Dubbeldam Office
Dubbeldam Architecture + Design
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Dubbeldam Office
Dubbeldam Architecture + Design
Views of the angular Baltic birch staircase upon entry. A gradient of reddish hues provides a colourful journey to the building’s upper floors, transforming an economic material and setting the tone for the building’s interior character.
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Dubbeldam Office
Dubbeldam Architecture + Design
A custom Baltic birch pegboard panel on thefirst floor landing not only provides a director for the businesses in the building, but double as a thriving green wall populated wit lush plants in fragrant cedar boxes - welcome therapy, especially during the cold winter months.
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Dubbeldam Office
Dubbeldam Architecture + Design
Pops of colour add a playful vibrancy to the soft material palette of wood, greys and whites.
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Scott Norsworthy
Dubbeldam Office
Dubbeldam Architecture + Design
The Baltic Birch stairs ascend past the second floor home of Lokaal, a coworking space for creative minds. A pleated felt wall by local artist Kathryn Walter of Felt Studio provides a unique welcome to a creative space.
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Scott Norsworthy
Dubbeldam Office
Dubbeldam Architecture + Design
With the goal of providing an appealingand engaging shared space for entrepreneurs, Lokaal’s interior combines the building’s original features, such as the existing red brick walls, with a distinctive Scandinavian aesthetic.
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Scott Norsworthy
Dubbeldam Office
Dubbeldam Architecture + Design
While the crisp white walls and charcoal grey door frames and partitions introduce a bolder graphic quality to the building’s interior, brightly coloure light fixtures introduce a degree of playfulness to the Lokaal workspace.
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Scott Norsworthy
Dubbeldam Office
Dubbeldam Architecture + Design
The chalkboard wall in Lokaal’s collaboration space allows members to leave messages or brainstorm ideas away from a computer screen.
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Scott Norsworthy
Dubbeldam Office
Dubbeldam Architecture + Design
The central staircase thematically connectsall floors in the building with Baltic birch slats and graphic floor numbers that lead to Dubbeldam’s top floor studio.
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Dubbeldam Office
Dubbeldam Architecture + Design
The carefully crafted stair railing accentuates the dramatic shape of the steps, while the curved ceiling with Baltic birch slats and integrated lighting creates a spatial flow to the third floor.
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Dubbeldam Office
Dubbeldam Architecture + Design
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Scott Norsworthy
Dubbeldam Office
Dubbeldam Architecture + Design
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Scott Norsworthy
Dubbeldam Office
Dubbeldam Architecture + Design
Elegant and playful graphics in the Dubbeldam studio. A white Corian waterfall panel greets visitors with an inscribed “hello” at the reception desk.
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Scott Norsworthy
Dubbeldam Office
Dubbeldam Architecture + Design
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Scott Norsworthy
Dubbeldam Office
Dubbeldam Architecture + Design
High ceilings and eco-felt sliding walls in the studio provide a dual purpose of acoustic attenuation and ample room for pinup, essential for sharing and exchanging ideas during the design process.
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Scott Norsworthy
Dubbeldam Office
Dubbeldam Architecture + Design
The well-tempered environment for collaboration and production in the revived mixed-use building has been established by the flood of natural light and passive ventilation offered by the many operable windows in the open workspace.
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Scott Norsworthy
Dubbeldam Office
Dubbeldam Architecture + Design
A collaboration space doubles as a library ofreference books and material samples on perimeter shelving with natural light pouring in from the expansive corner window cut out of the north and east façades. Transparency in both directions speaks of a connection with the community, with seemingly limitless views east down St. Clair Avenue.
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Scott Norsworthy
Dubbeldam Office
Dubbeldam Architecture + Design
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Dubbeldam Office
Dubbeldam Architecture + Design
The matte black cabinets in the kitchen are the ideal backdrop to team lunches and group meetings, punctuated by The Meridian light by Propeller, hanging above.
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Dubbeldam Office
Dubbeldam Architecture + Design
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