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Selldorf Architects to lead Art Gallery of Ontario’s seventh expansion

March 6, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

Selldorf Architects, Diamond Schmitt and Two Row Architect have released designs for a gallery to be added to the complex of buildings at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto. The design incorporates a brand-new building on top of a pre-existing parking lot, next to the Frank Gehry-designed 2008 expansion. Called Dani Reiss Modern and

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Upgrades to historic Toronto university building include an elevator clad in copper scales

March 5, 2023 Dan Howarth 0

Canadian studios Kohn Shnier and ERA Architects have renovated a historic building at the University of Toronto to make it more accessible. Local firms Kohn Shnier and ERA Architects team up for the 2,230-square-metre project, which involved bringing cohesion to the different spaces through a set of contemporary interventions. Built in 1859, the University College

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Kuehm Malvezzi designs Montreal Insectarium to subvert “museological norms and expectations”

February 20, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

Architecture studios Kuehn Malvezzi, Pelletier de Fontenay and Jodoin Lamarre Pratte Architectes have created an insect zoo and museum in a glazed sawtooth-roof building with interior spaces that emulate the experience of being a bug. The Montreal Insectarium is part of Space for Life, a science museum district within Montreal’s Olympic Park that also houses

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15-minute city an “easy way to explain an old concept” says Edmonton planner

February 20, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

A planner from Edmonton, Canada, has defended its 15-minute city plan after criticism from locals, saying that the plan uses age-old concepts and “will enable the City of Edmonton to support growth more efficiently”. Edmonton’s principal planner Michael Strong has refuted the idea that the city’s plan to re-organise into walkable communities would restrict people’s movements, amid

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Splyce Design centres Vancouver house around “weightless” staircase

February 15, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

Local studio Splyce Design has designed a light-filled, angled house with glazed corners and a sculptural staircase overlooking the Burrard Inlet in Vancouver, British Columbia. Completed in 2021, the 5,700-square-foot (530-square-metre) residence, known as Yield House, is oriented east-west and responds to the varied setting in both directions. The front of the house – functioning

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Hello Sunshine features “unlikely juxtaposition” of Japanese psychedelia and cabins

February 12, 2023 Dan Howarth 0

A “psychedelic inverted cabin” provided Canadian studio Frank Architecture with the design narrative for this Japanese casual bar and restaurant in Banff, Alberta. Located in the mountains of Alberta, Hello Sunshine offers barbecue, sushi and karaoke in a retro-influenced space by Frank Architecture. The team imagined an alternate reality, in which Japanese graphic designer Tadanori

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Atelier l’Abri creates A-frame micro-cabins in Quebec forest

February 10, 2023 Amy Peacock 0

Canadian architecture studio Atelier l’Abri has built a series of A-Frame buildings for the Farouche Tremblant agrotourism site in Québec’s Mon-Tremblant National Park, which were designed to “recede in the landscape”. Intending to celebrate and showcase the surrounding untamed woodlands, Atelier l’Abri created a cafe, farm and four rental micro-cabins that act as a basecamp for

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Dramatic gestures define Gallery Residence in Toronto by Burdifilek

January 30, 2023 Dan Howarth 0

Carved French limestone and rolling glass doors were used by Toronto interiors studio Burdifilek to create theatrical effects in this house that frequently hosts events, concerts and dinner parties. Burdifilek was tasked with creating the interiors of a 25,000-square-foot (2,300-square-metre) home for a family who regularly entertain large numbers of guests to support a variety

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BattersbyHowat balances metal-clad cabin on a mountainside

January 30, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

Vancouver-based studio BattersbyHowat Architects has completed a parallelogram-shaped, mountainside home clad in standing seam metal that includes a detached sauna structure in Whistler, British Columbia. Named Ambassador Crescent, the 3,130-square foot (290-square metre) house is tucked into a steep hillside near the popular ski resort town, so the three-storey house and garage had to be

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BattersbyHowat balances metal-clad cabin on a mountainside

January 30, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

Vancouver-based studio BattersbyHowat Architects has completed a parallelogram-shaped, mountainside home clad in standing seam metal that includes a detached sauna structure in Whistler, British Columbia. Named Ambassador Crescent, the 3,130-square foot (290-square metre) house is tucked into a steep hillside near the popular ski resort town, so the three-storey house and garage had to be

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