Today we celebrate Canada Day by paying a special tribute to timber construction and Canada's close ties with wood--as evidenced by its maple tree leaf emblem.
Canadian architects have excelled in timber design and architecture at various scales. These 15 examples of Canadian timber projects and their drawings range from temporary installations to an 8-story high-rise wooden structure building. With sustainability and precision in the details, wood continues, and will always remain, one of our favorite building materials.
Fernanda Castro
Chilean architect from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Content Director at DAAily Platforms, working at ArchDaily for over 10 years.
Contemporary Canadian Wooden Architecture in Photos and Drawings
Sushi Bar Designs: 10 Restaurant Interiors Around the World
Sushi, one of Japan’s most popular and traditional dishes has now established itself as a worldwide favorite for people all around the globe and (indeed) for architects, especially. Many countries have established sushi culture into their menus and restaurants from Spain to Dubai have adapted Japanese architecture to create the perfect space for eating sushi. The key to these serene interiors rely on Japanese interior qualities such as soft illumination, wooden finishings and textures that create the right environment.
Since June 18th is World Sushi Day, we are celebrating with this selection of 10 sushi bars and restaurants from all around the world!
Bulgari Kuala Lumpur / MVRDV
3 World Trade Center / Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
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Architects: Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
- Year: 2018
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Manufacturers: GKD Metal Fabrics, SEFAR Architecture, Sherwin-Williams, Atlas Schindler, FastLane, +3
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Professionals: Tishman Construction Corporation, Ducibella Venter & Santore, Vidaris, Jaros Baum & Bolles
The Macallan New Distillery and Visitors Experience / Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
The Murray Hotel / Foster + Partners
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Architects: Foster + Partners
- Area: 33750 m²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: Dornbracht
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Professionals: Entasis, Gammon, Pat-Davie, Rider Levett Bucknall, URBIS Limited, +1
Explore These Architecturally Innovative Bookcases
At first, books were kept in chests but as they became published in bulk they moved into the cupboard. The doors came off and the bookcase began to evolve. Today, bookcases can be integral architectural elements that shape space and, in some cases, even light. In celebration of International Day of the Book on April 23rd, ArchDaily compiled this round-up of architecturally, innovative bookcases.
Scroll down to see inventive architectural book storage from Alberto Kalach, ARCHSTUDIO, Toyo Ito, and more.
Kamikatz Public House / Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP
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Architects: Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP
- Area: 115 m²
- Year: 2015
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Professionals: Daiso Co.
A Box in Disguise / Wahana Architects
One Year Project / ADX
Länsisalmi Power Station / Olla Architecture
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Architects: Olla Architecture
- Area: 2000 m²
- Year: 2018
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Manufacturers: Formica, Mesvac, Vitrea Oy
Sportcampus Zuiderpark / FaulknerBrowns Architects
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Architects: FaulknerBrowns Architects
- Area: 33000 m²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: Alco, INOX-COLOR, Inox, Polycon, Reckli, +1
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Professionals: ABT, Deerns, Alphaplan, Ballast Nedam, ZRi
Louvers House / MIA Design Studio
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Architects: MIA Design Studio
- Year: 2018
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Manufacturers: Aulight, Austdoor, Jotun, Song ngoc lan, Tran Duc
Celebrate World Water Day With These 20 Designs That Feature Water Elements
March 22 is World Water Day, an annual international celebration launched and organized by the United Nations. The goal of the day is to raise awareness about a wide range of water-based issues from around the world. This year’s theme is “Nature From Water”, which invites everyone to think about how nature can provide solutions to the water challenges we face today.
To celebrate World Water Day this year, we’ve rounded up 20 of our favorite projects that utilize water as a central design feature. Whether it be Zumthor's Thermal Vals or Chritso and Jeanne-Claude's Floating Piers, water has been playing an important role in architectural design and in demarcating the boundaries of nature against our built environment.
18 Different Projects That Feature the Color Green
Over the centuries green has signified many emotions; love, jealousy, health, and more recently the environment. Particularly in the middle ages, it was used to suggest wealth and riches, being used by Leonardo da Vinci as the color of Mona Lisa’s dress. It has also been part of the important tradition to wear green on St. Patrick’s Day as part of the celebrations, a custom in Ireland that dates as far back as 1640.
When it comes to architecture, green color buildings stand out in cities that are usually abundant with brick, concrete and steel and their monochrome palette. In 2017 we saw the revitalizing shade of green, ‘greenery’, being named Pantone’s Color of the Year so it’s no wonder that there are copious numbers of buildings and interiors adorning such a refreshing tone.
Is green the new black? It’s up to you to decide as you scroll through the 18 gorgeous projects below featuring green with such pride.
Alvaro Siza's New Church of Saint-Jacques de la Lande Through the Lens of Ana Amado
Architecture photographer Ana Amado has shared with us a set of photographs featuring Álvaro Siza's recently inaugurated Church of Saint-Jacques de la Lande, in Rennes—the first church built in Brittany, France this century.
As in many other Siza buildings, this church is built in white concrete and pays special attention to the natural light, which bathes the altar, tabernacle, pulpit and baptismal font from above. Externally, different volumes—blocks, cylinders and incisions—add to the overall mass of the building, distinguishing it from the neighboring housing blocks, while the use of few openings helps to establish a solid, permanent presence in the natural environment. Check Ana Amado's set of photographs below:
Nirvana Home / AGi Architects
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Architects: AGi Architects
- Area: 6000 m²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: panoramah!®, Faveton, Gunni&Trentino
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Professionals: AGi architects