Michael Tozzi, former chef at Olive et Gourmando and Le Club Chasse et Pêche, didn’t hesitate to call on interior design firm BlazysGérard when it came time to open his own restaurant, Dandy. The project brief was clear: Tozzi wanted a welcoming, unpretentious space with a touch of class. A place that would feel like a world unto itself. Known for designing spaces with a distinctive character including: Le...
Located on the banks of the St. Lawrence River, the Strøm Nordic Spa in Old Quebec, which opened its doors in October 2018, is a finalist at the International Hotel & Property Awards! These awards celebrate the most beautiful designs in all sectors of real estate and architecture around the world.
They are presented each year by The Design Society, a world-renowned association whose Br...
Visitors and tourists can now walk along all of the green spaces on the site and contemplate wonderful views of the city. Thanks to this new, privileged access to the river, Montrealers have reconnected with these grounds.
Public promenades
Located along the banks of the Saint Lawrence River in Montreal’s Old Port, the Grand Quay is the first stop on the itinerary of cruise passengers: their first point o...
During the whole summer on Mont-Royal Avenue, passersby who want to take a break will be able to enjoy shaded areas provided by L’Aire, an evocative aerial installation located in the heart of Plateau-Mont-Royal. More specifically, it has been installed 30 feet above Place Fleurs-de-Macadam on the corner of Mont-Royal and Boyer.
The name L’Aire was carefully chosen by its creators who wanted the ti...
The London Design Fair 2019 will present an inspirational, hand-picked line-up of superlative contemporary design, offering visitors a truly absorbing and informative experience. This highly creative exposition will once again transform the much loved Old Truman Brewery into a thrilling centre of original, innovative and aesthetic design.
Housed under one impressive roof, this year’s Fair ...
ESPACE VITAL architecture is proud to announce the completion of a new residence located in the Township of Potton. Perched up high near the edge of a steep slope, this contemporary dwelling creates a contrast and a duality between opaque areas hidden from sight and living areas bathed in light. An ideal getaway for resourcing oneself in intimacy, this house is a perfect representation of ESPACE VITALs t...
Paris, Lisbon and Shanghai-based practices Jacques Ferrier Architecture and Sensual City Studio have turned what could have been an ordinary ‘office plus car park’ into an opportunity to radically reassess the surrounding urban district of Xujiahui in Shanghai.
The yh2 architecture studio presents its new Maison Atelier, built in the backyard of the firm’s Maison Tour, built in 2000.
Over the last 20 years, the architectural firm has transformed this typical Montreal lot twice:
First, with the creation of the Maison Tour, a home/studio combination organized around an inner courtyard bracketed by a three-story vertical house and a workshop in a f...
Children are a segment of the population with essentially zero political power. Any power they do hold is by proxy. The process and resulting solution for Rockford Public Schools’ new K-5 prototype school pivots this dynamic, designing with students rather than for them. This architecture is community.
During discovery meetings with the school principal, the design team learned the district holds “morn...
The small Sainte-Anne elementary school, located in the Rosemont neighbourhood in Montreal, wanted to offer students outdoor spaces that were as stimulating and versatile as all of their interior educational environments. The schoolyard, initially made entirely of asphalt, underwent a major transformation in order to offer the students as well as the teachers several distinct learning areas.
The transform...
This project is the alteration and addition of an existing Victorian cottage in Darling Point, Sydney. In recognition of the local suburbs’ vernacular, the ambition was to pay homage to a traditional grand home within a limited footprint.
Within the building’s heritage walls the team has articulated a contemporary floorplan for a noble family home including the overall replanning of the floor plate...
Majestically placed on its wooded perch in the heart of the Eastern Townships, this country house is destined to both dominate and blend in with the decor. This duality is intermittently manifested through its vast windows that make us experience the mountain while inside, and also through its well-defined lines that tear through the sky; all this overlooks the Bromont Valley.
The challenge for this project...
Last week marked an important milestone in the construction of the Hariri Pontarini Architects’ designed Tom Patterson Theatre for the Stratford Festival. Major Donors, Board Members, and government officials attended the topping-off ceremony, marking the placement of the final structural beam in the new theatre.
“With the placing of this beam today, the bones of the building are complete,” said Artistic D...
For over 4 years architecture and design company anySCALE has designed and developed 25 co-working spaces for SOHO 3Q with 115,791 sq.m. GFA, creating 18,000 workplaces. Behind the successful collaboration, one finds the two companies daring to make the first step forward into the future and innovations, not putting the basic values aside.
Introduction
anySCALE is a renowned architecture and design compa...
The Bahá‘í Temple of South America in Chile, designed by Siamak Hariri of Hariri Pontarini Architects, has been shortlisted for The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) International Prize. Awarded every two years, this world-renowned prize celebrates architecture from around the globe that transforms society and promotes justice, respect, equality, and inclusiveness. The RAIC received submissions...
