Montreal

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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David Chipperfield designs metallic interiors for Ssense’s Montreal boutique

May 2, 2018 Bridget Cogley 0

British firm David Chipperfield Architects has completed its first project in Canada – the overhaul of a 19th-century building into a minimalist fashion store. The store for Ssense, an e-commerce label that has expanded to its first brick-and-mortar shop in Montreal, spans 13,000 square feet (3,962 square metres) across five storeys. Chipperfield’s firm renovated the interiors

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Robitaille Curtis pairs dark and light hues in renovated Montreal kitchen

May 1, 2018 Jenna McKnight 0

Grey cabinetry, brass accents and ash flooring have refreshed a kitchen within a 1960s home, updated by Canadian studio Robitaille Curtis. The Hampstead House, which belongs to a young doctor and his family, is located in the affluent Hampstead neighbourhood in Montreal. The project entailed the renovation of a home that had been occupied by

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Ivy Studio uses simple furnishings to create a “barbershop unlike all others” in Montreal

April 30, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

A dark green marble counter and a grid of tiny circular shelves are among the minimal details chosen by Ivy Studio for the Crisp barbershop in Montreal. Located in the city’s Pointe Saint-Charles neighbourhood, Crisp was designed in response to a brief from the owner for a “barbershop unlike all others”. “His ambitions were to create a unique experience

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Aesop Montreal store by Alain Carle draws on local jazz heritage

April 22, 2018 Bridget Cogley 0

Dark green suede and brass details were used by Alain Carle Architecte to make this store for skincare brand Aesop feel like a jazz club. The local firm designed the interior for the store in Montreal’s Petite Bourgogne – or Little Burgundy – a neighbourhood in the southwest of the city, historically known for its

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Naturehumaine enlivens mid-century Montreal house with plant-covered wall

March 23, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

A sliding screen offers glimpses to the living room beneath this plant-filled wall, which architecture firm Nauturehumaine has added to a 1940s house in Montreal. The local studio renovated the mid-century property in the Canadian city’s residential Outremont borough for a couple and their two children. At the request of the wife, who works in the

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Naturehumaine enlivens mid-century Montreal house with plant-covered wall

March 23, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

A sliding screen offers glimpses to the living room beneath this plant-filled wall, which architecture firm Nauturehumaine has added to a 1940s house in Montreal. The local studio renovated the mid-century property in the Canadian city’s residential Outremont borough for a couple and their two children. At the request of the wife, who works in the

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Montreal home by Dominique Jacquet and Anne Sophie Goneau is minimal inside and out

February 18, 2018 Dan Howarth 0

A dark blue storage unit stands boldly against the otherwise all-white kitchen at this house in Montreal, where the same minimalist aesthetic continues throughout the interior. The House on Drolet Street is a combined effort from Dominique Jacquet and Anne Sophie Goneau, who designed the new residence to be as pared back as possible while

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Photographs capture cats, laundry and everyday life in Moshe Safdie’s Habitat 67

February 6, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

Architectural photographer James Brittain has explored the hidden nooks and apartments of Moshe Safdie’s Habitat 67, offering a glimpse of day-to-day life in the famous brutalist complex in Montreal over 50 years after it was completed. Rather than focusing on the “formally breathtaking” elements of the Israeli-Canadian architect’s groundbreaking 1960s housing complex, Brittain’s Revisited: Habitat 67 series

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