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Omer Arbel uses fabric formwork for concrete pillars in Canadian house

October 25, 2023 Ellen Eberhardt 0

Canadian designer and lighting brand Bocci founder Omer Arbel has created a home in British Columbia with expressive pillars made from concrete poured into fabric. Called 75.9 House, the home sits on a farmland site and is covered with a series of berms, while multiple trumpet-shaped pillars of varying heights create wave-like levels along the

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Dezeen Agenda features skyscrapers planned for indigenous land

October 24, 2023 Saudatu Bah 0

The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features designs for residential skyscrapers in Vancouver, Canada. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. Revery Architecture has revealed plans for the Sen̓áḵw residential skyscrapers, which are set to be constructed on the Squamish Nation’s land in Vancouver. The development will consist of more than 10 residential towers,

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Skyscrapers planned for Indigenous land “look like the future of Vancouver”

October 18, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

Revery Architecture has designed the Sen̓áḵw residential skyscrapers for the Squamish Nation’s land in Vancouver, which will aid economic development and “benefit all Canadians”, according to the Indigenous group. More than 11 residential towers, with heights ranging from 12 to 58 storeys, are planned for the development, as well as a series of smaller buildings.

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Neon lighting illuminates Strip Joint Chicken by Amanda Hamilton

October 7, 2023 Dan Howarth 0

Canadian studio Amanda Hamilton Interior Design has used bold colour-blocking and neon lighting to give this Calgary chicken shop a “1990s meets Memphis” feel. Strip Joint Chicken in the city’s East Village neighbourhood is a fast-casual restaurant that serves “chicken fingers with a twist”. The brand is fun, playful and cheeky, so the interiors of

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SMStudio includes pool with underwater windows in “bold yet friendly” Vancouver house

September 27, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

Gridded fibre-cement cladding and a swimming pool with underwater windows feature at the East Van Residence in Vancouver by Canadian firm SMStudio. The project is in Hastings-Sunrise, a residential neighbourhood in East Vancouver, a mixed residential and industrial area that borders the city’s harbour. The home replaces a “tired, 1950s bungalow” that did not accommodate

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Studio North juxtaposes industrial garage with delicate garden in Calgary

July 31, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

Local architecture firm Studio North designed a custom garden and garage combination complete with Corten steel planters and a green roof in Calgary, Alberta. Known as the Garden Garage, the 700-square foot (65-square metre) garage sits on the sunny edge of a 12,000-square foot (1,115-square metre) lot and holds two cars for a 1,785-square foot

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Giannone Petricone Associates rescues Ontario hotel from ruin

July 30, 2023 Dan Howarth 0

Toronto studio Giannone Petricone Associates has spent a decade restoring a dilapidated hotel in Ontario, linking the building’s past and present through regionally influenced design details. Located in Picton, a town in Prince Edward County (PEC) that lies close to the shores of Lake Ontario, The Royal Hotel was in bad shape when the Sorbara

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Ivy Studio converts historic bank building into offices for Montreal ad agency

July 29, 2023 Dan Howarth 0

The offices that Montreal’s Ivy Studio has designed for digital advertising agency Cardigan include a mesh-wrapped mezzanine and a “futuristic” basement within a former bank building. For Cardigan’s expanding team, Ivy Studio has renovated a stone building that was built as a bank in 1907, in the Rosemont area of Montreal. The structure has had

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Dorte Mandrup reveals plans for Inuit Heritage Centre in Canada

July 10, 2023 James Parkes 0

Danish architecture studio Dorte Mandrup has revealed plans for the Nunavut Inuit Heritage Centre in Canada, a sweeping, partly underground structure with a form based on patterns found in the snow. Set to be built in Iqaluit, a city in the northern territory of Nunavut, Dorte Mandrup’s proposal was informed by the landscape and the patterns

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MRDK uses arches and mosaics for Ciele Athletics store in Montreal

July 2, 2023 Dan Howarth 0

Rounded walls and archways create a flow through this Montreal boutique, designed by local studio MRDK for Canadian sportswear brand Ciele Athletics. The first boutique for Ciele, which sells technical headwear and apparel for running, opened in April 2023 on Notre-Dame Street in Montreal – the brand’s hometown. The 3,000-square-foot (279-square-metre) flagship store was designed

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