Canada

Ottawa River House by Christopher Simmonds Architect Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Year: 2012 Photo courtesy: Doublespace Photography Description: To move through this home on the Ottawa River is to enjoy a carefully orchestrated sequence of encounters with its picturesque natural setting. Views and light penetrate the spatial...

Maison du Boisé by Gestion René Desjardins Location: Quebec, Canada Year: 2011 Photo courtesy: André Doyon Description: Once they had chosen a wooded site, the mandate was to create a house that would specifically address the children’s well-being. From there, the mother was interested in colour and...

Ecologia Montreal by Gervais Fortin Location: Montreal, Canada Area: 2,700 sqft Photo courtesy: Alexandre Parent Description: The owner, Sabine Karsenti, with the collaboration of the Ecologia Foundation and her designer Gervais Fortin, had the objective to reduce to a minimum her ecological footprint by using healthy,...

46 Water Street Heritage Building by Omer Arbel Location: Gastown, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Photo courtesy: Martin Tessler Description: The project consisted of a seismic upgrade and restoration of a heritage building in Vancouver’s historic Gastown district, and a loft interior design project. The loft is organized...

Hadaway House by Patkau Architects Location: Whistler, British Columbia, Canada Year: 2013 Photo courtesy: Peter Buchanan & James Dow Description: This snow country house is located on a northwest slope overlooking a panoramic view of Whistler valley in southwest British Columbia. The site is a difficult...

Urban Ravine House by Bortolotto Design Architect Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Area: 4,000 sqft Photo courtesy: Bortolotto Design Architect Description: Located in Toronto’s Summerhill neighborhood, the original 1,600 square foot, darkly traditional, staid 2 1/2 storey house was designed without consideration of its breathtaking ravine site. Today,...

Hillcrest House by Victoria Design Group Location: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Photo courtesy: Vince Klassen Thank you for reading...

Silversea Residence by Robert Bailey Location: False Creek, Vancouver, Canada Area: 1,800 sqft Photo courtesy: Josh Dunford Description: This waterfront suite needed to blend contemporary design with the functionality of a family-friendly home. This 1,800 square foot (165 square metre) home located in False Creek in downtown Vancouver...

Mount Pleasant House by Roundabout Studio Architects: Roundabout Studio Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Year: 2014 Area: 5,480 sqft Photo courtesy: Andrew Snow Description: For more than a large portion of a century this site was home to Cruickshank's, an area installation and abundantly cherished blossom globule wholesaler. Tragically, Cruickshank's shut in...

E3 House by Natalie Dionne Architects: Natalie Dionne Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada Area: 3,230 sqft Photo courtesy: Marc Cramer Description: The E3 House gets its name on the grounds that Natalie Dionne Architecte, the spouse and-wife group of Natalie Dionne and Martin Laneuville, composed the outline in cross-area, utilizing...