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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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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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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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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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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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25:8 Architecture + Urban Design adds “bird wing” extension to Ottawa house

December 28, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

Canadian studio 25:8 Architecture + Urban Design has added a cedar-clad extension with a shape informed by birds in flight to a house in Ottawa. Named Ferndale Flightdeck, the 400-square foot (37-square metre) extension holds a recreation room, yoga studio, home office and a rooftop observation deck that allows the owners to watch birds in

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McLeod Bovell uses cantilevers in “fortress-like” West Vancouver house

December 22, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

Local design studio McLeod Bovell has completed a seaside home with a dramatic cantilever and multiple lightwells in West Vancouver, British Columbia. Vancouver-based McLeod Bovell Modern Houses designed the 10,940-square foot (1,016-square metre) Liminal House in 2022. “The ‘liminal’ is a transformational state between where one thing begins and another ends; the position where something

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Partisans creates pixelated brick facade for Toronto house

December 5, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

Local architecture studio Partisans has completed a house with an undulating yellow brick facade designed to look pixelated in Toronto, Ontario. Named Canvas House after the homeowner’s art collection, the 5,220-square foot (485-square metre) residence is “reminiscent of a painting, using brick as a medium,” said Partisans co-founder Alex Johnson. The 2022 design is a

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Lemay redesigns open-air theatre in Montreal’s La Fontaine Park

December 1, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

Local architecture studio Lemay aimed to rethink the relationship between “the built and the natural” in its revamp of Théâtre de Verdure, which consists of a stage on an island and a fan-shaped seating area. The open-air theatre is located within La Fontaine Park, which encompasses 34 hectares in Montreal’s Le-Plateau-Mont-Royal neighbourhood. The Théâtre de

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