Atelier l'Abri designs Canadian cabin for carpenter to build himself
A young carpenter who wished to build his own residence was the client for this modest project by Atelier l'Abri, located in Quebec's Eastern Townships. More
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Canadian country house by Simard Architecture contrasts pale cedar with dark slate
Cedar boards and slate blocks clad the geometric blocks that make up this house in rural Quebec, designed by Canadian studio Simard Architecture to sit over the remnants of an old farmhouse. More
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Appareil Architecture merges two Montreal flats to create house with a sunken living room
Montreal firm Appareil Architecture has combined two dwellings in the city, which involved removing walls to bring in more natural light and creating a new sunken lounge space. More
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Quadrangle Architects transforms brick warehouse in Toronto into creative workspaces
Canadian firm Quadrangle Architects has transformed a 19th-century brick building once used to store wine into a workspace for designers, artists and tech companies. More
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Anne Sophie Goneau creates stark office for digital design company in Montreal
Canadian designer Anne Sophie Goneau has transformed part of an old building into a minimalist workspace for a tech company, featuring a restrained palette of materials and colours. More
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Bourgeois Lechasseur erects memorial on fish factory ruins in Quebec
This monument to seamen by Canadian studio Bourgeois Lechasseur Architects stands on the site of a fish processing plant that was destroyed in a fire. More
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10 of the best cabins in the Canadian woods
The US election result has driven some Americans to search for a way out across the northern border – so many that the website for Canadian Immigration has been crashing from demand. For those keeping that daydream alive, here are ten cabins in Canada that would be perfect to escape to. More
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Agathom builds artist's cabin in dense British Columbia forest
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
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Atelier Pierre Thibault reorganises Quebec home around central plywood stairs
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
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OMA's Quebec art museum extension shown in new images
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
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Naturehumaine adds sculptural black and yellow staircase to historic Montreal home
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
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Bourgeois Lechasseur's V-shaped Altaïr House overlooks a Quebec forest
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
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Henri Cleinge adapts grand Montreal bank for Crew Offices and Cafe
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
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+tongtong uses grey and black zinc to transform Victorian home in Toronto
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
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YH2 clads Quebec holiday home for a sculptor in red cedar and blackened pine
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
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RZLBD divides black and grey Toronto residence with central staircase
Toronto firm RZLBD has completed a three-storey house comprising two volumes split by a staircase in the middle (+ slideshow). More
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Vancouver university building by KPMB and HCMA features fritted glass and rough-sawn cedar
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
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Beams of daylight "streak across the walls" at Bing Thom's aquatics centre in British Columbia
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
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ZAS creates Toronto library with curved walls and slanted windows
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
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Chunky steel-clad columns front ACDF's Diane Dufresne Art Centre in Canada
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