Toronto-based SGH Design Partners announces strategic advancements

Toronto's SGH Design Partners is pleased to announce significant business advances to its leadership, market expansion and growth. These changes will position the firm’s continued market leadership and exceptional client service. LEADERSHIP Firm leadership is in the hands of partners Monika Sarkisian and John Tanfield, with the recent retirement of Carol Smith and Tom May.…

April 28, 2015

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Calling all entries to our Best of Canada Design Competition!

Here's a second reminder (and we will keep them coming): it's time to consider entering Canadian Interiors' own Best of Canada Design Competition. The purpose of this annual competition - now in its 18th year - is to increase national and international recognition of the talent and outstanding achievements of Canadian designers. The competition is open…

April 27, 2015

GOOD WORKS Global Village volunteers help to build homes with local communities in Africa. Photo by Rick Tait

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Habitat for Humanity Canada will travel around the world in 80 days

Starting May 10, Habitat for Humanity Canada Global Village volunteers will embark on an 80-day circumnavigation of the globe, building homes and hope for families in Canada and abroad in recognition of Habitat for Humanity’s 10th anniversary of volunteer engagement, international housing work and community development projects. Navigating eastward, 16 volunteer teams will build homes…

April 27, 2015

The Fathers of Confederation Buildings Trust in Charlottetown, PEI - which operates as Confederation Centre of the Arts - is the recipient of the 2015 Prix du XXe sicle for its enduring excellence and national significance to Canadian architecture. Photo courtesy Confederation Centre of the Arts

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Canada’s first Centennial project receives the Prix du XXe sicle

The Fathers of Confederation Buildings Trust in Charlottetown, PEI - which operates as Confederation Centre of the Arts - is the recipient of the 2015 Prix du XXe siècle for its enduring excellence and national significance to Canadian architecture. The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) and Heritage Canada The National Trust bestow the annual…

April 27, 2015

The natural, ledgestone-style Building Stone features long, sleek lengths in three sizes and two striking colours: Dusk (shown) and Frost

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Cambridge, ON-based Arriscraft Introduces Urban Ledgestone Building Stone

Arriscraft, manufacturer of naturally made products that emulate quarried stone, introduces Urban Ledgestone – a brand-new Building Stone product designed with simple installation and understated elegance in mind. Arriscraft is the stone products group of General Shale, the North American subsidiary of Wienerberger AG and a leading manufacturer of brick, one of the world’s oldest…

April 23, 2015

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Nominate a neighbourhood space in need of a colour infusion

In celebration of its 250th store opening in Canada, retail brand DULUX Paints is offering its products to Canadian communities -- if you know of a non-profit organization with space that could use a colour lift, Dulux Paints is looking for your suggestions. This year, Dulux Paints stores nationwide are donating paint and volunteers to…

April 23, 2015

ONE FOLD Application - Landscape shelter - model. Photo by Jimmy Dow

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RAIC names winners of its Innovation in Architecture award

Two British Columbia projects that demonstrate new ways to use wood and steel have garnered the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) Innovation in Architecture award for 2015. ONE FOLD is a research project exploring the architectural possibilities of folding a single sheet of steel one time. The project takes its inspiration from a challenge…

April 21, 2015

Rendering of The Public Speaker, by Calagary intern architects Holly Simon, Justin Loucks, MRAIC, Kevin Lo, and Phil Wilson

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RAIC announces winner of 2015 Urban Marker competition

A team of intern architects from Alberta with a design for an installation called The Public Speaker has been named the winner of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada’s Urban Marker competition for 2015. The purpose of the competition is to create a unique physical marker to signal and to celebrate events and locations of…

April 17, 2015

Grotto Sauna, Georgian Bay; PARTISANS Architects. Photo by Jonathan Friedman

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Ontario Association of Architects announces 2105 award winners

Demonstrating the best in architectural design and innovation, winners of the 2015 Ontario Association of Architects (OAA) Awards feature both Canadian and international projects designed by Ontario architects, ranging from sustainable single-family homes to the redevelopment of key cultural and civic destinations. Representing Ontario’s emerging new talent and some of the province’s most established architecture firms,…

April 17, 2015

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Calling all entries to our Best of Canada Design Competition!

It's that time again: time to consider entering Canadian Interiors' own Best of Canada Design Competition. The purpose of this annual competition - now in its 18th year - is to increase national and international recognition of the talent and outstanding achievements of Canadian designers. The competition is open to all Canadian designers and manufacturers,…

April 13, 2015