Canadian architecture reflects a quiet elegance rooted in natural surroundings. Browse projects from Canada published on HomeWorldDesign that highlight warm materials, clarity, and comfort.
This winter chalet uses the stilt typology to create a protected ground floor area with an outdoor stove. It is an unusual space where residents can be amongst nature and the snowy exterior while still having some…
Saint-Donat Residence is a country home located in Saint-Donat in the Laurentians. It was built on steep, wooded terrain bordering Lake Archambault. The land, measuring over 1,600m2 features dense vegetation that provides shade and cooling during the…
At the origin of the project, a ”shoebox house”. A modest small one-storey house, built in the 1920s, which has a facade as prosaic as its interior spaces. As an architect, the main challenge of the project…
The Dutch architectural office of Chris Collaris designed a villa in Mount Brydges, overlooking the green fields and woods in the rural area of Southwestern Ontario, Canada.
At the end of a long rural dirt road in central Prince Edward Island facing out towards the calm Wheatley River sits The River Cabins. The cabins take their inspiration from the groupings of traditional gable farm…
The The Salt Spring Island cabin serves as a get away for a couple living in Vancouver, BC. who wanted a simple and modern building to provide an escape from their hectic urban lives in the city.
On a lushly treed street in midtown Toronto, this project brought a fresh update to an aging home for a young couple with a growing family. Central to their desire was an open communal space that would…
A head-to-toe renovation of a typical Victorian Toronto duplex, our goal from the very beginning was to preserve and celebrate many of the home’s existing features – including finely crafted stairs, arched front windows, and exposed brick…
The Creek House project consists of the renovation and addition to a 1950s post and beam house situated within an established forest creekside environment in West Vancouver. Two creeks flow between large mature cedar trees and native…
