Toronto architecture studio Partisans has used parametric modelling to create an undulating stone storefront for luxury watch brand Rolex. Partisans' latest application of its digital modelling and fabrication technique resulted in a sculptural facade that wraps the ground floor of a high-rise on Bloor Street in Downtown Toronto. The flowing lines of the Rolex store's limestone facade emanate from the building's existing architectural features The studio worked with Italian architect Arturo Tedeschi on the project, which is intended to give the store presence and allow it to stand out from ot ..read more

The colorful retro diners of Quebec influenced the interiors of this restaurant in Ottawa, designed by Montreal-based Ivy Studio. Buvette Daphnée wine bar and fine dining restaurant sits in a 1,500-square-foot commercial space within an old industrial building in the city's historic ByWard Market district. The Buvette Daphnée restaurant in Ottawa's ByWard Market district takes cues from colourful retro diners "The establishment, led by a head chef with deep roots in Quebec and years of experience in Ottawa, aims to showcase a blend of both cultures through the eyes of a nostalgic francophone ..read more

US studio Rafael Viñoly Architects has designed four skyscrapers and a series of public spaces in Toronto, which will be the studio's first built project in Canada. Developed by Madison Group and totalling two million square feet (185,806 square metres) the project will consist of two individual properties holding two skyscrapers each, which will host a mix of residential, retail, and office spaces. Studio founder Rafael Viñoly died last year, and the studio said he played a role in the design before his passing. Rafael Viñoly Architects has designed a four skyscrapers in Toronto "This will b ..read more

Local architecture studio Ædifica has created a residential apartment building outside Montreal with an interior courtyard and a metal-mesh second skin on the facade. Called Cité Angus II, the structure is part of Technopôle Angus, an urban revitalization project that its developers say is a "full-scale sustainable development". It will put multi-storey residential and businesses into a residential area northeast of Montreal proper that used to be brownfields from its use by the Canadian Pacific Railway. Ædifica has created a six-storey housing block in Montreal Sitting on a narrow site, the ..read more

Toronto-based studio Diamond Schmitt Architects has been selected to design the New Brunswick Museum in Saint John, Canada, which is one of the country's oldest museums. The 134,000-square-foot building designed by Diamond Schmitt Architects in collaboration with international firm EXP will unite the current disparate collections of the museum, currently spread in different facilities throughout Saint John, into a new facility at the site of the current neoclassical building. Diamond Schmitt Architects and EXP have designed a museum in Saint John, New Brunswick The museum's current primary lo ..read more

Brass ribbons line the asymmetric portals that connect the kitchen and dining room of this Toronto residence, renovated by local architecture and art studio Svima. The Portal House was designed for a couple who had wanted to refresh their home for 10 years, but have very different aesthetic tastes. Two portals connect the renovated kitchen and dining areas of this Toronto home Toronto-based studio Svima found a compromise by combining his desire for "tenebrous minimalism" and her love of "bright French country kitchens" into the design. The resulting "denlike cosiness" pairs dark oak across t ..read more

UK architecture studio Pearce+ and Canadian designer Joe Kalturnyk have created a temporary inflatable restaurant for subzero temperatures in Winnipeg, Canada. The barrel-vaulted restaurant has space for 48 guests dining in temperatures as low as -30 degrees Celsius during the 10th annual RAW:almond fine dining food festival, which celebrates both Canadian cuisine and the harsh winter. The temporary restaurant was designed by Pearce+ Each year, the food festival commissions the construction of a temporary structure that responds to its environment and incorporates sustainable reuse. "[The she ..read more

Montreal-based Ivy Studio has chosen a variety of dramatic marble to outfit a Middle Eastern restaurant, which features a colour palette influenced by "the earthy tones of the Syrian deserts". In Montreal's Old Port neighbourhood, the 1,500-square-foot (140-square metre) Hayat restaurant is designed to reflect the cuisine served by chef Joseph Awad. The marble host stand at Hayat sets the tone for the restaurant's Middle Eastern-influenced colour palette "This Middle Eastern restaurant's colour palette was inspired by the earthy tones of the Syrian deserts and their surrounding greenery," sai ..read more

Norway-based Saunders Architecture has created a Y-shaped house clad in Corten steel with floor-to-ceiling glazing in a design-focused neighbourhood near Calgary, Alberta. The aptly named Y House has a footprint of 190 square metres and was completed by design firm Saunders Architecture in 2022. Saunders Architecture clad the Y-shaped home in Corten steel The residence is located in a designed-focused community called Carraig Ridge, a rural retreat near the Rocky Mountains. The single-storey house has three "spokes." Residents enter through the northeastern spoke with a garage and covered por ..read more

Toronto-based Studio Paolo Ferrari has created cinematic interiors for a restaurant in the city's Downtown area, combining influences from filmmakers that range from Stanley Kubrick to Nancy Meyers. Unlike a typical restaurant layout, Daphne unfolds as a series of rooms with distinct identities, each borrowing references from different cinema styles. Daphne is laid out across several spaces, including a Great Room designed to feel like Nancy Meyers movie Studio Paolo Ferrari intended each space to offer a different experience for guests, and custom-designed all of the furniture and lighting f ..read more