Canada

The home, first sketched on an envelope at Montreal Airport, feels like a museum of modernist shapes, natural materials and indoor-outdoor living

By Anna Solomon Published 11 August 25

Bishop McDowell completed a new Canadian house overlooking the Atlantic, using minimal details and traditional forms to create a refined family home

By Jonathan Bell Published 1 August 25

On a wooded site on the country’s West Coast, this prefabricated retreat designed by Daria Sheina Studio is a nurturing space for low-impact living

By Tianna Williams Published 26 June 25

Canadian architect Daniel Evan White (1933-2012) had a gift for using the landscape to create extraordinary homes; revisit his story in an article from the Wallpaper* archives (first published in 2011)

By Hadani Ditmars Published 22 June 25

The Mountainside Residence is anchored into its sloping site by a concrete plinth, above which sits a main living space with tall ceilings and walls of glass

By Jonathan Bell Published 20 June 25

MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple has completed a collection of elevated guest cabins – named Ridge On The Chimney – on the rugged Nova Scotian coast, all bookable for a stay

By Jonathan Bell Published 25 May 25

A new book detailing 59 visually intriguing and technologically impressive contemporary houses shines a light on how architecture is evolving

By Anna Solomon Published 25 February 25

The Perry estate – a residence and studio built for sculptor Frank Perry and often visited by his friend Bill Reid – is now on the market in North Vancouver

By Hadani Ditmars Published 18 February 25

At DesignTO, the largest festival of its kind in Canada, determined artists and designers gather in Toronto in full embrace of chilly weather. Our on-the-ground correspondent reports on its standout moments

By Keith Flanagan Published 29 January 25

Family Cottage by Vokac Taylor mixes spatial gymnastics with respect for its rocky, forested waterside site

By Jonathan Bell Published 25 January 25

We look back at Ontario Place, Toronto’s striking 1971 showpiece and modernist marvel with an uncertain future

By Dave LeBlanc Published 22 January 25

El Aleph is a new Canadian guest house by MacKay-Lyons Sweatapple, designed for seclusion and connection with nature, and a Wallpaper* Design Awards 2025 winner

By Ellie Stathaki Published 11 January 25

As we welcome 2025, the Wallpaper* Architecture Awards look back, and to the future, on how our attitudes change; and celebrate how nature, wellbeing and sustainability take centre stage

By Ellie Stathaki Published 9 January 25

The Ontario Science Centre by Raymond Moriyama is in danger; we look at the legacy and predicament of this 20th-century Toronto gem

By Dave LeBlanc Published 7 January 25

The top 12 houses of 2024 comprise our finest and most read residential posts of the year, compiled by Wallpaper* architecture & environment director Ellie Stathaki

By Ellie Stathaki Published 23 December 24

'Fragments of Epic Memory' at the Columbus Museum of Art looks beyond the Caribbean's stereotypes

By Gameli Hamelo Published 25 October 24

Ridge House by Superkül is a private Canadian retreat that nods to its context and embraces nature and landscape

By Ellie Stathaki Published 23 October 24

After almost two decades’ developing dazzling sculptural lighting and buildings, the designer and Bocci co-founder discusses the ‘constructed discomfort’ that allows his studio to innovate

By Dan Howarth Published 16 October 24

Montreal, Quebec’s largest city, is a creative whirlwind, offering up a vibrant mix of arts and design venues, great restaurants, and a crowd-pulling cultural calendar

By Laura May Todd Published 3 October 24

Bunkie on The Hill, a design by Dubbeldam Architecture + Design, is tucked into the trees, slotting neatly into Ontario's nature

By Shawn Adams Published 1 October 24

In the Wallpaper* Architects Directory 2024, our latest guide to exciting, emerging practices from around the world, 20 young studios show off their projects and passion

By Ellie Stathaki Published 5 September 24

Experience the laid-back feel of coastal Italy in Elio Volpe, a transportive new restaurant designed by Ste. Marie Studio

By Charlotte Boates Published 4 September 24

The Wallpaper* Architects’ Directory 2024 includes Svima, a young Canadian practice joining our annual round-up of exciting emerging architecture studios

By Tianna Williams Published 27 August 24

After an extensive renovation, The Museum of Anthropology is part Shinto shrine, part cathedral, part longhouse – and a temple to learning

By Hadani Ditmars Published 1 August 24