Architect Henri Cleinge was approached to renovate and design a significant addition to Bord-du-Lac House, a 200 year old stone dwelling in Quebec, Canada. The architects were challenged to define a clear conceptual approach which would reconcile a contemporary architectural language to the ancestral home. The original structure once belonged to the Hudson Bay Company […]

This modern family home is located in an exclusive neighborhood halfway up the mountainside above the luxury resort community of Whistler, British Columbia, Canada and has been designed by BattersbyHowat Architects. The home was designed for clients who appreciate the timber structure characteristic of a Whistler Chalet, but desired a unique family home for seven […]

The Khyber Ridge House is situated in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, commissioned by a professional snowboarder to have design firm Studio NMinusOne complete the project. Consisting of five levels, the strategy takes its cue from the line of a mountain, intimately engaging with the site. The house is distributed along a steep slope, developing diverse tactical relations […]

The Mac N Mo show was Katie and Jordan’s first purchase together. Katie, growing up in a family of electricians and Jordan, growing up with a builder for a father and designer for a mother, they had only one month to fully renovate this Mount Pleasant, Vancouver loft in the Mecca building. The living space features over […]

The Davis Residence was designed by Abramson Teiger Architects who were asked to design a house with light-filled spaces and an indoor/outdoor integration seen in the firm’s Southern California work, but adapted to the Toronto, Ontario climate. The first floor is clad in black Algonquin limestone, used commonly in Ontario, and layered with wood, detailed […]

This incredible lake house is nestled on Lake Okanagan, Lake Country, British Columbia, Canada. Designer Paul Nesbitt was given a blank check to use this unique setting to create a lakeshore experience like no other. Every detail from the artwork inside to the trim out was thoughtfully selected and painstakingly executed to create an environment […]

The Southlands Residence is nestled into a mature, heavily vegetated corner site in lovely Vancouver, BC, Canada’s historical Dunbar Southlands district. The home was once a neglected bungalow that has been transformed into an urban oasis by DIALOG. A year-round fresh water stream divides the irregularly shaped site and the lush basin resulting from long-standing […]

The Shaw house has been designed by Patkau Architects, situated on a narrow waterfront property on the south shore of English Bay in beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Views from the site stretch across the bay to encompass the skyline of downtown Vancouver and, beyond, the mountains on the north shore of the bay. The […]

Robert Street Residence is a contemporary home in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, designed by Taylor Smyth Architects. Here is a description from the architects, “Back in 2009, Kate Prevedello approached Michael Taylor, a partner at Taylor Smyth Architects, with a proposition. In 1999 she had worked for partner Michael Taylor when she was an architecture student. […]

Two Hulls House is nestled in a glaciated, coastal landscape, with a cool maritime climate on the island of Nova Scotia, Canada and has been designed by MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects. The geomorphology of the site consists of granite bedrock and boulder till, creating pristine white sand beaches, and turquoise waters. The two pavilions float above […]