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Workshop Architecture Inc creates “raw and unvarnished” prefabricated home in Ontario

April 11, 2024 Ellen Eberhardt 0

Toronto studio Workshop Architecture Inc has created a prefabricated home in Ontario with an exposed structure and blue-painted element on the interior. Located in Tiny, the Unfinished House is a 1,400-square-foot (130 square metre) two-bedroom, two-bathroom home with additional flexible spaces that double as accommodations for visitors. On the interior, the unfinished appearance is a

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Reflect Architecture balances “contemporary art with family life” in Toronto house

April 7, 2024 Dan Howarth 0

Canadian studio Reflect Architecture has renovated a home in Toronto for a new generation of the same family, while incorporating an extensive art collection. North Drive House was the childhood home of one of the owners. After stints living abroad and in Downtown Toronto, the couple were lured back to the two-acre property for the

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Portal House by Svima features brass details and curved oak ribbons

March 31, 2024 Dan Howarth 0

Brass ribbons line the asymmetric portals that connect the kitchen and dining room of this Toronto residence, renovated by local architecture and art studio Svima. The Portal House was designed for a couple who had wanted to refresh their home for 10 years, but have very different aesthetic tastes. Toronto-based studio Svima found a compromise

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A Small Laneway House Designed For A Narrow Property In Toronto

March 19, 2024 Erin 0

Lanescape Architecture has shared photos of a laneway home they completed for a narrow 17-foot wide lot in Toronto’s Junction neighborhood. Measuring in at 1000 sqft (92sqm), the small house with its black exterior is now home to the owner who formerly lived in the two-unit house at the front of the property. The bright […]

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“Ancient glacial landscapes” inform Toronto Port Lands Bridges by Grimshaw

March 6, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

The New York office of architecture studio Grimshaw has created a series of sleek pre-fabricated bridges that connect Toronto with the Villiers Island urban revitalisation project. Grimshaw Architects completed three bridges for the Port Lands Bridges project – two single-span and one four-span – adding to an initial three-span bridge, which was completed in 2022.

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Studio Paolo Ferrari designs Toronto restaurant as a “world unto itself”

February 11, 2024 Dan Howarth 0

Toronto-based Studio Paolo Ferrari has created cinematic interiors for a restaurant in the city’s Downtown area, combining influences from filmmakers that range from Stanley Kubrick to Nancy Meyers. Unlike a typical restaurant layout, Daphne unfolds as a series of rooms with distinct identities, each borrowing references from different cinema styles. Studio Paolo Ferrari intended each

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Future Neighbourhood exhibition at IDS Toronto features timber transitional housing

January 31, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

Interior Design Show Toronto director Will Sorrell has curated an exhibition of speculative spaces, including a model for transitional housing by architecture studio SvN for sites in mid-development. Future Neighbourhood was an exhibition in the centre of the design trade fair Interior Design Show Toronto 2024 (IDS Toronto), which featured six different installations showcasing design’s

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This Tall Black House Appears To Be Made From A Series Of Stacked Boxes

January 14, 2024 Erin 0

Studio for Architecture & Collaboration (StudioAC) has designed a modern single-family home with a black exterior in Toronto, Canada. The home has a gable roof and appears as a series of stacked boxes, with different levels defining the various areas of the home. The rear of the home is similar to the facade, with the […]

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Rotated bricks animate facade of Garden Laneway House in Toronto

January 11, 2024 Jenna McKnight 0

Canadian architecture studio Williamson Williamson has designed a multi-level, brick-clad home along an alley that is meant to depart from the typical laneway house in terms of looks, size and function. The Garden Laneway House occupies the rear of a slender, 369-square-metre parcel in Toronto’s West End. It is an example of laneway housing, a

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Renzo Piano stacks Toronto courthouse on top of massive atrium

January 9, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

Architecture studio Renzo Piano Building Workshop has created a justice building for Toronto to display “the identity and values of a modern justice institution” while respecting nearby historical buildings. Working with local studio NORR Architects and Engineers, Renzo Piano Building Workshop (RPBW) designed the structure for downtown Toronto, where it will house many of the

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