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Pomerleau Lévis

Lemay was responsible for the architecture, interior design and landscape architecture of new offices for Pomerleau, a major player in the Canadian construction industry with over 2,000 projects to its name. For this challenging project, located between a highway and a forest, the designers redefined the language of the office environment, showing sensitivity to form,…

September 20, 2018

Etihad Museum

Situated on Dubai’s Waterfront, the Etihad Museum honours the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) conception story. Comprised of a parabolic shaped Pavilion structure and subterranean Museum, the Etihad Museum is framed around the historic Union House where the nation’s Constitution was signed in 1971. Designed by Canada's Moriyama & Teshima Architects, the museum is recognizable by its…

September 13, 2018

Broadview Hotel

This landmark Romanesque style building in Toronto’s east end was originally built in 1891 as factory offices, and converted a few years later into The Broadview Hotel. By the 1970s the building had slid into decline as a boarding house, and then “Jilly’s” — a nightclub infamously seedy even by strip joint standards. When purchased…

September 6, 2018

Samsung Experience Store

In response to the rise of e-commerce, Samsung enlisted Quadrangle to create a new kind of flagship store where one can make purchases but, primarily, the point is not shopping at all. Rather, the goal for the Samsung Experience Store at CF Toronto Eaton Centre was to establish an environment that offers a touch point…

August 23, 2018

Charlebois Lake Residence

On a wooded lot on the shore of Charlebois Lake, the clients wanted Quebec's Paul Bernier Architecte to build a contemporary house, luminous and open to the nature. They wanted most of the spaces of the house to be level with the land. The terrain is slightly sloping. During a first visit to the site, a…

August 13, 2018

Cool North

Canadian design luminaries were asked to reinterpret Nordic sensibilities for the relaunch of a premier Swedish hotel.

July 31, 2018

FACE Cosmetic Surgery

When Audax was approached to design the new location of FACE Cosmetic Surgery, the owner was looking for a design unlike anything the industry had seen. The mandate was to design a space that felt more like a hotel lobby than a clinic. To achieve this objective, Audax looked beyond the conventional design standards used…

July 24, 2018

LoyaltyOne

For 25 years, LoyaltyOne has changed the landscape of rewards programs through innovation, technology, and building relationships, using data and analytics to pursue business strategies. Gensler’s analysis and design of its workplace empowered LoyaltyOne with boundless choice and variety to foster a cultural shift and new, positive business outcomes. The goal for the design and relocation…

July 17, 2018

Inmarsat St. John’s

A fundamental part of the interior design process is translating the Inmarsat corporate culture into the built environment. An international satellite communications company sought to modernize their local office and consolidate all staff from multiple locations into one currently occupied head office. Accommodating the increased building capacity while also creating approachable work spaces was a key challenge in the space planning. Adopting the corporation’s global approach to facility…

July 9, 2018

TV5 Québec

New office, new vision! By using a move as an opportunity to refocus its values, TV5 Québec Canada took an important step in its evolution. The broadcaster’s chief executive officer, Marie-Philippe Bouchard, had a clear vision of the environment she wanted to provide her employees, and she and her team engaged FOR. design planning to implement that vision. As…

June 6, 2018