Photography by Riley Snelling Paris Baguette, a bakery café franchise with more than 4,000 units across the globe, opened its Canadian flagship on Bloor Street’s Mink Mile retail district. The minimalist interior of white oak and limestone alludes to the colours of grain and flour that are key ingredients in the eatery’s bread and baked…

Photography by Scott Norsworthy Merging luxury retail, spa services and medical-grade cosmetic treatments in a 1,700-sq.-ft. space, this beauty clinic uses soft-edged transitions, big curves in plan and section, and a colour palette of muted terracotta, blush neutrals and soft whites to create a calming, non-intimidating atmosphere. Hand-troweled plaster surfaces and a semicircular seating banquette with…

Photography by Scott Norsworthy The challenge here was to lure customers to a retail space that sells an invisible product. Traditionally, a lineup of ice-cream dipping cabinets holding cylindrical tubs of the variously coloured frozen treats makes a sufficiently appealing visual display to draw patrons. This was not, however, an option at Scooped, which bills its…

Photography by Conrad Brown For its brick-and-mortar flagship, Vancouver-based online luggage retailer Monos wanted to build a boutique that evokes, as the project brief states, “voyaging through distant landscapes while providing a minimal and versatile backdrop for showcasing the products.” The monochromatic materials palette of brick and plaster suggests the weathered, sun-bleached, whitewashed walls of Santorini…