Style & Design

Material Bank is proving to be a game-changer for design professionals and flooring manufacturers.

Connoisseurs can add the rich history and aged beauty of wine to their home with reclaimed wine barrel flooring.

Using flooring on walls creates new application opportunities and makes a statement with proper installation.

Atelier Schwimmer breathed new life into this address after the original home was ravaged by fire.

Kinoya Izakaya serves up Japanese fare alongside sake and beer in its redesigned contemporary setting.

A dictionary will advise us that it is related to intention. This may take the form of both material and immaterial aspirations. As an example, I may have designs on my neighbour’s property, in which case I want to acquire it. Or I may have…

Using one art form to describe another is a curious business. Design inspiration can come from anywhere, and Montreal, Que.-based architect Patrick Blanchette, turned to playing an electronic dance music track repeatedly to zero in on ideas…

I have been thinking about foresight, especially as it seems so lacking in these unusual times. And hindsight. They seem to be linked. Hindsight is the parent of foresight, isn’t it? Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to…

Taking its cue from the Jenga wooden block game, Toronto, Ont.,-based design and development company Baukultur/ca recently completed the construction of two new-build town homes integrated with sustainability in mind. With 25 feet in…

Some people desire to create beauty. It’s as simple as that. Not only do they want to have beauty in their lives, they feel that they can create it, edifying both themselves and others. This seems to be something embedded in our human…