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]
Arvi Restaurant – a unique concept where cooks are also the waiters
Here, the border between the kitchen and the table is abolished. Arvi is a restaurant where the cooks are also the waiters. This unique concept has been a pretty good challenge, as Quebec-based Parka’s team had to find a solution to integrate a central kitchen in a small space. Parka worked with food service consultants and… [Read More]
Four-Season Work and Play Areas at Ubisoft Quebec City
Ubisoft’s 400 video game creators located in Quebec City, Canada have been settling in to their new workspaces since last May. An ambitious relocation project, the design of this new studio was done in an integrated way under the direction of the firm Coarchitecture, mandated by Ubisoft Quebec for this architectural challenge. The lighting of… [Read More]
Aesop boutique designed by _naturehumaine
_naturehumaine’s design concept of the Aesop boutique is inspired by the geography and particular topography of Vancouver Bay and takes up the theme of contrast to propose an interior design where borders are opposed and materials respond by symmetry. Taking its name from its Amerindian origins, Kitsilano really took off in the 50s and 60s… [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]
Courcelette residence by _naturehumaine
The first step _naturehumaine took for this detached house from the late 1940s was to open the rear facade onto the garden with a 24-foot (7.4 m) sliding bay window. By taking away the intermediary support element, this intervention removes the barriers to the outdoor terrace. A metal trellis awning framing the wide opening filters… [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]
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]
Bessgborough Residence by _naturehumaine
The Bessborough residence designed by _naturehumaine is located in the district of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce in Montreal, Canada. The project consists of the complete renovation of the ground floor of a duplex dating back from the 1950s. The challenge was to open this 900-ft2 space by maximizing living spaces while keeping a certain sense of spatial division…. [Read More]
AGO announces Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirrored Room – Let’s Survive Forever as permanent installation
Yesterday, the AGO announced the successful completion of the #InfinityAGO crowdfunding campaign to acquire Canada’s first Infinity Mirror Room artwork by internationally renowned artist Yayoi Kusama. Information Courtesy of AGO Thanks to over 4,700 #InfinityAGO donors and the David Yuile & Mary Elizabeth Hodgson Fund, Yayoi Kusama’s INFINITY MIRRORED ROOM – LET’S SURVIVE FOREVER, is coming… [Read More]
