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B+H Architects creates archival facility with double-concrete skin in Quebec

May 12, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

Toronto-based studio B+H Architects has created an archival storage facility in Gatineau, Quebec, with a massive double-layer concrete envelope and automated retrieval systems. Officially called Library and Archives Canada Gatineau 2, the facility is located next to an older building on the site and was constructed to preserve historic and cultural items “relevant to Canadians”.

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A Slide Connects The Main Floor With The Kids Bedrooms On The Lower Floor Of This Home

May 10, 2023 Erin 0

Reflect Architecture has remodeled a duplex that had an additional two small basement units, and turned it into one unit on the second floor for income purposes, as well as combined the ground floor and lower-level into a single dwelling for a young family of five. One unexpected design element that’s also fun, is a […]

Vives St-Laurent creates theatrical children’s boutique in Mont-Tremblant ski resort

May 1, 2023 Kate Jacobs 0

Harnessing soft colours and gentle curves, interior design studio Vives St-Laurent has completed a shop for children’s boutique Billie Le Kid in Mont-Tremblant – a Canadian ski resort known for its colourful architecture. Following on from Billie Le Kid’s first store in Montreal, the brand brought in Vives St-Laurent to create a new outpost that captured

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Studio Vaaro reconfigures House M using built-in storage volumes

April 30, 2023 Dan Howarth 0

For the renovation of a house in Toronto’s West End, local firm Studio Vaaro added minimally detailed millwork to form kitchen cabinetry, the staircase and a feature bookcase in the living room. Studio Vaaro’s overhaul of House M, a three-storey detached property that had been renovated and extended multiple times over the years, involved reconfiguring

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Dezeen Debate features “efficient” corrugated-metal home in Canada

April 27, 2023 Saudatu Bah 0

The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a corrugated-metal-clad home in Canada designed by StudioAC. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. Studio AC has completed a low-impact barn-like home on the Bruce Peninsula near Toronto, disguising it as an agricultural building. Clad in corrugated metal, the home overlooks a lake in a wooded area

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MRDK creates a “journey through nature” at Attitude boutique in Montreal

April 24, 2023 Dan Howarth 0

Blocks of granite among planted beds are used to display plastic-free beauty products at this Montreal store, designed by local architecture firm MRDK. MRDK, also known as Ménard Dworkind, designed the interiors of the Attitude boutique to reflect the sustainable focus of the cosmetics for sale. “From the moment you step inside, the design of

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StudioAC disguises rural Canadian home as agricultural shed

April 19, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

Canadian practice StudioAC has used corrugated metal to clad this barn-like home and disguise it as an agricultural building on the Bruce Peninsula near Toronto. Overlooking a lake in a wooded area called Devil’s Glen, the home was designed by StudioAC to have a minimal impact on the landscape while allowing its inhabitants to take

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Superkül renovates reading room at Toronto’s brutalist Robarts Library

March 12, 2023 Dan Howarth 0

Canadian studio Superkül has updated the reading room at the University of Toronto’s Robarts Library, a notable example of brutalist architecture. The project involved renovating the cavernous concrete space on the building’s fourth floor, as part of the university’s larger initiative to revitalise the Robarts Library, which Superkül described as “one of North America’s most

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DKA connects three gabled structures for Quebec residence

March 10, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

Local studio DKA Architects has designed a white wood-clad home with three connected gables in Terrebonne, Quebec, just outside of Montreal. Set within a large manicured lawn, the Comtois Residence was completed in 2022 by DKA, a mid-sized studio founded in 2009 in nearby Biosbriand. The 6,835-square-foot (635-square-metre) home is composed of three gabled bars

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Ménard Dworkind adds sculptural mezzanine to 1980s Quebec home

March 6, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

Ménard Dworkind has renovated a 1980s house on the south shore of Montreal with rounded plaster details and a terracotta fireplace. Originally designed in 1981 by Canadian architect Frank McGrath in Saint-Lambert, Quebec, the 3,500-square-foot (325-square-metre) house was brought back to life last year by local studio Ménard Dworkind (MRDK). Set on a 5,600-square-foot (520-square-metre)

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