Canada

PARKA Architecture overhauls modernist Canadian home

September 8, 2017 James Brillon 0

PARKA Architecture has renovated a modernist home in Quebec City, preserving its most successful features while bringing in more natural light and decluttering the interiors. Located in the residential neighbourhood of Sainte-Foy, the original home was built in the 1960s, but was in need of a refresh. PARKA collaborated with Canadian product designer Guillaume Sasseville, a

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Batay-Csorba animates facades of Toronto townhouses with angled windows

September 5, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

Canadian studio Batay-Csorba Architects has taken cues from traditional bay windows on Victorian homes for this residential building in Toronto, which has apertures that appear to be slanted. The development, called Core Modern Homes, is located in the city’s upscale Leaside neighbourhood. The building occupies a prime site along Eglinton Avenue, slated to become the city’s newest

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LGA transforms warehouse into community for homeless youths in Toronto

September 4, 2017 Bridget Cogley 0

Canadian firm LGA Architectural Partners has created a neighbourhood within an old Toronto industrial building, to provide accommodation for homeless young people. Eva’s is a nonprofit initiative that provides shelter and educational facilities for homeless youth in the city. For the latest of its three residences, LGA Architectural Partners consulted with Canadian agency ERA Architects to revamp

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LGA transforms warehouse into community for homeless youths in Toronto

September 4, 2017 Bridget Cogley 0

Canadian firm LGA Architectural Partners has created a neighbourhood within an old Toronto industrial building, to provide accommodation for homeless young people. Eva’s is a nonprofit initiative that provides shelter and educational facilities for homeless youth in the city. For the latest of its three residences, LGA Architectural Partners consulted with Canadian agency ERA Architects to revamp

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LGA transforms warehouse into community for homeless youths in Toronto

September 4, 2017 Bridget Cogley 0

Canadian firm LGA Architectural Partners has created a neighbourhood within an old Toronto industrial building, to provide accommodation for homeless young people. Eva’s is a nonprofit initiative that provides shelter and educational facilities for homeless youth in the city. For the latest of its three residences, LGA Architectural Partners consulted with Canadian agency ERA Architects to revamp

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Bohlin Cywinski Jackson creates remote holiday retreat in Ontario forest

August 30, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

Nestled into a wooded hillside, this residence by US firm Bohlin Cywinski Jackson and Canadian studio Bohlin Grauman Miller Architects has large glass walls offering picturesque views. The Bear Stand is situated a three-hour drive northeast of Toronto, on a remote wooded site along the shores of Contau Lake. The 3,425-square-foot (318-square-metre) dwelling was built

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Mirrored staircase ascends through Kaleidoscope House by Paul Ruff Studio

August 29, 2017 Bridget Cogley 0

The staircase at the centre of this Toronto house has mirrored balustrades that bounce light and reflections off one another to create a kaleidoscopic effect. Kaleidoscope House is located in Chaplin Estates, an affluent neighbourhood characterised by its detached homes that have private gardens and driveways. The focal point of the home is a reflective staircase, which Paul Raff

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Mirrored staircase ascends through Kaleidoscope House by Paul Raff Studio

August 29, 2017 Bridget Cogley 0

The staircase at the centre of this Toronto house has mirrored balustrades that bounce light and reflections off one another to create a kaleidoscopic effect. Kaleidoscope House is located in Chaplin Estates, an affluent neighbourhood characterised by its detached homes that have private gardens and driveways. The focal point of the home is a reflective staircase, which Paul Raff

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Playster Headquarters by ACDF includes brightly coloured workspaces

August 29, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

Canadian studio ACDF Architecture has used the colours of Playster’s logo to create vibrant office spaces at the company’s Montreal headquarters. ACDF revamped a 18,000-square-foot (1,670-square-metre) space in a 1980s tower on Peel Street for subscription-based entertainment service Playster’s third office location, after New York and Los Angeles. “To give their clients an environment suited

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Playster Headquarters by ACDF includes brightly coloured workspaces

August 29, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

Canadian studio ACDF Architecture has used the colours of Playster’s logo to create vibrant office spaces at the company’s Montreal headquarters. ACDF revamped a 18,000-square-foot (1,670-square-metre) space in a 1980s tower on Peel Street for subscription-based entertainment service Playster’s third office location, after New York and Los Angeles. “To give their clients an environment suited

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