Large family get-togethers are enjoyed in the open-concept living spaces at this house in Vancouver, which interior designer Stephanie Brown has overhauled with entertaining in mind. More about Stephanie Brown renovates Vancouver home to have "fewer formalised spaces"
Architect Jack Diamond, who co-founded Diamond Schmitt Architects and whose designs include the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto, has died aged 89. More about Canadian architect Jack Diamond dies aged 89
The rooftop bar and lounge at the recently opened Ace Hotel Toronto, by local studio Shim-Sutcliffe Architects, continues the earthy tones and exposed concrete from the lobby. More about Large fireplaces bookend Evangeline rooftop bar at Ace Hotel Toronto
Tokyo-based architecture studio OSO has completed Deloitte Summit, a skyscraper in Vancouver with stacked protruding boxes that resemble a set of lanterns. More about OSO completes Vancouver skyscraper modelled on Japanese lanterns
Canadian studios AXIA Design Associates and Arriz + Co have completed a pavilion and event space within the University of Alberta's Botanic Gardens, the final step in the master plan. More about Stone pavilion with Islamic motifs completes Alberta's Aga Khan Gardens
The angular forms of this mountaintop retreat in British Columbia by Omar Gandhi Architect are based on the attributes of a mountain beetle, with a hardened shell to resist the site's "desolate" conditions. More about Omar Gandhi models fire-resistant residence in Canada on a mountain beetle
Canadian architecture studio Omar Gandhi Architect has completed an expansive Nova Scotia home clad in two different types of cedar. More about Omar Gandhi mixes contemporary and vernacular design for Jib House
Dark green marble, glossy black tiles and sculptural lighting contrast the rough stone walls of this Montreal restaurant that has been resurrected by local Ivy Studio. More about Ivy Studio renovates fire-damaged Piatti restaurant in Montreal
Canadian architecture studio Partisans has designed a residential tower in Toronto that takes its shape from both natural clouds and revision clouds – a notation architects use in technical drawings. More about Partisans designs Toronto high-rise informed by architectural "revision clouds"
The Canadian branch of UK architecture studio BDP has released designs for the 15 Toronto Street super-skinny skyscraper in the city's financial district. More about BDP Quadrangle designs super-skinny skyscraper for Toronto
Danish studio Henning Larsen Architects, local studio KPMB and landscape architecture studio SLA are set to convert an airstrip outside of downtown Toronto into a residential district. More about Toronto airfield to be converted into district that aims for "the opposite of suburbanization"
Canadian architecture studio Hariri Pontarini has completed a clinic in Toronto for multiple sclerosis patients that features warm wood tones and spaces designed to feel like "first-class airplane lounges". More about Hariri Pontarini rethinks cold medical interiors at Barlo MS Centre
Canadian architecture studio Sid Lee Architecture has created offices that take advantage of the original skylights in the base of an IM Pei-designed skyscraper in Downtown Montreal. More about Sid Lee Architecture remodels offices at base of IM Pei skyscraper in Montreal
Israeli-Canadian architect Moshe Safdie is gifting his personal unit at the brutalist-style Habitat 67 housing complex and his professional archive to his alma mater in Montreal, where he earned his architecture degree in 1961. More about Moshe Safdie donates his Habitat 67 apartment to McGill University
A sculptural transit garage in Alberta, a Studio Gang-designed fire station in Brooklyn and a massive sculptural salt warehouse in Manhattan are included in this roundup of visually striking North American municipal architecture. More about Nine municipal buildings in North America that reject bland utilitarianism
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has formed a wall from 2,000 life jackets that were used by Syrian refugees while attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea as part of an installation in Quebec City. More about Ai Weiwei covers historic Quebec City rampart in refugee life jackets
Gabled elements and corrugated aluminium siding feature in a family home that was designed by Canadian firm StudioAC to be "impactful without being indulgent”. More about Metal-clad boxes form Everden house by StudioAC in Toronto
The history of Toronto's Yorkville neighbourhood informed this store for skincare brand Aesop, which local studio Odami has given ruby-toned walls and smooth beige counters. More about Victorian balusters pattern surfaces at Aesop Yorkville store by Odami
Canadian firm StudioAC combined micro cement, stainless steel and vinyl to form the interiors of a Chinese restaurant in Ontario designed to "respond to the context of the strip mall" in which it is located. More about Muted material palette defines monochrome Chinese restaurant by StudioAC
Canada's first Ace Hotel has opened in Toronto, housed in a new building by Shim-Sutcliffe Architects that features a lobby suspended from huge concrete arches. More about Ace Hotel Toronto by Shim-Sutcliffe Architects features a suspended lobby