Canada

Minimal photography studio in Montreal has plenty of children’s play spaces

June 16, 2018 James Brillon 0

A padded playroom for children features in this photography studio in Montreal, designed by local practice Alain Carle Architecte to look more like a minimal home than a workplace. Studio Bluecerigo is located on the first floor of a mixed-use building in the Mile End neighbourhood, an area of the city known for its art scene,

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Alain Carle Architecte renovates rundown Résidence Maribou chalet in Canada

June 9, 2018 James Brillon 0

This rural Quebec chalet from the 1960s faced demolition, but was salvaged and given a new life by Montreal-based studio Alain Carle Architecte, which sought to restore the home’s original charm. Located outside the town of St-Sauveur, in the Laurentians region, Résidence Maribou was in need of more than a facelift, as its structure, insulation,

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“It takes 40 or 50 years to update an industrial landscape. We want to speed that up,” says Sidewalk Labs urban planner

June 4, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

After disrupting our online activities, Google’s parent company now wants to disrupt how cities work. Dezeen spoke to Rohit Aggarwala, head of urban systems at Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs, as it gears up to redevelop a major chunk of Toronto. Aggarwala’s team is building an experimental new district in Canada’s largest city, where the latest technologies

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Lakeside cottage extension by ACDF takes cues from traditional neighbour

May 29, 2018 James Brillon 0

This extension to a Canadian cottage by Montreal studio ACDF Architecture echoes the traditional language of the original home, but executed with contemporary geometry and finishes. The new addition is dubbed La Petite Soeur – or The Little Sister – based on the references it takes from the pitched-roof home to adjoins. “The extension preserves

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Rainville Sangaré overhauls Unit 622 in Montreal’s brutalist Habitat 67

May 28, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

Concrete bathrooms with colour-changing shower screens feature in this renovated apartment inside Moshe Safdie’s famous brutalist Habitat 67 in Montreal, Canada, where scribbles on the walls date back to the housing complex’s construction. Locally based design studio Rainville Sangaré was enlisted by a couple to renovate Unit 622 in the 1960s housing complex, which is located at 2600 Avenue

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Colours “inspired by a classic New Balance sneaker” decorate Montreal falafel shop

May 24, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

Red corrugated roofing fronts the curving bars inside the Falafel Yoni eatery in Montreal, which architect David Dworkind based on the hues of a popular shoe. The shop is located in the city’s Mile End neighbourhood and only serves falafel – deep fried balls of chickpeas, commonly served in pita bread and eaten by hand. Customers

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Antoine Predock’s Canadian Museum for Human Rights to feature on country’s bank note

May 23, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

Canada’s central bank has selected the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, designed by US architect Antoine Predock, to feature on the country’s new $10 bank note. The Bank of Canada unveiled the design for the $10 CAD note in March this year, choosing the building in Winnipeg, Manitoba, to feature on the back of the

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Buckhorn Place’s light-filled interiors complement Whistler snowscapes

May 20, 2018 Bridget Cogley 0

Canadian firm Burgers Architecture constructed this mountainside residence from prefabricated volumes so it could be quickly assembled between British Columbia’s snow seasons. Buckhorn Place is perched on a hilltop and protected by dense trees that envelop the property. The lot sits in a restrictive view corridor, which dictated the house’s siting close to edge of

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Minimalist art and horse stables influence rural Gauthier Residence by Atelier Barda

May 19, 2018 James Brillon 0

Massive brick walls and simple geometric forms define this home in a Canadian forest by Montreal-based studio Atelier Barda, which overlooks the client’s horse stables. The home is located near Mont Tremblant, a popular holiday location known for its natural landscapes. The clients own a horse farm on the remote site, and wanted to add

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Diamond Schmitt creates white facades with pops of colour for Vancouver art school

May 16, 2018 Jenna McKnight 0

Canadian studio Diamond Schmitt Architects has completed a new home for the Emily Carr University of Art & Design, which features white facades that are meant to evoke a blank canvas. Located just east of Downtown Vancouver, the building serves as the new “campus” for the 93-year-old arts institution that formerly was located on Granville

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