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University pubs are usually not the stuff of high design. Since opening 15 years ago, however, Laval University's student-owned inaugural watering hole…

Best of Show More than 50 product awards were handed out at IIDEX/NeoCon Canada 2008, which saw record attendance set for the second year running. We'd like to…

Maison & Objet is a big show. So big that it's held twice annually. Stretched over seven halls at Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre, the September…

An enthusiastic crowd packed the Design Exchange, in Toronto, Sept. 24 to honour the winners of the 11th annual Best of Canada Design Competition and discover…

Design for livingThe Professional Gallery of the Ontario College of Art & Design (OCAD) will host Design for the Other 90%, an exhibition organized by the…

Any trade show worth its salt gets richer in content over time -and IIDEX/Neo- Con Canada is no exception. With new feature exhibits, pavilions, symposiums,…

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Can an idea ever be set in stone? Or is it too fluid an entity to stay trapped forever in one spot, in one mindset? Brett Channer, chairman and executive…

Can office design be both green and beautiful? In recent schemes for its Toronto and Calgary studios, the Canadian architectural and engineering firm…

Photography by Ben Rahn Pleasing the masses is one of the most difficult aspects of designing commercial and contract spaces. Last year, G. Bruce…

Ridge House is the most recent masterwork of Blue Sky Architecture's series of artful, organically shaped dwellings. The series began its evolution in the…

Innkeeping, along with nursing and that other less reputable occupation, must be one of the world's oldest and most resilient professions. Over the last…