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“Mad Men meets Apple store” at Ménard Dworkind’s revamp of IM Pei tower interior

June 26, 2024 Kate Mazade 0

Local studio Ménard Dworkind has retrofitted a 1960s building designed by IM Pei with an office interior for a tech company in Montreal. The 3,330-square foot (310-square metres) space houses the offices of TEC Energy inside IM Pei’s 47-storey Place Ville Marie tower, a cruciform skyscraper completed in 1962 as headquarters for the Royal Bank

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Quinzhee Architecture clads stilted Canadian ski house in cedar

June 19, 2024 Kate Mazade 0

Canadian studio Quinzhee Architecture has lifted a cedar-clad residence on stilts for a ski house in Québec. Known as Residence Chez Léon, the 1,390-square-foot (129-square-metre) house was completed in 2023 on a sloping, forested property in Charlevoix, Canada, that overlooks the St Lawrence River. Quinzhee Architecture, which is based in Québec City, worked with the

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Quinzhee Architecture clads stilted Canadian ski house in cedar

June 19, 2024 Kate Mazade 0

Canadian studio Quinzhee Architecture has lifted a cedar-clad residence on stilts for a ski house in Québec. Known as Residence Chez Léon, the 1,390-square-foot (129-square-metre) house was completed in 2023 on a sloping, forested property in Charlevoix, Canada, that overlooks the St Lawrence River. Quinzhee Architecture, which is based in Québec City, worked with the

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“Longest cable-stayed bridge” in North America nears completion above Detroit River

June 11, 2024 Ellen Eberhardt 0

The Gordie Howe International Bridge by infrastructure firm AECOM, which will connect USA and Canada over the Detroit River, is set to complete later this month. Connecting Windsor, Canada, to Detroit, USA, the Gordie Howe International Bridge has been under construction since 2018 and will become the longest cable-stayed bridge in North America when it

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Populous, Stantec and S2 Architecture unveil western Canada’s largest convention centre

June 10, 2024 Kate Mazade 0

Populous, Stantec and S2 Architecture teamed up to expand a convention centre with a sweeping copper-coloured canopy in Calgary, Alberta. Unveiled in June 2024, the BMO Centre at Stampede Park is the largest convention centre in western Canada with an occupancy of 33,000. A collaboration between global design studios Populous and Stantec; and Canadian studio

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Studio North adds wooden screen to Calgary residence

May 13, 2024 Kate Mazade 0

Canadian practice Studio North has wrapped a wooden screen around the curved corners and cantilevers of a Calgary house near a winding river. Studio North completed the 4,520-square-foot (420-square metre) residence – known as Elbow House – at the end of 2023 on an 8,050-square-foot (748-square metre), wedge-shaped property along the banks of the Elbow

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Partisans sculpts limestone facade for Rolex boutique in Toronto

May 5, 2024 Dan Howarth 0

Toronto architecture studio Partisans has used parametric modelling to create an undulating stone storefront for luxury watch brand Rolex. Partisans’ latest application of its digital modelling and fabrication technique resulted in a sculptural facade that wraps the ground floor of a high-rise on Bloor Street in Downtown Toronto. The studio worked with Italian architect Arturo

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Ivy Studio combines retro colours at Ottawa restaurant Buvette Daphnée

May 4, 2024 Dan Howarth 0

The colorful retro diners of Quebec influenced the interiors of this restaurant in Ottawa, designed by Montreal-based Ivy Studio. Buvette Daphnée wine bar and fine dining restaurant sits in a 1,500-square-foot commercial space within an old industrial building in the city’s historic ByWard Market district. “The establishment, led by a head chef with deep roots

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Omar Gandhi Architects balances cedar house on rocky Nova Scotia coastline

April 25, 2024 Kate Mazade 0

Canadian studio Omar Gandhi Architects has completed a cedar-wrapped house “inspired by the scattered boulders” that trail down the seaside property in Hubbards, Nova Scotia. Known as Rockbound, the 4100-square foot (380-square metre) home sits on a rocky, sloped three-acre site overlooking a bay that connects the property to Peggy’s Cove, a national historic site

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Omar Gandhi Architects balances cedar house on rocky Nova Scotia coastline

April 25, 2024 Kate Mazade 0

Canadian studio Omar Gandhi Architects has completed a cedar-wrapped house “inspired by the scattered boulders” that trail down the seaside property in Hubbards, Nova Scotia. Known as Rockbound, the 4100-square foot (380-square metre) home sits on a rocky, sloped three-acre site overlooking a bay that connects the property to Peggy’s Cove, a national historic site

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