In Old Montreal, Lemay designs a one-of-a-kind showroom for Artopex
Artopex, one of Quebec’s largest manufacturers of office furniture, commissioned Lemay to design its new showroom in the heart of historic Old Montreal.…
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Aperture Room opens in Toronto’s historic Thornton-Smith Building
The historic Thornton-Smith Building today announced the upcoming launch of its new event venue, Aperture Room, located at 340 Yonge St. on the third floor of…
One Spadina Crescent project in Toronto receives a prestigious Holcim Award
Nader Tehrani and Katie Faulkner, principals at NADAAA, received a Holcim Award recently for their design of the Daniels Faculty’s new home at One Spadina…
The Bouroullecs light up the Palace of Versailles
A dramatic new chandelier created by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, with the support and expertise of Swarovski, lights up the entrance to the King’s Grand…
Modernizing Montreal’s Rockhill Apartments
Ivanhoé Cambridge is launching a modernization project at Rockhill Apartments, a residential complex at the foot of Mount Royal, in order to transform…
New & improved: Toronto’s First Canadian Place
Brookfield Canada Office Properties Inc. (BPO: TSX, NYSE), the country’s preeminent office REIT (Real Estate Investment Trust), announced recently that…
Before & after
BEFOREHigh (for a building of its type), wide (described on its website as “virtually a horizontal skyscraper”) and handsome (designed in the…
Architects revitalize Hamilton City Hall
This revitalization project was a collaborative effort between three architectural firms: Garwood-Jones & Hanham Architects as the lead architect and…
Toward a green Toronto
The City of Toronto and Green Living Enterprises are pleased to announce the finalists for the 2011 Green Toronto Awards. The City's environmental awards of…
If these walls could talk
How do you recreate a heavy-tooth, multi-toned wallpaper, produced a century ago, by a process no longer practised in North America? Neil Brochu, a museum…