Art, architecture and travel in Canada
Let Wallpaper* guide you through the worlds of art, design and architecture in Canada - and discover where to go and what to see when you travel to Canada.
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Undulating Inuit art centre Qaumajuq opens in Winnipeg
Qaumajuq, the new Inuit art centre in Winnipeg, Canada is an undulating cultural hub designed by Michael Maltzan to display and celebrate contemporary work by Inuit artists
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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OMA’s first building in Canada, the Pierre Lassonde Pavilion in Quebec
By Stephanie Murg Last updated
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On the lake: this meandering Canadian house is all about the views
By Nicola Fox Hill Last updated
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Studio Gang launches designs for One Delisle, an organic-looking block with urban aspirations in Toronto
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Eye spy: Stan Douglas goes undercover at London’s Victoria Miro
By Nick Compton Last updated
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Canada Goose celebrates the Inuit seamstresses of Northern Canada
By Pei-Ru Keh Last updated
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Contemporary Canadian design celebrated in virtual exhibition
Canadian Creators Collective unveils ‘Fictions’ (22-30 April 2021), an immersive virtual experience showcasing new works by eight Canadian designers and curated by Nicolas Bellavance-Lecompte
By Laura May Todd Last updated
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The light fantastic: ODA New York reveal proposal for Toronto's lakeshore
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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World spanning: Molteni&C Dada opens flagship stores in Tehran and Vancouver
By Elisa Carassai Last updated
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Lake-side cottage in Quebec is playful homage to messing around in boats
Architect Paul Bernier's latest residential work, a lake-side cottage in Quebec, was conceived as a playful homage to messing around in boats
By Jonathan Bell Last updated
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Adam Pendleton’s Canada solo show explores fragmentation of language and representation
‘These Things We’ve Done Together’, at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA), marks Adam Pendleton’s first solo show in Canada
By Hannah Silver Last updated
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Brine craft: a former pickle factory finds a new lease of life as a restaurant, bar and bakery
By Antoinette di Michele Last updated
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The Broadview Hotel — Toronto, Canada
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Palate cleanser: organic juice brand Nectar opens flagship Vancouver store
By Aimée McLaughlin Last updated
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Toronto Tile House blends contemporary forms with traditional materials
Tile House by architects Kohn Shnier is a modern interpretation of the historical residences of its Toronto suburb
By Jonathan Bell Last updated
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The Rock is a home rooted in the Canadian mountains
London architects Gort Scott create The Rock, a contemporary family home inspired by the scenery at the Canadian mountains of Whistler
By Nuray Bulbul Last updated
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Circular Winnipeg housing rises above ground like a flying saucer
Architecture firm 5468796 has designed circular housing in Winnipeg that's ready for lift off
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Family retreat on Bowen Island is a modern rethink of a woodland cabin
This British Columbia family retreat on Bowen Island is a light and modern interpretation of a woodland cabin, designed by Vancouver based architects omb
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Architect Omar Gandhi combines home and office life in Halifax
Not content with building a home and office in Halifax, Nova Scotia, just for himself, Canadian architect Omar Gandhi has dedicated nearly an entire floor of his new space to working on pro bono projects to improve the local area
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Canadian farmhouse becomes a sensitively reimagined family home
Scott and Scott Architects reimagines the remains of an old barn structure into a respectful home that is tied to its context in Canada's West Coast
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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BIG's Vancouver House penthouse makes minimalism warm
A raw, minimalist home atop Bjarke Ingels Group's Vancouver House is composed by Leckie Studio as a warm, organic space filled with textured, natural materials
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Architects Directory alumnus MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple tours new residential project
The Wallpaper* Architects Directory has turned 20. Conceived in 2000 as our index of emerging architectural talent, this annual listing of promising practices, has, over the years, spanned styles and continents; while always championing the best and most exciting young studios and showcasing inspiring work with an emphasis on the residential realm. To mark the occasion, in the next months, we will be looking back at some of our over-500 alumni, to catch up about life and work since their participation and exclusively launch some of their latest completions. One of the first Wallpaper* Architects Directory alumni, featured in 2002, Brian MacKay-Lyons gives us a tour of his firm's latest residential project, Mountainside, a ski retreat on the slopes of Utah.
By Jonathan Bell Last updated
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Contemporary Newfoundland cabin offers spectacular views
A Newfoundland cabin, Halfway Hill House, is designed by Woodford Architecture and combines style and sustainable architecture
By Jonathan Bell Last updated
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Omer Arbel's Pacific North West house is built on concrete ‘lily pads’
Construction progresses fast at OAO's new residential design in Canada's Pacific North West, where Bocci creative director and practice founder Omer Arbel's sculptural concrete and experimental methods take centre stage
By Giovanna Dunmall Published
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Battersby Howat creates bold geometry for a ravine-hugging home in North Vancouver
Challenging topography and a triangular lot inspired this modernist mountainside retreat designed for an entrepreneur
By Hadani Ditmars Published
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Beaux arts and brutalism reimagined on the Ottawa architecture scene
Canada’s national capital is a theatrical set piece of symbolic real estate, with Parliament Hill, Confederation Square and the Senate all within a few hundred metres of each other. Here architecture is a performative act.
By Hadani Ditmars Published
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Vancouver House by BIG gears up for completion
By Hadani Ditmars Published