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Weathering steel highlights thresholds within King Edward Residence in Canada

November 3, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0

Staircase inside King Edward Residence by Atelier Schwimmer in Montreal, Canada

Weathering steel encloses the entrance area and open-tread staircase inside the split-level King Edward Residence that Atelier Schwimmer has built in Montreal, Canada. Located in the town of Côte Saint-Luc, the 260-square-metre dwelling is a replacement of a young couple’s existing 1950s house that was destroyed by a fire. Montreal studio Atelier Schwimmer’s design was

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ACDF outfits Montreal FlightHub office with vibrant colours

August 13, 2020 Kristine Klein 0

Curving glass walls and brightly coloured curtains for partitioning workspaces are among the details Canadian studio ACDF Architecture has used in an office renovation for a Montreal travel agency. FlightHub, an online travel agency, asked the local studio to design a workspace to accommodate the expanding operations in its Montreal headquarters. The office occupies 12,800

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Renovated Montreal house by Atelier Barda contrasts black and white

July 10, 2020 Kristine Klein 0

Black furniture provides a stark contrast to the white interior of this Montreal residence, which has been overhauled by local architecture studio Atelier Barda. Atelier Barda’s Portland Residence project involved adding an extension to the rear of a historic stone house located in Montreal suburb Mount-Royal, and reconfiguring the floor plan to improve the flow

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Philip Johnson’s Glass House informs pool pavilion in Canada

May 24, 2020 Kristine Klein 0

The modernist Ben Rose House in the film Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and Philip Johnson’s Glass House informed this pool house designed by Canadian studio Maurice Martel Architecte. Maurice Martel Architecte completed Pavilion A to accompany an existing house in Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, an off-island suburb of Montreal. It was designed to draw on two examples of

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Michael Godmer and Mathieu Turgeon renovate their Montreal design studio and home

May 10, 2020 Bridget Cogley 0

Maison-Boutique Coloniale by Michael Godmer and Mathieu Turgeon

Designers Michael Godmer and Mathieu Turgeon’s home in Montreal features contemporary Danish pieces alongside oak, terracotta and marble. Located in the city’s Plateau Mont-Royal neighbourhood, the Victorian-era brick home was renovated by the couple to accommodate a design studio and residence for them and their two poodles. Completed in 1885, the residence has a slender width of 3.1

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Ménard Dworkind recreates 1970s New York pizza restaurant in Montreal

May 1, 2020 Kristine Klein 0

Thin ribbons of wood line the green ceilings and white pine wall panels in this Montreal pizza restaurant designed by local studio Ménard Dworkind. Vesta, located in Montreal’s Villeray neighbourhood, takes cues from the decor of New York pizzerias of the 1970s. Its funky colours, bold use of textures and use of vintage objects are

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TBA adds pale brick volume to traditional Montreal “shoebox” home

April 30, 2020 Bridget Cogley 0

deNormanville by Thomas Balaban Architect

Curved glass doors puncture the residential extension of this brick house in Montreal, designed by local studio TBA. Called DeNormanville, the single-storey dwelling is in Montreal’s Rosemont borough, also known as La Petite-Patrie. It comprises a historic red brick home with a paler, more contemporary addition. Tom Balaban Architect (TBA) designed the extension for the

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La Firme transforms “cramped” space into Montreal’s sun-lit Melk Cafe

April 2, 2020 Bridget Cogley 0

Design studio La Firme has turned a tight, triangular space into a bright and airy cafe in Montreal. The outpost is for Melk Cafe, a coffee shop and cafe that has three locations in the city. La Firme has also designed its locations on the corner of Saint-Urbain and Saint-Antoine streets. Called Melk Café Saint-Urbain,

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Room-sized shower “big enough for two” features inside Montreal apartment McGill 120

January 26, 2020 Bridget Cogley 0

Canadian studio La Firme has turned a former industrial space in a Montreal heritage building into a contemporary home. The local design practice stripped-back a property in a 1820s building, located in the Old Montreal area, to create a loft-like apartment. Brick walls, pipes and wooden ceiling beams overhead are left exposed as a reflection

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Oak walls partition offices in Montreal law firm by Naturehumaine

January 19, 2020 James Brillon 0

A lawyer’s office occupies a contemporary extension to a commercial building in Montreal, which local studio Naturehumaine designed with a monochrome palette and wooden accents. The Montreal firm designed the renovation for a two-storey commercial structure in residential neighbourhood Rosemont-La-Petite-Patrie. In addition to renovating the existing building, which contains leasable commercial space on the lower

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