A+Awards: next in our showcase of this year's Architizer A+Awards winners is a wooden artist's retreat on Vancouver Island by Toronto firm Agathom. More about Agathom builds artist's cabin in dense British Columbia forest
Quebec firm Atelier Pierre Thibault has overhauled a home built in the 1970s, removing interior partitions and locating a sculptural plywood staircase at its core. More about Atelier Pierre Thibault reorganises Quebec home around central plywood stairs
These photographs provide a more detailed look at OMA's extension to the Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Quebec, described as the largest cultural project in the Canadian province when it opened this summer. More about OMA's Quebec art museum extension shown in new images
Canadian studio Naturehumaine has transformed a 1930s brick building into a contemporary home featuring a sculptural stairway that brings a "vibrant tone to the project". More about Naturehumaine adds sculptural black and yellow staircase to historic Montreal home
Canadian studio Bourgeois Lechasseur Architects has stacked two wood-and-glass volumes at opposing angles, resulting in a home designed to embrace its picturesque surroundings (+ slideshow). More about Bourgeois Lechasseur's V-shaped Altaïr House overlooks a Quebec forest
A former bank in the historic centre of Montreal has been transformed into an office for a tech start-up and a cafe for freelance workers by local architect Henri Cleinge. More about Henri Cleinge adapts grand Montreal bank for Crew Offices and Cafe
Canadian firm +tongtong has overhauled a traditional home in Toronto, adding a large triangular window, dark zinc cladding and an interior lightwell that provides natural illumination. More about +tongtong uses grey and black zinc to transform Victorian home in Toronto
Montreal studio YH2 has completed a retreat for Polish-Canadian sculptor Jacek Jarnuszkiewicz, with a vertical form that takes cues from the surrounding forest (+ slideshow). More about YH2 clads Quebec holiday home for a sculptor in red cedar and blackened pine
Toronto firm RZLBD has completed a three-storey house comprising two volumes split by a staircase in the middle (+ slideshow). More about RZLBD divides black and grey Toronto residence with central staircase
Canadian studios KPMB Architects and HCMA Architecture + Design have completed an alumni centre for the University of British Columbia with angled, fritted-glass facades that "change dramatically from day to night" (+ slideshow). More about Vancouver university building by KPMB and HCMA features fritted glass and rough-sawn cedar
Canadian studio Bing Thom Architects has completed a community swimming pool building in suburban Vancouver, with a roof made from a series of giant trusses and skylights (+ slideshow). More about Beams of daylight "streak across the walls" at Bing Thom's aquatics centre in British Columbia
Canadian firm ZAS has completed a glass and aluminium-clad public library in suburban Toronto, which has a sculptural form influenced by a local rollercoaster (+ slideshow). More about ZAS creates Toronto library with curved walls and slanted windows
Montreal firm ACDF Architecture has created a new arts centre in the suburbs, fronted by a colonnade of vertical and angled stainless steel supports (+ slideshow). More about Chunky steel-clad columns front ACDF's Diane Dufresne Art Centre in Canada
Toronto-based architect Nova Tayona has completed a house near the beach in Nova Scotia, from which the ocean can be heard but not seen (+ slideshow). More about Nova Tayona designs Canadian beach house hidden from the ocean
To gain views of Lake Erie from a sheltered plot, architecture firm Kariouk Associates designed this Canadian house to include a "love nest" that pokes above the treetops (+ slideshow). More about Kariouk Associates sneaks around planning laws to gain lake vistas for A Bower House
Online retailer Needs & Wants Studios has collaborated with a Toronto architecture student to transform a shipping container into a mobile boutique that serves as the brand's first physical store (+ slideshow). More about Shipping container serves as mobile boutique for luxury sportswear brand Needs & Wants
Canadian studio Appareil Architecture has converted an ageing Montreal industrial facility into a modern restaurant featuring a fire pit and original details, such as exposed concrete columns and red brick (+ slideshow). More about Appareil Architecture transforms old Montreal factory into contemporary restaurant
Canada-based architect Reza Aliabadi has completed a home made up of vastly different halves at a lakefront site on the outskirts of Toronto (+ slideshow). More about Reza Aliabadi's Opposite House in Toronto is split down the middle
Local firm FABG has made major improvements to the Musée d'art de Joliette outside Montreal, restoring the original building and adding three new volumes to the museum (+ slideshow). More about FABG renovates and expands Quebec's Musée d'art de Joliette
Montreal studio ACDF Architecture has completed a Quebec house featuring a wood store built into its facade and a living room contained within a glass box that projects over the garden (+ slideshow). More about ACDF Architecture creates Quebec holiday home with a cantilevered living room