Montreal

Naturehumaine enlivens mid-century Montreal house with plant-covered wall

March 23, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

A sliding screen offers glimpses to the living room beneath this plant-filled wall, which architecture firm Nauturehumaine has added to a 1940s house in Montreal. The local studio renovated the mid-century property in the Canadian city’s residential Outremont borough for a couple and their two children. At the request of the wife, who works in the

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Naturehumaine enlivens mid-century Montreal house with plant-covered wall

March 23, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

A sliding screen offers glimpses to the living room beneath this plant-filled wall, which architecture firm Nauturehumaine has added to a 1940s house in Montreal. The local studio renovated the mid-century property in the Canadian city’s residential Outremont borough for a couple and their two children. At the request of the wife, who works in the

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Montreal home by Dominique Jacquet and Anne Sophie Goneau is minimal inside and out

February 18, 2018 Dan Howarth 0

A dark blue storage unit stands boldly against the otherwise all-white kitchen at this house in Montreal, where the same minimalist aesthetic continues throughout the interior. The House on Drolet Street is a combined effort from Dominique Jacquet and Anne Sophie Goneau, who designed the new residence to be as pared back as possible while

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Photographs capture cats, laundry and everyday life in Moshe Safdie’s Habitat 67

February 6, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

Architectural photographer James Brittain has explored the hidden nooks and apartments of Moshe Safdie’s Habitat 67, offering a glimpse of day-to-day life in the famous brutalist complex in Montreal over 50 years after it was completed. Rather than focusing on the “formally breathtaking” elements of the Israeli-Canadian architect’s groundbreaking 1960s housing complex, Brittain’s Revisited: Habitat 67 series

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Gabled kiosks by Atelier Urban Face tilt away from Mount Royal’s slope

January 28, 2018 Dan Howarth 0

These kiosks on Montreal’s namesake peak lean away from the hillside at different angles to look as if they’re being blown over by the wind. The trio of Mount Royal Kiosks is situated close to Beaver Lake, an artificial pond within the Mount Royal Park – inaugurated in 1876 and designed by landscape architect Frederick

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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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Obiekt designs pared-back interior for C’est Beau’s first store

December 29, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

Teal and dusty orange give colour to this minimal boutique in Montreal, created by design studio Obiekt for a previously online-only fashion brand. The C’est Beau store, on the city’s busy Mont-Royal Avenue shopping thoroughfare, is the first physical retail space for the clothing and accessories company. The five-year-old brand asked young Canadian studio Obiekt

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