Canada

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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Jean Verville incorporates “golden ribbon” into Montreal apartment for music composer

August 29, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

Canadian architect Jean Verville has combined minimalism with theatrics in this dwelling for a musician, which features brass walls, raw concrete beams and an all-white bathroom sheathed in marble. Called IN 3, the project entailed the conversion of a 160-square-metre apartment into a residence for a music composer. Verville, who runs an eponymous Montreal-based studio,

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Jean Verville incorporates “golden ribbon” into Montreal apartment for music composer

August 29, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

Canadian architect Jean Verville has combined minimalism with theatrics in this dwelling for a musician, which features brass walls, raw concrete beams and an all-white bathroom sheathed in marble. Called IN 3, the project entailed the conversion of a 160-square-metre apartment into a residence for a music composer. Verville, who runs an eponymous Montreal-based studio,

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Jean Verville incorporates “golden ribbon” into Montreal apartment for music composer

August 29, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

Canadian architect Jean Verville has combined minimalism with theatrics in this dwelling for a musician, which features brass walls, raw concrete beams and an all-white bathroom sheathed in marble. Called IN 3, the project entailed the conversion of a 160-square-metre apartment into a residence for a music composer. Verville, who runs an eponymous Montreal-based studio,

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Colourful strips surround Toronto’s Albion Library by Perkins+Will

August 25, 2017 Bridget Cogley 0

Multi-coloured bars form the facades of this district library in a Toronto suburb by architecture firm Perkins+Will, which features community areas for new Canadians. The Albion Library is located in the Rexdale neighbourhood to the north-west of the city, where the population is predominantly immigrants, minorities, and low-income residents. “The Albion District Library is one

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Falken Reynolds Have Designed The Interiors Of This Loft Apartment In Vancouver

August 22, 2017 Erin 0

Photography by Ema Peter Photography   Interior design firm Falken Reynolds have completed the design of a loft apartment in Vancouver, for a couple that split their time between the Canadian city and New York.   Inspired by Brooklyn’s warehouse lofts, the interior has modern design elements that have been combined with wood to create a bright […]

Canadian lake house by Paul Bernier features dark wood and rusted metal cladding

August 18, 2017 James Brillon 0

Montreal architect Paul Bernier has completed a home clad in blackened timber and weathering steel on the shores of a lake in rural Quebec. The two-storey residence overlooks Lac Charlebois, one of many bodies of water in the Laurentien mountain range, a popular vacation destination just north of Montreal. “Our clients wanted to build a contemporary house, luminous and

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Canadian lake house by Paul Bernier features dark wood and rusted metal cladding

August 18, 2017 James Brillon 0

Montreal architect Paul Bernier has completed a home clad in blackened timber and weathering steel on the shores of a lake in rural Quebec. The two-storey residence overlooks Lac Charlebois, one of many bodies of water in the Laurentien mountain range, a popular vacation destination just north of Montreal. “Our clients wanted to build a contemporary house, luminous and

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Jean Verville tricks the eye with black and white Montreal apartment

August 17, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

The whimsical monochrome interior of this Montreal residence, overhauled by Canadian architect Jean Verville, creates optical illusions for its residents to enjoy as they move through the space. Called IN 2, the 100-square-metre project entailed transforming the interiors of a 1950s urban cottage in the city’s Villeray neighbourhood. It was commissioned by a couple who

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Nova Scotian house by Omar Gandhi Architect sits between rocky outcrop and expansive views

August 15, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

Boulders strewn across the landscape informed the disjointed massing of this house in Nova Scotia, which architect Omar Gandhi designed to look like local sheds. The home’s location in Purcell’s Cove, just south of Halifax, is scattered with large outcrops and giant rocks left behind by an ancient glacier. It is named Float, after the

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