Canada

Colourful booths, furniture and cables enliven Slack’s Toronto office by Dubbeldam

January 26, 2018 Dan Howarth 0

A trail of rainbow-coloured cables, which match brightly hued walls and seating, threads through the Toronto offices of tech company Slack by Dubbeldam Architecture + Design. After starting up in San Francisco, Slack – which provides cloud-based tools for collaborative work – has grown rapidly and opened offices in Vancouver, New York, Melbourne, London, and

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Diamond Schmitt swaps concrete for glass at brutalist arts centre in Ottawa

January 26, 2018 Bridget Cogley 0

Canadian firm Diamond Schmitt Architects has overhauled and expanded Ottawa’s brutalist National Arts Centre, cladding it in glass to create a light-filled interior. Based in Toronto, Diamond Schmitt Architects led the performance venue’s transformation by updating the exterior and interior spaces, while retaining some the building’s original features. The renovation encompassed the upgrade of 20,000

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Pita bread shop interior by Studio Roselyn is based on bad food photography

January 20, 2018 Dan Howarth 0

Shapes borrowed from Middle Eastern architecture and colours of over-saturated food photographs found on menus informed the interior of this fast-casual Lebanese restaurant in Victoria, Canada. Vancouver-based duo Studio Roselyn based the design for Superbaba on the quick-service eateries found across the Middle East, but put their own “quirky” twist on the typology while working

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Pita bread shop interior by Studio Roselyn is based on bad food photography

January 20, 2018 Dan Howarth 0

Shapes borrowed from Middle Eastern architecture and colours of over-saturated food photographs found on menus informed the interior of this fast-casual Lebanese restaurant in Victoria, Canada. Vancouver-based duo Studio Roselyn based the design for Superbaba on the quick-service eateries found across the Middle East, but put their own “quirky” twist on the typology while working

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Pita bread shop interior by Studio Roselyn is based on bad food photography

January 20, 2018 Dan Howarth 0

Shapes borrowed from Middle Eastern architecture and colours of over-saturated food photographs found on menus informed the interior of this fast-casual Lebanese restaurant in Victoria, Canada. Vancouver-based duo Studio Roselyn based the design for Superbaba on the quick-service eateries found across the Middle East, but put their own “quirky” twist on the typology while working

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L’Abri renovates Montreal home with slatted timber floors and walls

January 19, 2018 Bridget Cogley 0

Canadian build-design studio L’Abri has outfitted a home in Montreal with thin slats of wood that create floorboards on the upper level and form a partition in the foyer. The Rivard project involved turning apartments in an early 1900s property into a contemporary single-family home. The layout is reconfigured with a centralised living space that

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Naturehumaine updates mid-century Prairie House with minimalist interiors

January 18, 2018 Bridget Cogley 0

Montreal architecture studio Naturehumaine has transformed a local 1950s residence with a new grey exterior and pared-down interior, and a layout reduced to one bedroom to add space elsewhere. The single-storey residence is built in the Prairie School style – made popular by architect Frank Lloyd Wright and typified by a low pitched roof, overhanging eaves,

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Naturehumaine updates mid-century Prairie House with minimalist interiors

January 18, 2018 Bridget Cogley 0

Montreal architecture studio Naturehumaine has transformed a local 1950s residence with a new grey exterior and pared-down interior, and a layout reduced to one bedroom to add space elsewhere. The single-storey residence is built in the Prairie School style – made popular by architect Frank Lloyd Wright and typified by a low pitched roof, overhanging eaves,

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Kl.tz Design renovates light-filled family residence with floating staircase in Montreal

January 16, 2018 Bridget Cogley 0

Canadian studio Kl.tz Design has included a staircase with suspended timber steps and a thin metal balustrade in the bright interiors of this renovated home. The Lazard house is located in Montreal’s Plateau Mont-Royal, a tree-lined neighbourhood with narrow streets, plenty of cafes, and apartment buildings dating from the early 1900s. The project entailed the overhaul

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Mu Architecture completes black lakefront home with two-storey boathouse

January 14, 2018 Bridget Cogley 0

Canadian studio MU Architecture has integrated a lake house into a steep site in southern Quebec, overlooking a secluded bay and private boathouse. The Slender House comprises a two-storey rectangular volume built into a grassy slope, using masonry retaining walls to hold back the earth. Both floors have ground-level access due to the site’s incline.

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