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Sometimes, when we close an issue, we can’t help but think, “What next?” It has been 18 years, after all, since this local magazine came to be. And after 18 years of publishing projects by GTA-only architects and designers, you’d think we’d have seen

Normalizing cannabis use – and stripping it of its stoner-culture stigma – is a feat for licensed producers. One approach is to encircle it with facts and cultivate a contemporary, inclusive lifestyle with all the trappings. “We’ve had a strong focus

To Aug 30 Ongoing After a hugely successful run last year, one dazzling Yayoi Kusama installation – a reflective selfie room with a bounty of silver orbs – will become a permanent feature at the AGO. It’s the first time a Canadian gallery has purchas

01 Crossed Signals. Even on scramble mode, great intersections have rhythm. That’s not the case at Bloor and Dundas, where multiple transit lines, a never-ending Loblaws parking lot and loud buildings jostle to make this West End zone the worst. Luck

As the modern workplace evolves, more versatile and high-quality technology is required to better facilitate and encourage the exchange of ideas. These elements also need to be kept in mind when designing an office environment, and the latest innovat

Solid Design Creative’s latest work – an Oliver & Bonacini spot in the 136-year-old Gooderham mansion on Sherbourne – belongs to what might be called the Easter Egg school of thought. Maison Selby is a tribute to the Montparnasse-era Paris bistro, an

Boychuk Fuller’s goal for this redesign: simple, functional and squeaky clean. The secret to its subtlety is in its soft edges: glazed porcelain penny round tiles flow from floor to wall, creating a gradual shading under dimmable lighting for a sooth

From the windows of our West End office, downtown skyscrapers – and construction cranes – unfold across the horizon in dramatic peaks, framing a foreground of low-slung houses. Our city leads the continent in high-rise residential construction, and i

Those pasts are a far cry from the elegant sights that now live within. Today, the door opens onto the transformative studio of Paolo Ferrari. Although only three years into his own practice, the interior and furniture designer can hardly be labelled

“Interior designers often find they’re doing things to fix bad interior architecture,” says David Grant-Rubash, principal of Toronto’s Phaedrus Studio. By working on both together, as he prefers to do, the results are simpatico. “You end up with a be

In 2017, Kristen and Todd McMillan bought an investment property a few blocks from their Burlington home. Kristen, a designer, and Todd, a builder/designer, run the company Ben Homes. They planned to build a boutique house for the resale market. Coll

Husband and wife Rick Galezowski and Maggie Bennedsen are both architects – he started his own practice, Great Lake Studio, last year, while she is a senior associate at Kohn Shnier. Over the past two decades, they’ve taken sabbaticals to cycle aroun

Closet Systems 83 Contemporary Furniture 83 Design Accessories 89 Flooring, Surfacing & Tiles 92 Home Entertainment Systems 95 Kids’ Furniture 95 Kitchen & Bath 96 Lighting 98 Outdoor Furniture 99 Rugs & Carpeting 100 Textiles 100 Vintage & Reclaimed

2001: A magazine’s odyssey begins. About the size of a CD case (remember those?), the cover of our little publication had two prominent features: a giant capital D, and the logo of our publisher, Azure, in the top left corner. Designed by Concrete, t