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Provencher Roy mixes recycled glass into concrete of sculptural Quebec bridge

November 20, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

Canadian architecture studio Provencher Roy has created Darwin Bridges, a curved bridge on Nuns’ Island outside of Montreal constructed with concrete that utilises recycled glass in its mixture. The structure replaces a set of two-lane bridges constructed in the 1960s to service the growing suburban community and connect it with the highway system. The original

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Olson Kundig and Erica Colpitts renovate mid-century house in North Vancouver

November 19, 2023 Dan Howarth 0

US architecture firm Olson Kundig and Canadian designer Erica Colpitts have renovated a mid-century house near Vancouver, warming the modernist structure with natural materials and neutral colours. The residence is surrounded by tall cedar trees on a quiet plot in Edgemont, a village-like neighbourhood of North Vancouver, across the water from the Canadian metropolis. Its

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KPF creates skyscraper with “aqueous form” in Vancouver

November 15, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

American architecture studio Kohn Pedersen Fox has created a glass-clad skyscraper with an undulating facade and parapets on a sloped site in downtown Vancouver. Located on a sloping site near Vancouver’s waterfront, 320 Granville is a 30-storey skyscraper designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) to host offices in the Canadian city’s urban core. The building,

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Appareil Architecture designs Montreal dental clinic to feel like “someone’s home”

November 12, 2023 Dan Howarth 0

The minimalist interior of this Montreal oral surgery clinic by local studio Appareil Architecture “adopts a residential aesthetic” to help patients and employees feel relaxed. The Maxillo Tandem clinic in the city’s Technopôle Angus neighbourhood provides maxillofacial surgery, which deals with diseases, injuries and defects of the mouth, teeth and jaws. The clinic’s founder, surgeon

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Studio Author models Toronto dental clinic on a hotel lounge

November 12, 2023 Ali Morris 0

Rich materials, ambient lighting and a waiter-serviced aftercare lounge are among the hotel-informed features that interiors firm Studio Author has incorporated into this dental practice in Toronto to help patients feel more at ease. Located in the heart of downtown Toronto, Paste Dental uses digital technology such as 3D-printing to make everything from night guards

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Dialog uses “gradient of architectural intensity” for Calgary recreation centre expansion

November 8, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

Canadian architecture studio Dialog has renovated and expanded a gymnasium with an indoor park in Calgary, Alberta. Completed in 2023, the Vivo for Healthier Generations measures 269,000 square feet (25,000 square metres), nearly doubling the 143,000-square foot (13,285-square metre) facility that was completed in 2004 by JSA Sport Architecture, Inc. on a 23.5-acre lot in

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Omar Gandhi lifts Corten cube for cabin in Nova Scotia

October 30, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

Canadian studio Omar Gandhi Architects has wrapped an elevated cabin in Corten steel on a forested hillside in Nova Scotia. The 1,500-square foot (140-square metre) White Rock Cottage is nestled in a sloping five-acre site in the Gaspereau River Valley, which serves as a popular four-season retreat for skiing, hiking, cycling, and wine tourism. “Our

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Omer Arbel uses fabric formwork for concrete pillars in Canadian house

October 25, 2023 Ellen Eberhardt 0

Canadian designer and lighting brand Bocci founder Omer Arbel has created a home in British Columbia with expressive pillars made from concrete poured into fabric. Called 75.9 House, the home sits on a farmland site and is covered with a series of berms, while multiple trumpet-shaped pillars of varying heights create wave-like levels along the

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Dezeen Agenda features skyscrapers planned for indigenous land

October 24, 2023 Saudatu Bah 0

The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features designs for residential skyscrapers in Vancouver, Canada.  Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. Revery Architecture has revealed plans for the Sen̓áḵw residential skyscrapers, which are set to be constructed on the Squamish Nation’s land in Vancouver. The development will consist of more than 10 residential towers,

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Skyscrapers planned for Indigenous land “look like the future of Vancouver”

October 18, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

Revery Architecture has designed the Sen̓áḵw residential skyscrapers for the Squamish Nation’s land in Vancouver, which will aid economic development and “benefit all Canadians”, according to the Indigenous group. More than 11 residential towers, with heights ranging from 12 to 58 storeys, are planned for the development, as well as a series of smaller buildings.

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