Venice Beach informs Alexandra Hutchison's La Palma restaurant in Toronto
Canadian designer Alexandra Hutchison has opened an eatery with her husband in Toronto, creating interiors influenced by a trip to coastal California. More
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Massive coppery Parq complex sits beside Vancouver's main sports arena
Canadian firms ACDF Architecture and Architecture49 have created a shiny hotel and entertainment complex for an irregularly shaped property that borders BC Place Stadium in Vancouver. More
Batay-Csorba envisions Triple Duplex as alternative to traditional housing in Toronto
Canadian studio Batay-Csorba Architects has designed a low-rise apartment building that challenges Toronto's planning policies, which preference single-family homes and fail to address population growth. More
École de Pensée opens "apartment-inspired" menswear boutique in Montreal
Canadian fashion brand École de Pensée spent 250 hours creating the worn-out textured walls of its new flagship store in Montreal, which looks more like an apartment than a shop. More
Pink pillar draws focus at Hideout beauty salon by Ménard Dworkind
A sculptural pink column forms shelves for nail polishes in this Montreal beauty salon designed by local studio Ménard Dworkind, which also features hacked pink armchairs and IKEA sinks as foot baths. More
Six black houses in Canada by Alain Carle Architecte
Canadian architect Alain Carle seems to have a thing for black. Here are six of his studio's minimalist residential projects clad in charred wood, dark metal or painted brick. More
TBA's vet surgery in Montreal includes exposed bricks and concrete
Industrial finishes "resistant to animal wear and tear" are used across this veterinary clinic, which occupies the ground and basement floors of an extended building in Montreal. More
Moshe Safdie's private Habitat 67 home is restored and open to the public
The duplex apartment that architect Moshe Safdie designed for himself in his brutalist Habitat 67 complex in Montreal has opened to the public, after a major restoration completed by his firm. More
Prefab house modules by James Whitaker link like a "daisy chain"
The architect behind a splayed shipping container house in California has revealed plans for a Canadian lakeside residence, comprising a string of prefabricated modular units. More
Monochrome ski chalet by Thellend Fortin overlooks Quebec's Saint Lawrence River
Montreal studio Thellend Fortin Architectes has paired greyscale materials with woodwork both inside and out of this rural holiday home in Quebec. More
Intersecting gabled sheds form "abstract and intriguing" house by Alain Carle Architecte
Alain Carle Architecte has completed a black home in Quebec, with a split-level organisation that creates "interior landscapes" for its owners to inhabit. More
Glass surrounds lower level of Teph Inlet house by Omar Gandhi Architect
An entirely glazed ground floor provides views of the Nova Scotia coast from this holiday home, designed by Canadian studio Omar Gandhi Architect. More
ACDF Architecture combines pastels and exposed brick at Lightspeed offices
Colour-blocked workspaces are implemented over historic details at the offices for a software company in Montreal, by local firm ACDF Architecture. More
Maison du Parc in Montreal features stark interiors with "mysterious depth"
Black and white spaces, including a sculptural staircase and a wine cellar, are found across this brick house overhauled by Montreal firm La Shed Architecture. More
"Calgary's New Central Library is an example of the best practices in modern monument making"
Why can't all public libraries be as warm and welcoming as Snøhetta and Dialog's New Central Library for Calgary, asks Aaron Betsky in this Opinion column. More
Blackened wood cabins form minimal Quebec chalet by Naturehumaine
This Quebec holiday home by Canadian architecture studio Naturehumaine comprises two blackened wood cabins, which are intended to look like they are "sliding over the cliff" below. More
Corrugated metal bar runs through Juice cafe-cum-barbershop in Toronto
This black and white space in Toronto by local firm StudioAC offers coffee in the front and haircuts in the back. More
Sarah Ward references 1920s Shanghai at Two Penny Chinese
Canadian studio Sarah Ward Interiors looked to China's art-deco era for the colours and motifs at this dim sum restaurant and basement cocktail bar in Calgary. More
Appareil Architecture adds white dining annex to Waterloo Residence in Montreal
Montreal firm Appareil Architecture has designed a stark extension for a home in the city, featuring facades and interiors that match the snowy landscape come winter. More
Eco-luxury domes by Bourgeois/Lechasseur peer out from Quebec forest
A trio of grey camping domes, which peek out like beady eyes from a hillside forest in Quebec, form a luxury eco-resort designed by Canadian firm Bourgeois/Lechasseur. More