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Toronto firm Atelier Kastelic Buffey has recently completed a minimalistic black and white chalet in Ontario's Blue Mountains, echoing the forms of the area's traditional barns and farmhouses. The residence, d...

Architecture firm Penda has teamed up with Canadian company Tmber for the Tree Tower Toronto project, an 18-story timber-framed mixed-use residential skyscraper for Canada’s largest city. Drawing inspiration...

Initially built as a small storage space, this shed — now renamed La Colombière (Dovery) — was later rearranged by Canadian practice YH2 architecture into a forest refuge that reminds a bird huts. In...

Designed as a weekend home for a family of six, the Compass House by Toronto-based architecture firm Superkül takes its name from the clients’ desire to chart a new course as they transition from an extende...

Toronto-based Studio AC has refurbished the interior of a local apartment for a young client who wanted something equally fun, functional and unique. The architects have so produced a scheme that revolves aro...

Botanist, Vancouver's highly anticipated new restaurant inside Fairmont Pacific Rim, has opened its doors last month. The restaurant presents a collection of four diverse spaces -a dining room, cocktail ba...

Canadian architecture firm +tongtong has recently designed Torteria San Cosme, a Mexican sandwich shop in Toronto’s eclectic Kensington Market. Principal designer John Tong worked closely with his client ...

Canadian design firm +tongtong has collaborated with renowned Owner/Chef David Lee to renovate the interiors of Nota Bene restaurant in Downtown Toronto. While remaining in Toronto’s popular Queen Street We...

Architecture and design firm L. McComber has recently refurbished this semi-detached house built in the 1950s in Montreal’s Ville-Saint-Laurent neighbourhood. The owner entrusted his project to L. McComber ...

Paris-based studio Delordinaire plays with boundaries between interior and exterior in the project for this small winter cabin above a snow-laden slope in Quebec. The High House invites people to gather in a sp...

Jean de Lessard has designed for Westmount’s café The Standard, a space of symmetry where the minimalistic narrative blends in subtly with the sophisticated look of a period café. After an intense drawing ...

Montréal-based firm APPAREIL architecture has recently refurbished this duplex located in Villeray. Its new and singular appearance distinguishes it from others in the neighborhood and forms a bridge between...

Canadian firm Mcleod Bovell Modern Houses has recently completed this waterfront home in West West Vancouver, British Columbia, in order to make the most of its sea views. The home’s irregular shape traces t...

Built on a very narrow and shallow plot in Montréal, this new 4-storey residence by local studio La SHED Architecture is characterized by its small square footage per floor. In fact, living spaces have been...

Aesop's first store in Montreal, in the Westmount district, was created in collaboration with Quebecois architect Alain Carle, who used Ivan Illich’s essay H2O & the Waters of Forgetfulness as a point ...

It’s been five years since Le Manoir, an avant-garde boutique offering beauty services, nail expertise and exclusive fashion, first opened its doors to customers. In an effort to maintain a youthful brand ima...

Canadian firm baukultur/ca has recently completed the refurbishment of a 110-year-old house in Toronto's Beaches neighbourhood.  German architect Felix Leicher absorbed the genus loci to create a contempo...

Canadian architecture firm Audax has recently designed a modern addition to a 116-year-old home in a  picturesque neighbourhood in Toronto. “Bilateral house is characterized by its two unique façades. The ...

Called the Junction Shadow House, this semi-detached house in Toronto that began as a mirror image of its neighbour, was recently refurbished by Canadian studio Post Architecture. Early in the design process, ...

Young Montreal firm APPAREIL Architecture has recently refurbished  the interior of this spacious Île des Soeurs home, on Nuns' Island. The firm's team took up the challenge of giving the premises a secon...