Partisans tops rebuilt pool house in Ontario with undulating timber roof
Fold House is a guest and pool house in Hamilton, Canada, topped with a curving roof of compression-bent oak designed by architecture studio Partisans. More
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Dialog designs mass timber net-zero carbon community college building for Canada
Architecture firm Dialog has revealed plans for a cross-laminated timber higher education building in Canada, which it says will be the first of its kind. More
Grassy hill forms skylight over RDHA's Springdale Public Library near Toronto
A hill-like green roof with a skylight helps to blend this public library by Toronto architecture firm RDHA into its grassy surrounds. More
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RDHA turns riverfront building into "Canada's first bookless library"
Canadian architecture firm RDHA has added glazed volumes to an old limestone post office in Cambridge, Ontario as part of its transformation into a community centre with makerspaces. More
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Cabins in Ontario by MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple topped with massive hip roofs
Shiplap siding, glazed walls and large hip roofs form the exterior of holiday homes designed by Canadian studio MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects for an upscale resort island in Ontario's Muskoka region. More
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Building Arts Architects creates remote glass boathouse on Ontario lake
Toronto practice Building Arts Architects used a small watercraft and boats to transport prefabricated elements to build this boathouse on a site only accessible by water in Ontario. More
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Atelier Pierre Thibault turns Ottawa residence into minimal apartments
Quebec City architecture studio Atelier Pierre Thibault has added a slatted wooden terrace to the rear of a house in Ottawa, as part of its transformation into two apartments. More
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NADAAA fuses old and new to create Daniels Building on circular Toronto site
Architecture studio NADAAA has renovated a Neo-Gothic brick building and added a sculptural extension with a jagged roof to house the design school at the University of Toronto. More
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Batay-Csorba designs Milky’s coffee bar in Toronto without furniture
Interlocking wooden panels form a geometric pattern across the walls of this small, grab-and-go Toronto coffee shop, designed by Ontario studio Batay-Csorba Architecture. More
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Williamson Williamson designs Canadian home to adapt as its residents age
Toronto firm Williamson Williamson has completed a multigenerational home in the town of Ancaster, designed to allow ageing parents to live with their adult children. More
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Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners reveals visuals for new Toronto skyscraper
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners has released the first visualisations of The HUB, a skyscraper that will "hover" above a historic building in Toronto, Canada. More
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Grimshaw creates curved mirrored ceiling inside Toronto metro station
Grimshaw Architects has completed the latest station for the expanded Toronto subway system, with a huge curved roof that swoops down to form walls and is covered in mirrors underneath. More
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Female co-working club Make Lemonade opens in Toronto
Phone booths with grassy carpets, a floral mural, and rose-pink and lemon-yellow furniture feature in this women-only co-working club in Toronto, designed by locally based MMNT Studio. More
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Renzo Piano unveils new courthouse for Toronto
Renzo Piano Building Workshop has revealed its first project in Canada: a Toronto courthouse elevated on columns to expose tall glazed walls and a 20-metre-high atrium. More
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DesignAgency turns former strip club into boutique Toronto hotel
Canadian studio DesignAgency has transformed a 19th-century building in Toronto, once home to a strip club, into a boutique hotel featuring patchwork flooring, patterned wallpaper and brass lighting. More
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Ice-skating trail transforms unused space beneath Toronto highway
The latest instalment of our Dezeen x MINI Living video series explores an unused space beneath a highway in Toronto, which is being overhauled to create a new park complete with an ice-skating track. More
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"We want to put Toronto on the map as a creative place" say Yabu Pushelberg founders
With projects for some of the world's biggest luxury brands under their belts, Toronto designers George Yabu and Glenn Pushelberg fly the flag for Canadian design globally. In this interview, the duo discuss how their home city is now becoming an important creative hub, and their plans to help it along. More
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Colourful booths, furniture and cables enliven Slack's Toronto office by Dubbeldam
A trail of rainbow-coloured cables, which match brightly hued walls and seating, threads through the Toronto offices of tech company Slack by Dubbeldam Architecture + Design. More
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MSDS Studio illuminates Aesop store in Toronto with collection of compact lamps
MSDS Studio has taken cues from cosmetic brand Aesop's products to create a series of wooden lamps that nestle on shelves in its Toronto store. More
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Exhibition of Instagram images celebrates one year of Canadian design
An exhibition in Toronto brings together 365 photographs of products by Canadian designers, which were posted to an Instagram account one per day for the past year. More
