Ideas

Since opening Phaedrus Studio in 2015, David Grant-Rubash and Tyler Malone have struck a balance that takes many firms years—if not decades—to achieve:…

Edited by Lawrence Bird, Peter Hargraves and Sharon Wohl (Dalhousie Architectural Press, 2021) In the winter of 1992, a skating trail opened on Winnipeg’s…

For Anne-Marie Armstrong and Andrew Ashey, collaboration, advocacy, and diversity are the way forward for architecture. Since starting AAmp Studio in…

Shane Laptiste and Tura Cousins Wilson met as early participants in the Black Architects and Interior Designers Association of Canada (BAIDA). They’re now…

When emerging architecture firms begin to scale up to larger projects, it often means plunging into the world of publicly posted Requests for Proposals…

“What’s new?” is a default question. But for Toronto’s Giaimo, “What can we do with what already exists?” is a more interesting line of enquiry. Founded in…

“Architects have a crapload of responsibility,” says Guillaume Fafard on the phone from his Quebec City office. It’s not a complaint, but a strong-held…

Since 2015, Nova Scotia firm Peter Braithwaite Studio has been driven by a desire to address the ecological impact of architecture. While many…

Sanaz Shirshekar’s story sounds almost like a movie premise: promising young architect builds her career at two bigtime firms (KPMB in Toronto and the New…

In 2016, a group of four recent design graduates entered a City of Montreal ideas competition for redeveloping vacant spaces and protecting empty heritage…

Caffettiera: a ’90s-nostalgic Italian cafe with crazy-quilt Formica-topped tables and prodigal expanses of fake walnut. Hinterhouse: a prefabricated cabin with…

Architect Anya Moryoussef’s work is luxurious, yet pared back. It’s characterized by a thoughtful minimalism that feels complete, atmospheric and unique.…