Inspired by traditional English coffeehouses from the 18th century, which acted as the primary centre for communication of news in local communities at the time, these public houses were spaces…
This was a family of four, building their first house. They wanted it to be classy, durable and not stuffy, with a focus on comfort and family. Project Name: Haywood …
For more than half a century this site was home to Cruickshank’s, a neighbourhood fixture and much-loved flower bulb distributor. Sadly, Cruickshank’s closed in 2001 and vacated the building. A…
In one of the most vibrant urban cities, Toronto, KPMB Architects is a globally celebrated Canadian architecture partnership founded in 1987. In every KPMB project, their designs emphasize the human…
The clients, a young family with two children, approached BVTa to renovate their home with the intention to provide an additional bedroom on the second floor, and to reconfigure the…
The coach house reconstruction was the first phase in a larger rehabilitation project for a late 19th Century Victorian house in the city’s west end. The adaptive reuse of a…
The capital city of the Canadian Province of Ontario, Toronto is the most populous city in Canada. The city is home to some of the most neck cranking skyscrapers and…
Situated in the light industrial area of Vancouver’s Mount Pleasant neighbourhood, the restaurant and bar occupies 2,800 square feet in the recently refurbished art deco Lightworks Building, originally designed by…
We used a minimum number of moves required to satisfy the program: a breakfast table/desk, a bookshelf/closet/headboard and a kitchenette/storage unit and designed them to be very simple and unassuming…
This laneway home was built using prefabricated mass timber CLT panels on a site in Vancouver. The siting of the home locates the glazed sliding doors and a balcony on…
Perched above the Don River Watershed in North York, the idyllic setting of this property enticed the owners to purchase the house while traveling abroad—site unseen; they fell in love…
Multi-family rental project in the West End a case study for the future of Vancouver’s single family neighbourhoods Characterized by the layering of many periods of the city’s history, the…