cove, a national historic site

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Rafael Viñoly Architects designs four skyscrapers for first Canada project

April 25, 2024 Ellen Eberhardt 0

US studio Rafael Viñoly Architects has designed four skyscrapers and a series of public spaces in Toronto, which will be the studio’s first built project in Canada. Developed by Madison Group and totalling two million square feet (185,806 square metres) the project will consist of two individual properties holding two skyscrapers each, which will host

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Workshop Architecture Inc creates “raw and unvarnished” prefabricated home in Ontario

April 11, 2024 Ellen Eberhardt 0

Toronto studio Workshop Architecture Inc has created a prefabricated home in Ontario with an exposed structure and blue-painted element on the interior. Located in Tiny, the Unfinished House is a 1,400-square-foot (130 square metre) two-bedroom, two-bathroom home with additional flexible spaces that double as accommodations for visitors. On the interior, the unfinished appearance is a

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Reflect Architecture balances “contemporary art with family life” in Toronto house

April 7, 2024 Dan Howarth 0

Canadian studio Reflect Architecture has renovated a home in Toronto for a new generation of the same family, while incorporating an extensive art collection. North Drive House was the childhood home of one of the owners. After stints living abroad and in Downtown Toronto, the couple were lured back to the two-acre property for the

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Ædifica presents “vision of densification” for Cité Angus II housing block in Montreal

April 5, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

Local architecture studio Ædifica has created a residential apartment building outside Montreal with an interior courtyard and a metal-mesh second skin on the facade. Called Cité Angus II, the structure is part of Technopôle Angus, an urban revitalization project that its developers say is a “full-scale sustainable development”. It will put multi-storey residential and businesses

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Diamond Schmitt Architects to expand Canada’s “oldest continuing museum”

April 4, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

Toronto-based studio Diamond Schmitt Architects has been selected to expand the New Brunswick Museum in Saint John, Canada, which is one of the country’s oldest museums. The 134,000-square-foot expansion designed by Diamond Schmitt Architects in collaboration with international firm EXP will unite the current disparate collections of the museum, currently spread in different facilities throughout

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Portal House by Svima features brass details and curved oak ribbons

March 31, 2024 Dan Howarth 0

Brass ribbons line the asymmetric portals that connect the kitchen and dining room of this Toronto residence, renovated by local architecture and art studio Svima. The Portal House was designed for a couple who had wanted to refresh their home for 10 years, but have very different aesthetic tastes. Toronto-based studio Svima found a compromise

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