Art/landscape: Jill Anholt
Drawings and models: Jill Anholt Studio
Photography: Martin Tessler
Location: Vancouver, Canada

The concept for Line of Work is inspired by the “ripple effect” or more specifically the notion that single elements working together can become more than the sum of their parts.  The sculpture is composed of a changing series of individual elements that together create a giant wave-form that reaches out towards the sea.  The elements grow in both size and reach along the edge of a pedestrian pathway connecting the Vancouver Convention Centre to the Seawall and forming an increasingly protective enclosure; a concept that carries throughout the project from the overall sculptural form, to materiality and construction, and to the organization of the text within the piece. Read the rest of this entry »

Architects: Briere, Gilbert + Associes
Location: Boucherville, Québec, Canada
Project Architect: Martin Briere
Existing Area: 1,700 sqm
Extension Area: 1,470 sqm
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Christian Perreault

The Montarville – Boucher la Bruère Public Library is located in the downtown core of Boucherville, a town of 40,000 situated on the banks of the St. Lawrence River just east of the Island of Montreal. Built more than 25 years ago, the municipal library needs to expand and reconfigure its existing facilities so that it can better pursue its mission and provide services in accordance with new and emerging social, cultural and technological trends. Read the rest of this entry »

Design Architect: Zerafa Studio llc.
Architect of Record: Chapman Murray Associates Architects Inc.
Structural Engineer: ACA Engineering
MEP: Hallex Engineering LTD.
Size: 5000 gsf.
Status: Completed April 2009
Photography: Tom Arban

Riverhouse is a new single-family home designed by Zerafa Studio llc in Niagara Falls Ontario. The extensive use of Western Red Cedar for decking, wall cladding and soffit cladding was integral to our design, and the inherent flexibility, cost effectiveness and durability of cedar made it the obvious choice for this project, in this location. The relative material richness of the design called for the varied tonality and texture that cedar provides. Read the rest of this entry »

Architects: Saucier + Perrotte architectes
Location: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Structural Engineer: Quinn Dressel
Landscape & Interiors: Saucier + Perrotte architectes
Client: University of Toronto at Mississauga, Mississauga
Constructed Area: 10,800 sqm
Project year: 2004
Photographs: Marc Cramer

Located at the edge of the Campus, the new Communication, Culture and Technology Building assumes the role of an interface. Organized along the principal façade, the building is closely bordered by a park on one side and a new courtyard garden on the other. Its main circulation creates a linear public space that provides a line of connection between the Student Centre and the future library as well as between the landscape and the building’s public and educational spaces. CCT becomes a place of transition, adjacency and inhabitation all at once. Read the rest of this entry »

Architects: allaire courchesne dupuis_architecture_urbanisme_intérieur
Location: Quebec, Canada
Project Manager: Benoit Dupuis
Conception and head of Project: Maxime-Alexis Frappier
Project Year: 2008
Budget: 5,5 M
Photographs: Marc Cramer

The plan as per St-Germain Égouts et Aqueducs enables the company to manage four key areas: administration, internal warehousing, external storage and manufacturing. Given the scale of the organization’s production program, taking charge of all its components proved crucial to proposing a consolidated and independent project. Bringing about this new phase with in a harmonious manner affects the project as a whole and is at the very core of the concept itself. Read the rest of this entry »

Architect: Altius Architecture
Project Type: Single Family Residence
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Area: 4300 sf.
Year: 2006
Photography: Tony Round

The Ellis Park House was conceived as a contemporary ecological home in Toronto’s vibrant Bloor West Village neighbourhood. Constructed on an overgrown infill site just steps to Bloor Street the house is earth sheltered into a hillside and enjoys spectacular vistas over High Park. Read the rest of this entry »

Architect: Levitt Goodman Architects
Project type: Single Family Residence.
Location: Toronto, Canada.
Year: 2009
Photos: Ben Rahn of A-Frame Architectural Photography

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