Atelier Pierre Thibault has created an addition to a 1950s residence in Canada, providing its occupants with a new living room, studio, and garage. More about Atelier Pierre Thibault extends ageing Montreal home with double-height living space
Toronto design studio Castor has launched a set of accessories for marijuana users that resembles a vintage candy dish, ahead of Canada's expected legalisation of the drug later this year. More about Castor targets Canada's ageing pot users with Heirloom Stack
Alphabet's Sidewalk Labs is proposing "unprecedentedly" tall timber buildings, sprawling public spaces, and heated pavements to melt snow, for the first neighbourhood in its major development on Toronto's waterfront. More about Sidewalk Labs unveils design for neighbourhood in Toronto "future city"
MSDS Studio has matched pale chairs and tables with woodwork and plaster inside this Toronto cafe, to create a serene atmosphere for customers to enjoy their coffee. More about Early Bird cafe in Toronto by MSDS eschews "grab-and-go" coffee culture
Husband-and-wife duo Emily and Nathan Danylchuk of Rane Interiors have used cream-coloured details, slatted wood, and Ikea Odger chairs to brighten a Japanese restaurant in Vancouver. More about Rane Interiors outfits Japanese restaurant Saku with orange and cream surfaces
Luxury 1950s Mexican vacationlands and the style of a "gaudy" furniture designer have informed the interior of this taco restaurant in Vancouver, by local designer Shiloh Sukkau. More about Vancouver restaurant Tacofino Oasis references "rustic glamour of mid-century Mexican resort town"
The brothers that commissioned Quebec City-based Atelier Pierre Thibault to create them a shared weekend house each have a separate black block to accommodate their family. More about Two brothers share La Fraternelle retreat by Atelier Pierre Thibault
Italian architect Carlo Ratti and Alphabet company Sidewalk Labs have worked together on a modular paving system that can change the use of a street throughout the day. More about Carlo Ratti and Sidewalk Labs collaborate to build reconfigurable Dynamic Street
Canadian studio Naturehumaine has overhauled a 1950s duplex in Montreal, placing a slatted black volume at its centre alongside other stark contemporary surfaces. More about Naturehumaine adds rodded stairwell to Bessborough Residence in Montreal
Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture has unveiled plans for a glass office tower in Downtown Toronto, the latest in a string of skyscrapers proposed for the city. More about Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill reveals skyscraper for 160 Front Street in Toronto
An atrium ringed with wooden slats and topped with netting is the focal point of this slender Montreal dwelling, which has been overhauled by Canadian studio Robitaille Curtis. More about Robitaille Curtis stretches trapeze net across void at Atrium Townhome in Montreal
US architecture firm Studio Gang has unveiled its first project for Canada: a Toronto skyscraper made up of stretched hexagonal volumes topped with terraces and planters. More about Studio Gang proposes honeycomb-like One Delisle skyscraper for Toronto
Büro Ole Scheeren has revealed plans for a pair of skyscrapers in Vancouver that would be formed from irregularly stacked glass boxes interlaced with greenery. More about Ole Scheeren designs twin Vancouver skyscrapers to be vertical villages
Wood-framed structures create a range of different spaces in Hono Izakaya, a restaurant in Quebec City that was recently refurbished by local designer Charlène Bourgeois. More about Japanese restaurant in Quebec City combines minimal details and unfinished surfaces
Canadian studio Falken Reynolds has chosen stark white surfaces and contemporary finishes to enhance the original features of a historic Vancouver residence. More about Falken Reynolds fuses contemporary and historic details at Hemlock Street townhouse
A staircase featuring a mirrored balustrade now leads up through this home in Montreal, renovated by local architect Jean-Maxime Labrecque. More about Jean-Maxime Labrecque adds mirrored staircase to Playful Tudor home in Montreal
Vancouver firm Michael Green Architecture has built a boathouse for storing racing shells and sails and monitoring maritime activity, with translucent walls and garage doors. More about Polycarbonate Dock Building by Michael Green Architecture glows on Vancouver beachfront
A padded playroom for children features in this photography studio in Montreal, designed by local practice Alain Carle Architecte to look more like a minimal home than a workplace. More about Minimal photography studio in Montreal has plenty of children's play spaces
This rural Quebec chalet from the 1960s faced demolition, but was salvaged and given a new life by Montreal-based studio Alain Carle Architecte, which sought to restore the home's original charm. More about Alain Carle Architecte renovates rundown Résidence Maribou chalet in Canada
After disrupting our online activities, Google's parent company now wants to disrupt how cities work. Dezeen spoke to Rohit Aggarwala, head of urban systems at Alphabet's Sidewalk Labs, as it gears up to redevelop a major chunk of Toronto. More about "It takes 40 or 50 years to update an industrial landscape. We want to speed that up," says Sidewalk Labs urban planner