Tandus Centiva's HalfTone design on modular with ethos backing

Tandus Centiva’s environmental excellence

Tandus Centiva, a Tarkett company, has published seven Environmental Product Declarations to further enhance transparency, accountability and third-party validation for its modular and hybrid resilient flooring products. The manufacturer now offers EPDs for modular carpet with a variety of backings: ER3 backing of 100 per cent recycled content; ethos backing made from the film in…

August 26, 2013

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IIDEX’s new Woodshop feature and competition

The City of Toronto, IIDEX Canada and Ideacious.com have teamed up to present IIDEX Woodshop: 15 innovative wood prototypes that utilize Toronto’s untapped ash wood resource. Globalization and climate change have brought pests like the emerald ash borer to North America where they are feasting on our forests. In Toronto alone, the borer will bring…

June 20, 2013

Lemay will participate in the architectural and interior design of the Mount Stephen complex

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Lemay to design the new Mount Stephen hotel complex

The Montréal-based integrated firm Lemay has been chosen to design a new 80-room luxury hotel on the Mount Stephen Club site located on 1440 Drummond Street in Montréal, which the Tidan Group, owner of this heritage building, has already started the construction of. The 12-storey building, valued at more than $25 million, will include banquet…

May 30, 2013

Inform Contract is the exclusive dealer of FLOS Soft Architecture in BC, Canada. Residential consumers can also purchase FLOS lighting through Inform Interiors' showroom at 50 Water Street. Photo by Michael Young

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Vancouver gets FLOSed

The renowned Italian lighting manufacturer FLOS has partnered with Inform to open the largest FLOS Architectural Studio in Western Canada at Inform Contract’s trade-only showroom located at 405 Railway in Vancouver. The recently renovated space is open to architects and designers offering 1,000 square feet of FLOS’s unique architectural lighting, including Wall Piercings, Wall Rupture, Spun Lamps, Soft Profile, and more built…

May 10, 2013

Agricultural Edge, Salinas Valley, California.

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Coming to U of T: Alan Berger

The John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design is pleased to welcome Alan Berger — associate professor of Urban Design and Landscape Architecture at Massachusetts Institute of Technology — as the 2013 Michael Hough / Ontario Association of Landscape Architects (OALA) visiting critic at the University of Toronto. As part of his visit, Berger will…

March 2, 2013

Designers created the interior space to best serve the way real families live. The kitchen, recognized as an important gathering place for most families, is designed for convenience and practicality - a seamless transition from the cook space to the dining space to the living space, linked by built-ins. There are a variety of surfaces for people to gather around, including a prep space for casual dining, and a more formal dining area (for family dinners), and integrated appliances.

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Great Gulf introduces new “Active House” townhomes

Toronto’s west end neighbourhood of Brockton Village, is the setting for a first-in-Canada community of 20 luxury townhomes designed with the European “Active House” principles in mind. Designed to optimize space, the homes of Lighthaus Brockton, being developed by Great Gulf, are developed with family living in mind and are wider and brighter than any…

December 14, 2012

Harbour Centre view of Lower Mall with CRU Units

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Harbour Centre unveils redevelopment plans

Harbour Centre Complex Limited announced plans for a significant redevelopment of its landmark complex in downtown Vancouver. In the spring of 2013, extensive construction work will begin to expand and upgrade the food court and revitalize the complex’s streetscape. “The changes are designed to enhance the complex, making it brighter, more welcoming, and easier to…

December 3, 2012

The ACCE building's design includes features like the green roof, solar panels, a storm water recovery system, and many other green innovations incorporated into the building's design.

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Algonquin Centre for Construction Excellence receives LEED Platinum certification

The Algonquin Centre for Construction Excellence has officially received LEED Platinum certification from the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC). Opened on Algonquin College’s Woodroffe Campus in September 2011, the Algonquin Centre for Construction Excellence (ACCE) brings the next generation of carpenters, plumbers, civil engineering technologists, interior designers, and many other trades and professions under a…

November 24, 2012

The striking multi-level Atrium at Rotman School features a serpentine staircase accented with hot pink that brightens the monochrome interior. Credit: Tom Arbun Photography Inc.

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KPMB brings the biz’

The Rotman Expansion, the winning scheme in an invited design competition designed by Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects (KPMB), was officially opened last week. The Rotman School is part of the University of Toronto and according to a recent Financial Times survey of MBA programs is ranked one the top 10 business schools in the…

September 13, 2012

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MMPI Canada joins global company

Informa plc has acquired Merchandise Mart Properties Inc. Canada, a Canadian corporation and division of Merchandise Mart Properties Inc., owned by Vornado. Newly named, Informa Canada Inc., the company is one of the largest Canadian producers and marketers of tradeshows, consumer shows and conferences serving the construction, real estate, craft, art and design markets. Under…

August 31, 2012