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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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Britannia House / Shugarman Architecture + Design Inc

May 10, 2020 Valeria Silva 0

The Britannia Residence sits atop the east bank of the Elbow River in southeast Calgary, Alberta. Architecturally, the residence challenges traditional planning typologies of private and open spaces within a single-family dwelling. In many contemporary neighborhoods, the preference for family outdoor living is toward the more private back yard, as opposed to prioritizing the front porch as was done in the past.

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Espen Surnevik clads Porsgrunn’s “resurrection church” entirely in porcelain

May 10, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Porsgrunn church by Espen Surnevik in collaborationwith Trodahl Architects

Architect Espen Surnevik has collaborated with Trodahl Architects to design a geometric, porcelain-covered church in the city of Porsgrunn, Norway. Surnevik’s modern church replaces Porsgrunn’s 18th century church, which was destroyed in a fire in 2011. While extremely modern looking, this new “resurrection church” aims to retain the monumental nature of its predecessor. “The old

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Oasis House / Studio Kyze Arquitetura e Design

May 10, 2020 Pilar Caballero 0

Just a few houses make up the gated community where the house is inserted.
Away from the most busy avenues in the city, it is dominated by a cozy silence and a well-wooded internal road. The differential of this interior project is certainly the affective component, noticeable in the client’s harmony with the different environments of the house.

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Shaping Soundscapes: Multi Scales Design Guideline

May 10, 2020 Santiago Beckdorf 0

Our interpretation of the world is mediated through a variety of mechanisms that have been at the center of architectural and urban debate for a long time; the role of hearing in perceiving and recognizing the surrounding environment is fundamental and of growing scientific interest. Studies that investigate the psychological effects of noise produced by large infrastructures, such as airports, highways, railways, are multiplying. Santiago Beckdorf argues that it is possible, through the tools of design, to reverse the paradigm according to which urban development is inevitably connected to a weakening of the natural environment in which it is inserted.