Canadian Architect

3 weeks ago | canadianarchitect.com | Elsa Lam

PROJECT Canadian Canoe Museum, Peterborough, OntarioARCHITECT Unity Design Studio Inc. TEXT Javier ZellerPHOTOS Salina KassamThere are perhaps no material objects from this country more elegant than the canoe and the kayak, the jiimaan (Anishinaabemowin) and qajaq (Inuktitut) as they are known to Indigenous peoples. Their forms were already perfected before being adopted by Europeans as the self-evidently superior means of travelling across lakes and down rivers in this water-rich land.

3 weeks ago | canadianarchitect.com | Elsa Lam

How can architects actively design their own practices—and why should they do so? An article by Rick Linley in this issue (see page 46) tackles the nuts-and-bolts of this question, and two recent sessions in Toronto addressed the topic head-on. At the Interior Design Show, a panel entitled “Designing the Plane while Flying It: Leading in Turbulent Times” included KPMB’s Phyllis Crawford, Nina Boccia, and Rachel Cyr, along with consultants Rob Luke and Elaine Pantel.

3 weeks ago | canadianarchitect.com | Lawrence Bird |Elsa Lam

PROJECT University of Manitoba Desautels Concert Hall, Winnipeg, ManitobaARCHITECTS Teeple Architects in association with Cibinel ArchitectureTEXT Lawrence BirdPHOTOS Lindsay ReidWhen the University of Manitoba set out to realize benefactor Marcel Desautels’ dream of a world-class concert hall, Dean Edward Jurkowski knew he was creating a tough design brief for Teeple Architects and Cibinel Architecture.

3 weeks ago | canadianarchitect.com | Peter Sealy |Elsa Lam

PROJECT Montreal City Hall modernization, Montreal, Quebec ARCHITECTS Beaupré Michaud et Associés, Architectes in collaboration with MU Architecture TEXT Peter Sealy PHOTOS Raphaël Thibodeau The successful restoration of Montreal’s City Hall by Beaupré Michaud et Associés, Architectes in collaboration with MU Architecture and a team of ten other specialist firms presents not only an ecologically and aesthetically superb work of civic architecture, but also a welcome opportunity for reflection...

3 weeks ago | canadianarchitect.com | Elsa Lam

DJ’ed gallery openings. A drag show. Cornhole league showdowns. A mastering-the-table-saw workshop. A holiday market. These are some of the recent events to occupy The Exchange, a modest-but-mighty community hub opened last year in Niagara Falls, Ontario. The need for a multi-purpose arts and community space in the area was first identified a decade ago. Momentum towards the project built as the region’s creative community—priced out of Toronto, and then out of Hamilton—grew.