Working closely with owner Ivanhoé Cambridge and operator Fairmont Hotels, Sid Lee Architecture crafted a vision for the hotel’s repositioning, and developed architecture and interior design concepts to make it happen. The project was executed by the architectural consortium of Sid Lee Architecture | Architecture49, with general contractor Pomerleau. We designed the renewed hotel experience… [Read More]
Lemay + Toker Redefines Cultural Landmark with Hudson Block Design
Calgary-based Lemay + Toker, the product of a merger between architecture and interior design firm Toker + Associates and Montreal-based integrated services leader Lemay, has worked with community stakeholders and two valued clients to reinvent the historic Hudson Block in downtown Calgary as an inviting, community-oriented space showcasing local artists and the latest in retail… [Read More]
Taller Héctor Barroso designs vacation homes surrounded by pine trees
In a vast forest area in Valle de Bravo, Mexico, Taller Héctor Barroso has built five weekend houses, which adapt to the site’s topography. They are surrounded by pine trees that echo the sound of the wind. Each house—identical in its typology—consists of six volumes positioned in a way that they generate a void, a central… [Read More]
Fire Station #5 by STGM Architectes + CCM2 Architectes
Located in the borough of Pintendre on the outskirts of Lévis, the new 1,500 sq. m. fire station houses eight fire trucks. The concept developed by STGM Architectes and CCM2 Architectes began with a splitting of the station’s functions, which can be seen by the different volume heights between the garage and the living spaces…. [Read More]
Lemay + Toker design University of Alberta’s Faculty of Extension
The Renovation and Renewal for the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Extension provided a collaborative hub that merged collective and indigenous learning spaces. Located in Edmonton’s Enterprise Square, this updated learning center is the main learning place for thousands of continuing education students each year, and this collaborative space contributes to downtown revitalization. Designed by… [Read More]
Five Fields Play Structure
Designed by Matter Design in collaboration with FR|SCH, the project is a landscape for childish exploration. It shuns function and standard, in favor of liberation. The structure cultivates a child’s—and adults—imagination through play. It encourages inventiveness through its unfolding, discoverable spaces. The playscape is tailored to child size, but still accessible to adults. It prioritizes… [Read More]
Owl Creek Residence by Skylab
Built and designed by Skylab on the idea that a physical place can deepen the connection between friends, families and the natural world. Perched on the hillside, with panoramic views of Snowmass Mountain, the Owl Creek Residence was built on the idea that a physical place can deepen the connections between friends, families and the… [Read More]
SLAHBACK Contemporary House in Georgia
STIPFOLD took a bottom-up approach in coming up with the structure and form of this contemporary house in Tbilisi, Georgia. Forms emerged after deciding how spaces with specific functionalities would be arranged in the house. Dense tree population in the front yard was kept intact and for the purpose of eliminating the distraction from the… [Read More]
Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies
Designed by MYAA Architects, the Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies (QFIS), is located on the Education City Campus, Doha. The scheme provides world class teaching and faculty space and the Education City campus mosque. QFIS is based on the Islamic ‘Kulliyya’ or ‘place where all knowledge is sought’ and the building provides a progressive learning… [Read More]
Backcountry Hut to present new Design Concept House at IDS Toronto 2019
The Backcountry Hut Company has been selected by IDS Toronto to provide the Design Concept House for the latest edition taking place from January 17 to 20, 2019. Responding to IDS’ theme ‘Power of Design’, this year’s full-scale concept house enables visitors to enter and experience a new ‘kit-of-parts’ approach to the creation of small… [Read More]
