The Canadian government's plan to restore the prime minister's residence in Ottawa highlights the chronic under-appreciation of Canadian design and its potential as a source of national pride, writes Thom Fougere. More about "In Canada, design still receives remarkably little recognition"
Canadian practice Leckie Studio has completed Twin Peaks House, which features an asymmetrical roof and silvery wood cladding that helps the building "recede among the trees". More about Leckie Studio tucks house clad in "silvered wood" into forested Vancouver site
Japanese minimalism has informed the interiors of this light-filled Italian restaurant in Montreal, designed by locally based Ivy Studio with its first in-house designed chairs. More about Montreal restaurant Minnibar by Ivy Studio "embraces its raw shell"
Montreal-based studio ACDF Architecture has rounded select corners of an apartment building in Quebec, Canada, and used a two-tone brick cladding system to create an interesting optical effect. More about Two colours of brick give Quebec apartment building "painterly dimension"
A bridge with towers informed by a hockey slapshot has opened to public traffic between the United States and Canada after more than seven years of construction, decades of planning and a contentious back-and-forth with the federal government. More about "Gently curving" Gordie Howe International Bridge opens between US and Canada
German architecture studio GMP Architekten is part of a team renovating the Olympic Stadium in Montreal. The work includes replacing a membrane roof that caused problems for decades with a steel deck to protect the structure from falling icicles. More about Renovation of problematic Montreal Olympic Stadium roof keeps "original intention" in mind
Local studio Giannone Petricone Associates has renovated a 200-year-old Toronto house with a contemporary interior and a wavy glass addition. More about Giannone Petricone Associates "weaves" glass addition into 1820s Toronto house
The World Cup has highlighted the strengths and weaknesses of public transportation in North America and provided cities with the opportunity to test and implement novel approaches, writes scholar Deb Chachra. More about "The World Cup is a unique opportunity to make different public transit approaches visible"
IKEA Canada has launched a marketing campaign where dinnerware, towels, furniture and more have been arranged to resemble the national flags of teams competing in the 2026 FIFA World Cup. More about IKEA Canada arranges familiar homeware into World Cup team flags
Canadian architecture firm Diamond Schmitt has completed phase one of Toronto Metropolitan University's new School of Medicine, which features wood-clad structural elements and bold blue accents. More about Diamond Schmitt adapts civic centre into TMU School of Medicine
Architecture studio WilkinsonEyre has completed the second and final phase of the CIBC Square development in Toronto, which includes a second skyscraper and an elevated park spanning train tracks. More about WilkinsonEyre completes Toronto skyscrapers linked by elevated park
With the World Cup kicking off in Mexico City today, we look at the architecture of the 16 stadiums in the USA, Mexico and Canada hosting games at the tournament. More about Sixteen stadiums hosting games at World Cup 2026
A dark cedar screen wraps the exterior of Forest Studio, a compact, gable-roof building by Canadian architecture studio Little Giant that can serve as a workspace or a domestic dwelling. More about Little Giant draws on "spirit of a treehouse" for Forest Studio on Vancouver Island
A geodesic dome in Vancouver, originally built for the Expo 86 World's Fair, is currently being covered with hundreds of panels to create a giant version of the World Cup's Trionda match ball for the upcoming competition. More about Vancouver's Science World dome is being covered in soccer ball motif for World Cup
Danish landscape studio SLA is among the designers of a neighbourhood on an island in Toronto's Port Lands district, set to advance after receiving the all-clear from planning officials in the city. More about Toronto island neighbourhood to feature Canada's "most ambitious" car-free space
Canadian studio Bricault Design has created a cabin informed by adjacent mountain peaks, featuring green roofs and slate cladding, to age in tandem with its wooded site in British Columbia, Canada. More about Bricault Design shapes house to "share a language with the surrounding peaks" in Canada
In terms of design, Montreal punches way above its weight. Here, Dezeen selects nine projects from its inaugural design week, from conceptual reuse projects to stylistic experimentations. More about Nine of the best projects from the inaugural Montreal Design Week
Montreal-based studio Atelier Carle has completed a mountainside house with wood and board-formed concrete finishes in Quebec. More about Atelier Carle creates "unconventional layout" for hemlock-clad Quebec house
As part of a larger reuse project of a former convent in Montreal, curatorial collective Nouveau Milieu has commissioned design objects repurposed from the pews, which were showcased during Montreal Design Week. More about Montreal designers turn pews into design objects to mark convent's conversion
Culinary studio Menu Extra and local interior design studio Atelier Zébulon Perron have created a temporary bar outfitted with a custom chandelier for festival-goers at Montreal Design Week. More about Bar Extra forms stylish social centrepiece for Montreal Design Week