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Leckie Studio creates timber-clad house to frame views of Canadian Rockies

January 27, 2023 James Brillon 0

Leckie studio has completed Camera House in the mountains of British Columbia with dramatic windows and skylights that are meant to frame the surrounding landscape like a camera lens. The single-storey house is clad in dark timber boards, which the studio said helps it blend into its lush forest setting. The building’s steep roofline is

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Drew Mandel blends old and new in the expansion of a 1920’s Toronto residence

January 23, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

Drew Mandel Architects has renovated and expanded a 1920’s craftsman-style cottage in Toronto that “marries old and new” with a contemporary open floor plan, limestone terrace, historic touches and upscale details. Completed in the summer of 2022 – approximately 100 years after the original construction – the five-bedroom, 4.5 bath house keeps the historic character

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Ivy Studio populates MAD Creative Hub with pink and purple elements

January 21, 2023 Dan Howarth 0

Montreal-based Ivy Studio has turned a former print shop into offices and creative spaces, with a “work in progress” aesthetic punctuated by colourful moments. MAD Collectif organises global fashion, art and design events, and after rebranding from Groupe Sensation Mode in 2022, the company decided to look for a new base location for its team.

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KPMB completes pavilion for New Brunswick’s public art collection

January 20, 2023 James Brillon 0

A curved colonnade fronts this extension to the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton, creating an airy new lobby for the art gallery and completing the institution’s expansion. The Harrison McCain Pavilion was completed in 2022 in the New Brunswick capital by KPMB Architects, a Canadian studio based in Toronto. The 9,000 square-foot (836 square metres)

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ACFD Architecture wraps glass home around apple tree in Quebec

January 16, 2023 James Brillon 0

Montreal studio ACDF Architecture has designed a low-slung, modernist-style home with massing shaped to surround an apple tree and provide lines of sight through the living areas. The project is located in St-Donat, a rural area near Montreal that serves as a popular getaway from the city. The all-black home, surrounded by a boreal forest,

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Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill design pair of Toronto skyscrapers

January 13, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

Chicago studio Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture has released designs for two skyscrapers in Toronto that will rise from a block of preserved heritage buildings. The first skyscraper, called 648 Yonge, will be 75 storeys tall, topping out at 254 metres at its site in a busy Downtown Toronto neighbourhood. Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture

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Falken Reynolds applies beach-toned palette to Cadboro Bay House interiors

January 7, 2023 Dan Howarth 0

Bringing the ocean inside was the primary goal of interiors studio Falken Reynolds when designing this waterfront home on Vancouver Island. The modern house at the southern tip of the island in British Columbia, Canada was completed by architect Chris Foyd of local firm Bo Form for an active couple with three sons. The family

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BLDG Workshop places Corten steel details on all-white home in rural Ontario

December 27, 2022 James Brillon 0

Weathering-steel accents break up the massing of the all-white Badlands Home that BLDG Workshop designed in a rural area outside of Toronto. The project is named after the unique topographic features of the area, known as the Cheltenham Badlands. Situated near the town of Caledon, in Ontario, the site is approximately an hour’s drive from

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Firma completes home and museum for artist Charles Pachter

December 26, 2022 James Brillon 0

An extension made of blue corrugated metal panels has been added to a laneway house in Toronto’s Chinatown neighbourhood to create a new museum and residence for the Canadian artist Charles Pachter. Charles Pachter is a Canadian artist, known for his paintings of moose, landscapes and Queen Elizabeth. The artist wanted to renovate an existing

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Manifesto of Canadian Design urges designers to “un-fuck” their industry

December 19, 2022 Jennifer Hahn 0

Architecture studio Lemay has published a manifesto calling on Canadian studios to unite behind a more radical approach to design that reflects indigenous values and takes responsibility for the country’s abundant natural resources. Penned by Lemay’s research arm FLDWRK, the Manifesto of Canadian Design argues that architects, designers and researchers across the nation must abandon the “characteristic

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