Posts Tagged ‘Canada’
Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
Article source: KPMB Architects
The Canadian Museum of Nature (CMN) was the first purpose built museum in the country. It is now recognized for the interdependence of its learning and research components and a collection that includes 10 million specimens gathered over 150 years. The original building – known as the Victoria Memorial Museum Building (VMMB) – was designed in the Beaux-Arts Style by David Ewart. Shortly after its completion in 1912, the stone tower began to sink into the ground. In 1915, the upper part of the tower was removed to de-load the structure, leaving the base as the main entrance vestibule but consequently diminishing the building’s original composition, and impacting the original clarity of the Beaux Arts plan.
 Image Courtesy KPMB Architects
- Architects: KPMB Architects
- Project: Canadian Museum of Nature
- Location: Ottawa, Canada
- Size: 250,000 s.f. total area: 220, 000 s.f. existing; 30,000 s.f. new construction
- Completion: 2010
Tags: Canada, Ottawa
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Saturday, May 18th, 2013
Article source: Cardin Ramirez Julien + AEdifica
XYZ Technologie Culturelle, in collaboration with the American firm Sky-Skan, which specializes in designing planetarium shows, has created the two immersive domes in the new Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium, which opened on April 6 of this year. Forty-six years after the advent of the first planetarium in Montreal, this new facility provides the city with exclusive, unprecedented technology. “The combination of traditional optical technology for projection of a starry sky and video offers viewers the only immersive experience of its kind in Quebec,” confirms Jacques Larue, partner at XYZ.
 Image Courtesy © Ulysse Lemerisse
- Architects: Cardin Ramirez Julien + AEdifica
- Project: XYZ: Partner in the cosmic voyages at the Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium!
- Location: Montreal, Canada
- Photography: Ulysse Lemerisse
- Client: City of Montreal
- Project manager: Pierre Lacombe
- Design team: Michel Lemieux and Victor Pilon
- Engineers: SNC Lavalin, Dupras Ledoux ingénieurs
- Landscape architects: Fauteux et Associés Architectes Paysagistes
- Contractors: Groupe Décarel inc
- Installation and supply of specialized equipment for the permanent exhibition: Sky-Skan/XYZ Cultural Technology
- Artists: Michel Lemieux and Victor Pilon
- Area of project: 10 638 m2
- Budget: 48 millions
- Project end date: April 6, 2013
Tags: Canada, Montreal
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Saturday, May 18th, 2013
Article source: +tongtong
Multidisciplinary design studio +tongtong recently completed a bold, layered interior for Annie Aime, the latest Toronto retail space from Parisienne fashion retailer Annie Mesenge. Designed to be a flexible, open-concept environment that can easily be transformed into a space for art openings and other events, the interior is one of the first to implement +tongtong’s recently launched Les Ailes Noires series of freestanding clothing racks.
 Image Courtesy © Ben Rahn/A-Frame Inc.
- Architects: +tongtong
- Project: +tongtong designs fashion retail boutique Annie Aime
- Location: Toronto, Canada
- Photography: Ben Rahn/A-Frame Inc.
Tags: Canada, Toronto
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Tuesday, April 16th, 2013
Article source: Cannon Design
Lansdowne Park is an historic sports, exhibition and entertainment facility in Ottawa’s urban center. An integral part of the city’s history, it features the aging 24,000-seat Frank Clair Stadium and other entertainment venues. The City of Ottawa embarked upon a major redevelopment, renovating the stadium and the heritage buildings on the site and adding 300,000 sf of new retail space. The renovated stadium can expand to 45,000 seats, enabling it to host national and international events. The stadium’s porous, accessible design encourages the intersection of people and built form.
 Image Courtesy Cannon Design
- Architects: Cannon Design
- Project: Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group, Lansdowne Park
- Location: Ottawa, Canada
Tags: Canada, Ottawa
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Thursday, April 11th, 2013
Article source: Atelier Moderno
Under the guidance of director and president Jean-Guy Chabauty (APDIQ, ADIQ), Atelier Moderno is a full-service design firm, delivering a finished product that incarnates a synthesis of architecture, interior design, and industrial design. The mandate of this project was simple and honest – to create a residence for a young couple who were ready to grow their family. The response led to the development of a reticent and spacious environment, refined at every scale of planning, architecture, and detail. A topography of volumes and materials affirms itself throughout, changing its presence and effect as one circulates within the home.
 Image Courtesy © Stéphane Groleau
- Architects: Atelier Moderno
- Project: Résidence Nguyen
- Location: Nouveau Saint-Laurent, Montréal, QC
- Photography: Stéphane Groleau
- Project end date: February 2013
Tags: Canada, Montreal
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Thursday, April 4th, 2013
Article source: RDH Architects
The Mississauga Library Project is an adaptive re-use strategy for the major renovation and addition to the Lakeview, Port Credit, and Lorne Park branch libraries, all dating from between 1956 and 1967. The three renovations have been structured as one project, a strategy put forth by the client as a means to use public infrastructure stimulus funds in an efficient manner. Each of the three libraries are situated in park settings; Lakeview and Lorne Park are embedded within established 1950′s suburban neighborhoods and Port Credit is situated adjacent to the Credit River along Lakeshore Road, the commercial ‘high’ street of the old town of Port Credit.
 Exterior of Lakeview Library : Image Courtesy © TOM ARBAN
- Architects: RDH Architects
- Project: The Mississauga Public Library Project
- Location: Ontario, Canada
- Photography: TOM ARBAN
- Date of Occupancy: Jan. 2011
- Construction Budget: $ 8,900 000.00
- Client: Mississauga Public Library
- Architect team: Tyler Sharp (design partner, RDH Architects Inc.), Bob Goyeche (managing partner, RDH Architects Inc.), Graham Gavine (project manager, RDH Architects Inc.), Sanjoy Pal, Marnie Williams, Scott Waugh, George Agnew.
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Tags: Canada, Ontario
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Sunday, March 17th, 2013
Article source: STGM Architectes
The command, an almost indestructible and maintenance free sentry box, controlling the entrance to a military base north of Quebec city, Canada. The architects have developed a custom made corten steel pan cladding ensuring the sustainability of the project. A very long overhang protect the glazed part of the building from the east low winter sun. This tiny building have a strong personality and require compliance by its formal simplicity, the nature of the materials used and the strength of its anchoring to the ground.
 Image Courtesy © Alexandre Guérin
- Architects: STGM Architectes
- Project: CFB Valcartier Corten Steel Sentry Box
- Location: Cathcart Road, Valcartier, Quebec, Canada
- Photography: Alexandre Guérin
- Type: Transportation
- Area: 40 m2
- Client: Defense Construction Canada
- Completion: januanry2013
- Cost: 800 000 USD
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Tags: Canada, Valcartier
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Wednesday, March 13th, 2013
Article source: SieMatic Montreal
SieMatic, the German gold standard in high-end kitchens, is setting up shop in Quebec with the inauguration of new showroom icts in the Montreal region. ”Visitors to our showroom will find out about the brand philosophy,” Explains Jean-Martin Lapointe, Sales Manager, Montreal Siematic, “in terms of quality finishes, technical innovation, ergonomics, and the modularity of parts and accessories on display.”
 Image Courtesy SieMatic
- Architects: SieMatic Montreal
- Project: SieMatic comes to Quebec
- Location: Quebec, Canada
Tags: Canada, Québec
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Tuesday, February 26th, 2013
Article source: IBI/HB Architects
Three Harbour Green represents the last tower to be developed in this corner of Coal Harbour, an area of the city that houses numerous residential towers of architectural excellence in the last decade. This crown jewel completes a three-tower scheme, overlooking Stanley Park, the north shore mountains, and fronting 7 acres of waterfront park space.
 Image Courtesy © Bob Matheson
- Architects: IBI/HB Architects
- Project: Three Harbour Green
- Location: 1105 West Cordova Street, Vancouver, BC V6C 3T1
- Photography: Bob Matheson, Chiharu Matsunaga
- Client: ASPAC Developments
- Project Manager: Ledcor Construction
- Design Team: James Hancock
- Structural Engineers: Jones Kwong Kishi
- Mechanical Engineers: Yoneda & Associates
- Electrical Engineers: Nemetz and Associates
- Landscape Architect: Phillips Farevaag Smallenberg
- Contractor: Ledcor Construction
- Project End Date: March 2012
- Area: 23,730 sq. m
- Height (to tip): 125.95 m
- Number of Floors: 33
Tags: Canada, Vancouver
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Saturday, February 23rd, 2013
Article source: Gestion René Desjardins
“It’s a beautiful, calm street, lined with trees and 1960s bungalows. On the other hand, the house that these clients had bought was in such disrepair that it was beyond saving. The municipality had therefore granted us a demolition permit, on the strict condition that the new building follow the original plan. That was a real problem, since we needed to triple the livable space to meet the family’s needs. The husband, a tall, strapping extrovert, wanted a space that would reflect his size and personality. His wife, ever so pragmatic, insisted on easy upkeep and ample storage space.”
 Image Courtesy © André Doyon
- Architects: Gestion René Desjardins
- Project: Iron Lace Project
- Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Photography: André Doyon
- Setting (typology): Home in a chic suburb of Montreal That HAS preserved icts architectural heritage
- Year of completion: 2012
- Client: A couple That enjoys parts and contemporary art, the parent of three young adults
Tags: Canada, Québec
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