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Alchemy is a Toronto cannabis dispensary designed by Paolo Ferrari

March 24, 2021 India Block 0

Toronto designer Paolo Ferrari has created the interiors for Alchemy, a marijuana dispensary that “rejects staid cannabis clichés” with mirrored ceilings and custom-made sniff jars connected to digital display screens. Located in Downtown Toronto, the shop is the licensed flagship for Canadian-grown cannabis brand Alchemy. Ferrari designed the retail space to be an immersive and

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Populous designs esports stadium for Toronto

February 26, 2021 India Block 0

Architecture studio Populous has unveiled visuals of a multi-purpose arena in Toronto, Canada, designed to be able to host music concerts, plays and esports competitions. Due to complete in 2025, the 7,000-seat stadium will be located in the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) Grounds. The as-yet-unnamed Toronto venue will be specially designed to facilitate esports events, short for

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Frank Gehry reveals latest design for supertall skyscraper in Toronto

February 15, 2021 India Block 0

Frank Gehry has released visuals of a pair of twisting shiny skyscrapers, one of which will be over 300 metres, for King Street West in Toronto. Currently named the Gehry Project, the plan is to build a 302-metre-high supertall and a 266-metre-high skyscraper at the intersection King Street West and Ed Mirvish Way. These mixed-use

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Socially distanced Winter Stations 2021 beach pavilion designs revealed

February 3, 2021 India Block 0

A bright pink arch and a giant seashell are among the winning designs for Toronto’s annual Winter Stations programme of temporary beach pavilions. For this year’s competition designers were asked to include social distancing measures, while the construction timetable has been pushed back due to the pandemic. Other winning designs for Winter Stations 2021 include

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Industrial grating forms display fixtures inside Edition cannabis dispensary in Toronto

November 29, 2020 Natasha Levy 0

Edition X cannabis dispensary in Toronto has display counters made from industrial grating

Architecture firm StudioAC has used sheets of industrial grating to make striking gridded display counters for this minimal cannabis dispensary in Toronto. Edition sells a curated selection of cannabis strains and smoking accessories, including items such as bongs, grinders, ashtrays and rolling papers. Studio AC was, from the outset of the project, keen to reimagine

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Green-painted sunroom with cathedral views features in renovated Toronto apartment

October 24, 2020 Eleanor Gibson 0

Canadian studio Odami has redesigned a 1980s apartment in Toronto with bold and rich features like dark quartzite, walnut and green walls. The project, called St Lawrence, involved renovating an apartment that was previously transformed from a parking garage in the 1980s, with finishes that Odami said had now become dull and outdated. “[The apartment]

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Blue slide is centrepiece of Walker house renovation by Reflect Architecture

September 21, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0

Walker house in Toronto, Canada, by Reflect Architecture

Reflect Architecture has renovated a house for a young family living in Toronto, Canada, by brightening its truncated interiors and twisting a blue slide through its centre. The update to the house, which is named Walker, was focused on reconfiguring the existing layout to create lighter, open spaces that better serve the family’s lifestyle and

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Long wooden cabinet runs through slender Borden house by StudioAC

August 20, 2020 Eleanor Gibson 0

Pale woodwork wrapping white-painted walls forms storage to make more space in this 14-foot-wide house in Toronto, which has been overhauled by local firm StudioAC. The Borden project is the renovation of a Victorian-era, three-storey residence in Annex, a neighbourhood in Downtown Toronto. Like many other properties in the area the house has a “very

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Live interview with Partisans architect Alex Josephson as part of Virtual Design Festival

June 12, 2020 Calum Lindsay 0

Architect Alex Josephson, co-founder of Toronto studio Partisans, speaks to Dezeen in a live Screentime talk sponsored by Enscape as part of Virtual Design Festival. Watch the broadcast live from 2pm UK time. Toronto-based architect Josephson will speak to Dezeen’s founder and editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs about the work of Partisans, the studio he co-founded alongside

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Herzog & de Meuron designs Canada’s tallest skyscraper

June 4, 2020 Bridget Cogley 0

Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron and Canadian studio Quadrangle have unveiled plans for a super-skinny skyscraper in Toronto that will rise 324 metres. The 87-storey skyscraper, called 1200 Bay Street, is proposed for a site in the city’s Yorkville area on the northwest corner of Bay Street and Bloor Street. If completed, it would

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