Canada Art, architecture and travel
Let Wallpaper* guide you through the worlds of art, design and architecture in Canada - and discover where to go and what to see when you travel to Canada.
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World View: Letter from Canada
The World View series shines light on the creativity and resilience of designers around the world as they confront the challenges wrought by the Covid-19 pandemic. Working with our international contributors, we reach out to creative talents to ponder the power of design in difficult times and share messages of hope. As Laura May Todd discovers in Toronto and Montreal, designers are staying connected digitally, setting up home studios, and finding new appreciation for tactility and self-reliance
By Laura May Todd Last updated
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Creative collaboration: a sculptor's house echoes the Canadian woods around it
By Sara Sturges Last updated
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New-school: ZAS create non-conformist design for York University
ZAS Architects’ student-centric design for York University’s new engineering school breaks down the barriers between social and study spaces
By Ali Morris Last updated
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MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple-designed cabins help revitalise Canada's Bigwin Island
By Ali Morris Last updated
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Canadian studio ACDF designs a family house overlooking Lake Ouareau
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Wild side: A Nova Scotian retreat is geared to its dramatic setting
By Alex Bozikovic Last updated
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Raw nature: Martha Sturdy distills the Pacific Northwest into object form
By Pei-Ru Keh Last updated
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Take a tour of architect Susan Fitzgerald’s new live/work space in Canada
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Neo-Gothic temple in Quebec recast as ‘House of Literature'
By Elly Parsons Last updated
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Chester House is the perfect little Canadian country home
Chester House by MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects is an exercise in Canadian simplicity
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Architecture News: Letter from Canada
By Will Jones Last updated
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Light fantastic: the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts' new pavilion is a cultural beacon
By Stephanie Murg Last updated
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Fumihiko Maki creates a minimalist, angular home for the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto
By Ellen Himelfarb Last updated
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Art world: explore a minimalist home in Canada designed for an art collecting couple
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Canada-based architect Peter Braithwaite selected for Wallpaper* Architects’ Directory 2019
WALLPAPER* ARCHITECTS’ DIRECTORY 2019: Canadian architect Peter Braithwaite trained as a carpenter before studying architecture, then working for MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple and Omar Gandhi. His Nova Scotia-based studio sets out to combine design and construction in a single practice, and projects include his own Back Bay Studio (pictured), which emulates the locale’s rugged terrain.
By Luke Halls Last updated
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Omar Gandhi
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Acre Architects
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Williamson Chong
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Caffé La Tana designed by Ste Marie Art + Design opens in Vancouver
By Alison Sinkewicz Last updated
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DesignAgency imbues Toronto’s Victor restaurant with understated deco elegance
By Warren Singh-Bartlett Last updated
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Montreal’s newest hotel comprises two historic piles in the old city
By Daven Wu Last updated
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Montreal’s Hôtel Monville is awash with light, thanks to architects acdf*
By Daven Wu Last updated
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Paris-based studio Gilles & Boissier outfit Montreal's new Four Seasons Hotel
By Alison Sinkewicz Last updated
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Montréal’s grande dame convention hotel gets a major overhaul, complete with a business campus
By Lauren Ho Last updated
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Sofia — Toronto, Canada
By Daven Wu Last updated
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Ménard Dworkind's Vinvinvin breaks every wine bar cliché in Montreal
By Daven Wu Last updated
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Toronto’s Kōst restaurant opens on the 44th floor of the Bisha hotel
By Daven Wu Last updated