The L31 men's department is a feast of blue on blue, with bright knit animal trophy heads providing a whimsical men's club reference. Photo by Steve Tsai

An A+ for figure3

Figure3’s cleverly designed brand experience for Canadian retailer Simons has been awarded "Store of The Year" in Chain Store Age’s 31st annual design competition. Recognized for nearly 100 years as an authoritative voice for the retail industry, the publication has honoured figure3 with a sweep of four top awards. From remote controlled "capsule" fitting rooms that…

February 22, 2013

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Finding Shangri-La in Toronto

Vancouver-based B+H CHIL Design, the hospitality interior design group that is part of B+H Architects, recently completed the interior design work on the stunning Shangri-La Hotel in downtown Toronto, one of just two of these luxury hotels in North America. The other is the acclaimed Shangri-La Vancouver. The developer of the hotel, Vancouver-based Westbank Projects Corp.,…

February 12, 2013

Rendering of the New Mariinsky Theatre - by Diamond Schmitt Architects - in St. Petersburg, Russia.

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Well cultured: Diamond and Schmitt

The 2013 ranking of architecture firms compiled by the U.K.-based journal Building Design places Diamond Schmitt Architects in an elite category among the world’s top-10 architecture firms for the cultural building sector. The survey appears in World Architecture 2013. “Theatres, opera houses, libraries and galleries are an important part of our portfolio, so it…

February 1, 2013

Howard Sutcliffe and Brigitte Shim, standing inside the Ravine Guest House in Toronto, recipient of a 2010 Governor General's Medal for Architecture. Photo by Raimund Koch

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Come to Order: Brigitte Shim and Howard Sutcliffe

The John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design is pleased to congratulate professor Brigitte Shim and her partner Howard Sutcliffe of Shim-Sutcliffe Architects on being named Members of the Order of Canada. Established in 1967, Canada’s centennial year, the Order of Canada is one of the country’s highest honours, recognizing “a lifetime of…

January 23, 2013

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Laufen’s new ceramic

Laufen, the creator of the bathroom as a living space, has announced the first series of products using SaphirKeramik, a revolutionary material two years in the making. The new ceramic created using SaphirKeramik is considerably harder and has a greater flexural strength than vitreous or fireclay ceramic. SaphirKeramik turns the old material into completely new…

January 18, 2013

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New from Fleurco

Montreal-based Fleurco is pleased to announce the expansion of its shower base collection with the launch of two new shower bases with seat: ALESSA and URBANA shower bases from Fleurco embody an ergonomic and smart design, exemplifying beauty combined with practicality and versatility. With the launch of these new bases, Fleurco offers more options for your…

December 19, 2012

The first phase of the work will be carried out in France, with the first outdoor area already having been inaugurated in Bordeaux and a further six terraces installed in the north of the country.

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Alias and Patrick Norguet go to McDonalds

The U.S. fast food giant McDonald’s has chosen Alias, the historic Italian design brand, to furnish the outdoor areas of its restaurants worldwide as part of the "COME” project. Objective: to design, engineer, develop and install a specific turnkey modular furniture system. The company from Grumello del Monte has taken on this challenge with great enthusiasm,…

December 12, 2012

MAC (Museum of Contemporary Art) Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Thank you, Oscar…

Brazil on Thursday mourned the death of Oscar Niemeyer, the ground-breaking architect who designed Brazil's futuristic capital and much of the United Nations complex. Niemeyer, 104, died Wednesday night in Rio de Janeiro, the seaside city where he was born and where his remains will be buried after he is honored with a service in…

December 7, 2012

Three H's corporate showroom in Toronto.

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Three cheers for Three H

Three H Furniture Systems - based in New Liskeard, Ont. - is moving to a larger more prominent showroom space on the third floor of the Merchandise Mart in Chicago. The new 3200-square-foot showroom on the coveted third floor of the Mart will effectively double the size of the previous Three H space. The move will take place…

December 5, 2012

Figure3 launches a new model for retail, moving fashion giant Simons into Western Canada

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Simons heads West

Fashion retailer Simons heard the call and headed west…with the help of a new brand experience by design firm figure3. In their first store outside of Québec, Simons tasked figure3 to design a new 115,000-sq.-ft. retail space in the West Edmonton Mall. From remote controlled ‘capsule’ fitting rooms that descend from the ceiling to valet…

November 29, 2012