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Naturehumaine adds rodded stairwell to Bessborough Residence in Montreal

July 17, 2018 Bridget Cogley 0

Canadian studio Naturehumaine has overhauled a 1950s duplex in Montreal, placing a slatted black volume at its centre alongside other stark contemporary surfaces. Bessborough Residence is single-family home in the Canadian city’s Notre-Dame-de-Grâce neighbourhood, whose ground floor was revamped by local design studio Naturehumaine. Spanning 900 square feet (85 square metres), the project involved the renovation of the main

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Naturehumaine adds rodded stairwell to Bessborough Residence in Montreal

July 17, 2018 Bridget Cogley 0

Canadian studio Naturehumaine has overhauled a 1950s duplex in Montreal, placing a slatted black volume at its centre alongside other stark contemporary surfaces. Bessborough Residence is single-family home in the Canadian city’s Notre-Dame-de-Grâce neighbourhood, whose ground floor was revamped by local design studio Naturehumaine. Spanning 900 square feet (85 square metres), the project involved the renovation of the main

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Robitaille Curtis stretches trapeze net across void at Atrium Townhome in Montreal

July 10, 2018 Jenna McKnight 0

An atrium ringed with wooden slats and topped with netting is the focal point of this slender Montreal dwelling, which has been overhauled by Canadian studio Robitaille Curtis. Located in the city’s Westmount neighbourhood, the Atrium Townhome project involved a major revamp of a narrow, rectangular home that was cramped and outdated. Robitaille Curtis, a

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Jean-Maxime Labrecque adds mirrored staircase to Playful Tudor home in Montreal

June 23, 2018 James Brillon 0

A staircase featuring a mirrored balustrade now leads up through this home in Montreal, renovated by local architect Jean-Maxime Labrecque. Called Playful Tudor, the project involved the transformation of a residence in the Canadian city, which was originally completed in a style that references the historical Tudor period from 16th-century England. Labrecque’s firm, INPHO Physical

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Minimal photography studio in Montreal has plenty of children’s play spaces

June 16, 2018 James Brillon 0

A padded playroom for children features in this photography studio in Montreal, designed by local practice Alain Carle Architecte to look more like a minimal home than a workplace. Studio Bluecerigo is located on the first floor of a mixed-use building in the Mile End neighbourhood, an area of the city known for its art scene,

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Rainville Sangaré overhauls Unit 622 in Montreal’s brutalist Habitat 67

May 28, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

Concrete bathrooms with colour-changing shower screens feature in this renovated apartment inside Moshe Safdie’s famous brutalist Habitat 67 in Montreal, Canada, where scribbles on the walls date back to the housing complex’s construction. Locally based design studio Rainville Sangaré was enlisted by a couple to renovate Unit 622 in the 1960s housing complex, which is located at 2600 Avenue

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Colours “inspired by a classic New Balance sneaker” decorate Montreal falafel shop

May 24, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

Red corrugated roofing fronts the curving bars inside the Falafel Yoni eatery in Montreal, which architect David Dworkind based on the hues of a popular shoe. The shop is located in the city’s Mile End neighbourhood and only serves falafel – deep fried balls of chickpeas, commonly served in pita bread and eaten by hand. Customers

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David Chipperfield designs metallic interiors for Ssense’s Montreal boutique

May 2, 2018 Bridget Cogley 0

British firm David Chipperfield Architects has completed its first project in Canada – the overhaul of a 19th-century building into a minimalist fashion store. The store for Ssense, an e-commerce label that has expanded to its first brick-and-mortar shop in Montreal, spans 13,000 square feet (3,962 square metres) across five storeys. Chipperfield’s firm renovated the interiors

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Robitaille Curtis pairs dark and light hues in renovated Montreal kitchen

May 1, 2018 Jenna McKnight 0

Grey cabinetry, brass accents and ash flooring have refreshed a kitchen within a 1960s home, updated by Canadian studio Robitaille Curtis. The Hampstead House, which belongs to a young doctor and his family, is located in the affluent Hampstead neighbourhood in Montreal. The project entailed the renovation of a home that had been occupied by

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Ivy Studio uses simple furnishings to create a “barbershop unlike all others” in Montreal

April 30, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

A dark green marble counter and a grid of tiny circular shelves are among the minimal details chosen by Ivy Studio for the Crisp barbershop in Montreal. Located in the city’s Pointe Saint-Charles neighbourhood, Crisp was designed in response to a brief from the owner for a “barbershop unlike all others”. “His ambitions were to create a unique experience

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