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A Sheltered Space Beneath The Sloping Roof Of This Home Makes Space For A Hot Tub

October 19, 2023 Erin 0

Batay-Csorba Architects has designed a home in Toronto, Canada, that takes advantage of the small 65’x20’ pie-shaped corner lot, and includes a sheltered outdoor balcony. The sloping roof partially covers the balcony, with an opening above the Japanese soaking tub. The home’s exterior is clad in old historical buff yellow brick in varying banded coursing […]

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A Contemporary Reimagination Of A Classic New York Pizza Parlor

July 17, 2023 Erin 0

Architecture firm MRDK has recently completed North of Brooklyn Pizzeria in Toronto, Canada, that balances nostalgia and modernity. Located in Toronto’s York neighborhood, the pizza parlor was once two separate commercial units, that were transformed into a single space that now accommodates two busy pizza lines in the kitchen. The facade has been transformed and […]

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Painted Drop Shadows Around The Windows Create An Interesting Effect On This Building

June 26, 2023 Erin 0

Dubbeldam Architecture + Design has unveiled its own new office that’s located within a century-old, three-storey brick building in Toronto’s Corso Italia neighborhood. A unique design feature not often seen on the exterior of a building, are the painted drop shadows surrounding the windows. These drop shadows, which also stand out at night, create a […]

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Mason Studio reimagines its Toronto workspace “for the greater good”

June 4, 2023 Dan Howarth 0

Toronto interiors firm Mason Studio has redesigned its offices to offer community programming like exhibitions, events and other public-facing activities. Mason Studio relaunched its workspace as a new hybrid office and cultural hub to serve “the greater good” during the DesignTO festival earlier this year. As well as an office for the studio’s team members,

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Studio Vaaro reconfigures House M using built-in storage volumes

April 30, 2023 Dan Howarth 0

For the renovation of a house in Toronto’s West End, local firm Studio Vaaro added minimally detailed millwork to form kitchen cabinetry, the staircase and a feature bookcase in the living room. Studio Vaaro’s overhaul of House M, a three-storey detached property that had been renovated and extended multiple times over the years, involved reconfiguring

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Dezeen Debate features “efficient” corrugated-metal home in Canada

April 27, 2023 Saudatu Bah 0

The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a corrugated-metal-clad home in Canada designed by StudioAC.  Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. Studio AC has completed a low-impact barn-like home on the Bruce Peninsula near Toronto, disguising it as an agricultural building. Clad in corrugated metal, the home overlooks a lake in a wooded area

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Superkül renovates reading room at Toronto’s brutalist Robarts Library

March 12, 2023 Dan Howarth 0

Canadian studio Superkül has updated the reading room at the University of Toronto’s Robarts Library, a notable example of brutalist architecture. The project involved renovating the cavernous concrete space on the building’s fourth floor, as part of the university’s larger initiative to revitalise the Robarts Library, which Superkül described as “one of North America’s most

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Selldorf Architects to lead Art Gallery of Ontario’s seventh expansion

March 6, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

Selldorf Architects, Diamond Schmitt and Two Row Architect have released designs for a gallery to be added to the complex of buildings at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto. The design incorporates a brand-new building on top of a pre-existing parking lot, next to the Frank Gehry-designed 2008 expansion. Called Dani Reiss Modern and

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Upgrades to historic Toronto university building include an elevator clad in copper scales

March 5, 2023 Dan Howarth 0

Canadian studios Kohn Shnier and ERA Architects have renovated a historic building at the University of Toronto to make it more accessible. Local firms Kohn Shnier and ERA Architects team up for the 2,230-square-metre project, which involved bringing cohesion to the different spaces through a set of contemporary interventions. Built in 1859, the University College

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