Montreal

Ménard Dworkind embrace Chinatown kitsch for Miss Wong brasserie in Montreal

April 27, 2019 Paul Jebara 0
Miss Wong Restaurant in Quebec Canada by Menard Dworkind

Architecture firm Ménard Dworkind has created a microcosm of Chinatown at this a colossal pan-Asian restaurant and bar in Montreal’s Laval suburb. When local designer Guillaume Ménard was approached to convert the former Moomba mega-club into a Chinese beer garden, he tapped architect David Dworkind to partner on the project. The collaboration spurred the founding

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Jack Rose is a grungy “tropical themed” restaurant in Montreal

February 14, 2019 Eleanor Gibson 0
Jack Rose by Ivy Studio

A beam inscribed with “welding body repairs” is left exposed in this Montreal restaurant, designed by locally based Ivy Studio, as a nod to its former use as an auto body shop. Ivy Studio retained a number of the steel beams, which bear a series of worn-out slogans relating to the car shop, when turning

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Plywood features in Montreal house renovation and extension by Naturehumaine

February 10, 2019 James Brillon 0
Des Erables by Naturehumaine

Architecture studio Naturehumaine has designed a minimal plywood stair with a children’s play nook for this house in Montreal, as part of its renovation and extension. The locally based studio overhauled the Des Érables residence, located in the city’s Rosement La-Petite-Patrie neighbourhood. The project involved combining two previously separate units and adding an extension to

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Dow Planetarium revitalised as Centech incubator in Montreal

December 20, 2018 Bridget Cogley 0
Dow Planetarium by Menkes Shooner Dagenais LeTourneux Architectes

Canadian firm Menkès Shooner Dagenais LeTourneux Architectes has rehabilitated a planetarium in Montreal into an incubator for entrepreneurship and technology, and retaining its viewing area. The Dow Planetarium in Montreal was converted into a building for Centech, a non-profit incubator to support technology and entrepreneurship. The structure was built 45 years ago, but closed in

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École de Pensée opens “apartment-inspired” menswear boutique in Montreal

December 8, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

Canadian fashion brand École de Pensée spent 250 hours creating the worn-out textured walls of its new flagship store in Montreal, which looks more like an apartment than a shop. École de Pensée created the homey new boutique on the city’s Laurier West Avenue to host its seasonal and permanent menswear collections, alongside accessories and

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Pink pillar draws focus at Hideout beauty salon by Ménard Dworkind

December 3, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

A sculptural pink column forms shelves for nail polishes in this Montreal beauty salon designed by local studio Ménard Dworkind, which also features hacked pink armchairs and IKEA sinks as foot baths. Ménard Dworkind created the 650-square-foot (60-square-metres) Hideout on the ground-floor of a new condominium building in the city’s Griffintown neighbourhood. The architecture and

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TBA’s vet surgery in Montreal includes exposed bricks and concrete

November 29, 2018 Dan Howarth 0

Industrial finishes “resistant to animal wear and tear” are used across this veterinary clinic, which occupies the ground and basement floors of an extended building in Montreal. Thomas Balaban Architect (TBA) completed the renovation and extension of a two-storey photography studio, turning it into a four-storey structure that houses four apartments and the Hôpital Vétérinaire

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This Japanese Saké Bar In Montreal Is Designed Around A Cherry Blossom Tree

November 28, 2018 Erin 0

Photography by David Dworkind   Ménard Dworkind architecture & design have completed ‘Le Blossom’, a new bar and restaurant in Montreal, Canada. The designers drew inspiration in part from the work of Hollywood industrial designer Syd Mead, with the idea to create a singular environment, free from the usual and overused Japanese-themed clichés.   Central […]

Moshe Safdie’s private Habitat 67 home is restored and open to the public

November 27, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

The duplex apartment that architect Moshe Safdie designed for himself in his brutalist Habitat 67 complex in Montreal has opened to the public, after a major restoration completed by his firm. Safdie Architects spent two years refurbishing the property in the 1960s concrete housing development – a famed example of brutalist architecture – to coincide with the building’s

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