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MRDK creates Toronto pizzeria with an upstairs-downstairs atmosphere

December 29, 2025 Kate Mazade 0

Canadian studio Ménard Dworkind has designed a restaurant interior with a casual take-out counter and an upscale bar lounge in Toronto, Ontario. The eighth location of pizzeria North of Brooklyn is located in Toronto’s Etobicoke neighbourhood, comprising two levels with differing atmospheres. The ground floor is a tile-laden takeaway and the upper level a refined,

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MRDK creates Toronto pizzeria with an upstairs-downstairs atmosphere

December 29, 2025 Kate Mazade 0

Canadian studio Ménard Dworkind has designed a restaurant interior with a casual take-out counter and an upscale bar lounge in Toronto, Ontario. The eighth location of pizzeria North of Brooklyn is located in Toronto’s Etobicoke neighbourhood, comprising two levels with differing atmospheres. The ground floor is a tile-laden takeaway and the upper level a refined,

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Canada’s tallest skyscraper becomes first in country above 100 storeys

December 8, 2025 Ben Dreith 0

The SkyTower supertall skyscraper in Toronto, designed by Hariri Pontarini Architects, has become the first building in Canada to surpass 100 storeys. The residential skyscraper for developer Pinnacle International reached a milestone today on its path to becoming the tallest building in Canada and one of the tallest residential towers on the continent. Designed by

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Anduhyaun Emergency Shelter by LGA houses domestic violence survivors

September 27, 2025 Dan Howarth 0

Toronto studio LGA Architectural Partners has created a shelter for Indigenous women affected by domestic violence, ensuring the building and interiors honour their traditions. The Anduhyaun Emergency Shelter arose from a partnership between LGA and Anduhyaun, the owner and operator of Toronto’s only Indigenous Violence Against Women shelter. “Our collaboration has created a one-of-a-kind space

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Daoust Lestage Lizotte Stecker creates “kit-of-parts” design for Toronto train stations

November 5, 2024 Ellen Eberhardt 0

Montreal architecture studio Daoust Lestage Lizotte Stecker has created a modular design system for the new Eglinton Crosstown light rail stations in Toronto. The Eglinton Crosstown LRT runs 19.5 kilometres east to west across Toronto, and while construction is complete, according to local sources, the line is yet to open to the public. Daoust Lestage Lizotte Stecker

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Reigo and Bauer uses diamond-shaped cladding for angular Toronto house

August 30, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

Local studio Reigo and Bauer has completed a Toronto house clad in diamond-shaped panels that present a “quiet tension of that contrast” between the cladding’s decorative and minimalist qualities. Called Neville Park, the three-level house sits on a narrow lot in an East End Toronto residential neighbourhood. It is characterised by a tall profile with

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Handel Architects completes “the largest Passive House building in Canada”

August 12, 2024 Ellen Eberhardt 0

A university building in Toronto by Handel Architects has received formal recognition as a Passive House project, making it “the largest Passive House building in Canada”. Harmony Commons is a dormitory building at the University of Toronto Scarborough that accommodates 746 first-year students and contains a dining hall and offices. Located in the northern area of

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Skyscraper by Pei Architects follows “Toronto’s rich tradition of concrete”

August 1, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

New York studio Pei Architects has unveiled a skyscraper in Toronto, Canada, wrapped in precast concrete balconies and above a travertine podium. Pei Architects – founded by the two sons of modernist architect IM Pei – created the 56-storey residential tower for the Tower Hill Development in Midtown Toronto. Designed with local studio Quadrangle Architects,

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Partisans sculpts limestone facade for Rolex boutique in Toronto

May 5, 2024 Dan Howarth 0

Toronto architecture studio Partisans has used parametric modelling to create an undulating stone storefront for luxury watch brand Rolex. Partisans’ latest application of its digital modelling and fabrication technique resulted in a sculptural facade that wraps the ground floor of a high-rise on Bloor Street in Downtown Toronto. The studio worked with Italian architect Arturo

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Rafael Viñoly Architects designs four skyscrapers for first Canada project

April 25, 2024 Ellen Eberhardt 0

US studio Rafael Viñoly Architects has designed four skyscrapers and a series of public spaces in Toronto, which will be the studio’s first built project in Canada. Developed by Madison Group and totalling two million square feet (185,806 square metres) the project will consist of two individual properties holding two skyscrapers each, which will host

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