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Angular black house by Campos Studio is designed around Canadian rainforest clearing

October 5, 2019 James Brillon 0

Black metal panels and angled wooden slats cover this pointed house Canadian practice Campos Studio has created for a woman and her dog living in Pacific Northwest rainforest. The property is set among forest in a small municipality called Sooke, which is located on Canada’s Vancouver Island. The area is known for its dense old-growth

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Blue trim and terracotta tiles enliven Vancouver tapas joint by Ste Marie

August 30, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0

Vancouver studio Ste Marie has designed a cafe in the city wrapped in tiles as a riff on cosy, compact Spanish tapas bars. The local design studio modelled the eatery Como Taperia on Spain’s “standing-room-only” tapas bars in places like Barcelona’s lively Poble Sec neighbourhood and Madrid’s La Latina district. “At Como, our goal was

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Scott & Scott Architects outfit Vancouver’s Fig facial bar with scalloped green walls

August 20, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0

Perforated green steel walls form curved nooks slotted with a washbasin and shelving inside this beauty store in Vancouver, designed by local studio Scott & Scott Architects. Scott & Scott Architects designed the store for Fig – a skincare bar founded by Anita Chan and Jessica Walsh that offers a range of treatments including facials

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Montalba Architects pairs earthy materials with concrete and metal in Vancouver’s Equinox gym

July 27, 2019 Jenna McKnight 0

Equinox Vancouver by Montalba Architects

Bleached walnut, blackened steel and various types of marble feature in this high-end fitness centre by Montalba Architects, which was designed to evoke a “sculpted canyon”. Equinox Vancouver is located within an office tower in the city’s downtown district. It is one of several new locations for the New York-based fitness brand, which operates about

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Piero Lissoni-designed residences to feature in Vancouver’s new Oakridge community

July 3, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0

Piero Lissoni Palazzi at Oakridge by Westbank

Canadian firm Henriquez Partners Architects has designed 10 tree-topped towers and a sprawling park to form a new mixed-use development on a suburban parcel of Vancouver. Developers Westbank enlisted Henriquez Partners Architects to transform the site of a shopping mall into the new 4.5 million-square-foot (420,000-square-metre) community. Called Oakridge, the complex will comprise 10 residential

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Perkins+Will designs “world’s tallest hybrid wood tower” for Vancouver

May 29, 2019 Jenna McKnight 0

Canada's Earth Tower by Delta Land Development and Perkins+Will in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Laminated wood and concrete will form the hybrid structural system of the high-rise Canada’s Earth Tower that global firm Perkins+Will has unveiled for British Columbia. The project, called Canada’s Earth Tower, is planned for a 1.3-acre (0.5-hectare) property along Eighth Avenue near Vancouver’s Burrard Slopes neighbourhood. The site is currently occupied by a nondescript, four-storey building

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Falken Reynolds take cues from an igloo for Vancouver loft renovation

April 19, 2019 Jenna McKnight 0

Vancouver loft renovation inspired by igloo by Falken Reynolds

A hidden sleeping loft and an all-white hallway lined with closets are among the features in a renovated Vancouver apartment designed by Canadian firm Falken Reynolds. The project, called The Igloo, is located within the city’s historic Gastown neighbourhood. Designed for a young couple, the 580-square-foot (54-square-metre) apartment formerly had a more traditional appearance. Local

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Campos Studio and Tom Chung overhaul Yew House in Vancouver for retired couple

March 17, 2019 Eleanor Gibson 0

Yew House by Campos Studio and Tom Chung

Industrial designer Tom Chung and Campos Studio discovered a brick fireplace while updating this Vancouver residence, renovated so its owners can enjoy into their old age. Toronto-based Chung and Vancouver’s Campos Studio teamed up to overhaul the property for a couple who had raised their family in the house, and now wanted it to better

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Herzog & de Meuron swaps wood for glass in Vancouver Art Gallery proposal

January 25, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0

Vancouver Art Gallery by Herzog and de Meuron

Herzog & de Meuron has updated its design for an arts building in Vancouver, which will be the Swiss firm’s first project in Canada if approved. Herzog & de Meuron released new images for a concrete-and-steel building, proposed as an extension to the Vancouver Art Gallery. The structure will retain its stacked shape that was

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Massive coppery Parq complex sits beside Vancouver’s main sports arena

December 12, 2018 Jenna McKnight 0

Canadian firms ACDF Architecture and Architecture49 have created a shiny hotel and entertainment complex for an irregularly shaped property that borders BC Place Stadium in Vancouver. Encompassing 800,000 square feet (74,322 square metres), the Parq complex contains two hotels, eight restaurants, a casino, a large event space, and a fitness centre and spa. The project

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