Montreal firm one of Design Is… Award Winners

In its sixth year, the Shaw Contract Group Design Is... Award program honors architect and design firms that are shifting the very idea of what design is. Through these winning projects, selected from commercial and hospitality spaces from around the globe, design is teaching, inspiring, healing, and uniting. The six Design Is... Award winning…

August 15, 2011

Diamond & Schmitt Architects' Automotive Centre of Excellence combines teaching, research and commercial testing.

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Diamond & Schmitt Architects’ one-of-a-kind automotive centre

The Automotive Centre of Excellence is by any measure a unique building - perhaps one-of- a-kind in Canada. It was inaugurated this week at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology in Oshawa. The new facility designed by Diamond and Schmitt Architects is a rare combination of industrial research and educational programming co-existing under…

June 16, 2011

Atrium of Quadrangle Architects' Corus Quay project, shot from the third-floor bridge. The five-storey space brings light into the central areas of the large 70,000-square-foot floor plates. There are bridges on the third, fourth and fifth floors, allowing ease of access across the atrium. The three-storey double TV studio in the centre of the space acts as a platform for the top of the studio lounge, a large TV wall to the south, an acoustic object in the large, hard-surfaced space and a launch point for the slide.

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Quadrangle at 25

Driven to realize projects that inspire, Quadrangle Architects Limited (www.quadrangle.ca ) is celebrating 25 years of success. Since opening its doors, this Canadian design powerhouse has become one of the country's leading architecture, design and planning firms. Long relationships with great clients mean the firm has created some of Canada's most notable buildings and interiors. Quadrangle's portfolio includes landmark multi-unit residential…

May 6, 2011

Kathryn Walker's wall works are fabricated from remnants gathered from previous artworks or off-cuts from felt machinery parts.

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Now showing: Kathryn Walter

The Bulthaup Toronto showroom on King Street East feature the work of a different artist each quarter. Now showing is Felt Studio: Recent Works by Kathryn Walter. Since 1989, Walter has explored the material and culture of modern industrial felt. Her installations, exhibitions and products are sometimes serious, formal investigations and sometimes they are full…

April 21, 2011

The University of Waterloo's integrated Health Sciences Campus. Photo courtesy of Hariri Pontarini Architects.

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Hariri Pontarini and the 2011 OAA Awards

The Ontario Association of Architects (OAA) has released its list of winners of the 2011 OAA Awards, which represent the best in Ontario architectural design, innovation and business. Hariri Pontarini Architects has been honoured with two awards in the Design Excellence category -- for The University of Waterloo Integrated Health Science Campus and the Winter Olympics Ontario Pavilion. …

April 14, 2011

Audience members at the 2010 Green Toronto Awards.

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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 excellence recognize the individuals, organizations and companies helping to lead the way to a cleaner, greener Toronto. "We are very proud of these Torontonians for their commitment to our…

March 16, 2011

The award-winning South St. Burger Co. Shops at Don Mills location was designed by Jump Branding & Design Inc.

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Here’s to South St. Burger Co.

South St. Burger Co.'s Don Mills location will receive the 2011 Special Recognition Award for Innovation in Energy by the A.R.E. Sustainability Awards. The award will be presented at the A.R.E. Design Awards ceremony at Globalshop 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada, on March 28. The South St. Burger Co. Shops at Don Mills location…

March 9, 2011

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100 wondrous chairs

A new exhibition on display at the German Consulate General Toronto celebrates the not-so-humble chair. Dimensions of Design - 100 Classical Seats is a miniature chair exhibition of the Vitra Design Museum, Germany, hosted by the Toronto's Goethe Institute along with the German Consulate. Of all consumer items in the human living space, the seat…

February 24, 2011

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Winning hotel

Wallpaper Design Award Best Hotel for La Réserve in Ramatuelle Wallpaper magazine recently elected its annual Wallpaper Design Awards. Winner in the category Best Hotel was La Réserve in Ramatuelle, France. With a magnificent view over the Côte d'Azur, La Réserve is harmoniously…

January 31, 2011

THINK SMART incorporates all the unique components required for the Education environment - such as student desks, library shelving, modular lockers and teacher's desks - all of which seamlessly harmonize across all other Groupe Lacasse brands and collections.

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Groupe LaCasse goes to school

The New Year begins with a resounding bang for Groupe Lacasse as the company launches THINK SMART, a complete furniture offering to address the varied needs of the learning environment - from the Dean's office and teacher's planning areas to classrooms and media centers, as well as the infirmary, student cafés and locker rooms. Groupe Lacasse…

January 7, 2011