Urban infill

This brownfield corner site, formerly occupied by a scrap metal dealer, is located opposite Mitcham Common. Nick Kane The aim was to achieve a high-quality residential development well knitted to the existing fabric, employing Innovative solutions to densify a small infill site and offering amenity space, including winter garden loggias to the Commonside elevation, while minimizing impact to neighbours. It provides dual aspect properties of a variety of sizes, each with private amenity space, Nick Kane The design seeks to respond through its massing, articulation and detailing to the two very different adjacent streets and to the nearby conservation area.  Two distinctive wings seemed the right solution; a taller block, not... More

La CATHouse is the result of the transformation of an old duplex in the St-Henri neighborhood, built around 1885. The idea of creating an expansion that would highlight this former working-class building emerged from a meeting with a local craftsman trained in the arts in France. Specializing in the restoration of cornices, friezes, entablatures, and other metal ornaments of old Montreal buildings, this craftsman was able to impart his expertise in the design of a contemporary extension. Marc-Olivier Bécotte Marc-Olivier Bécotte The expansion is inspired by the metal sheds typical of Montreal’s back alleys, but with a novel approach: copper, traditionally used as a mere ornament, becomes the primary material.... More

Haus 2+ is a modern and sustainable timber infill that redefines the entrance to Holzmarkt 25, a cooperative-led urban cultural quarter on the banks of the river Spree in Berlin’s Friedrichshain district. Designed by Office ParkScheerbarth, a Berlin-based practice for architecture and urban planning, Haus 2+ is the first all-timber building in Holzmarkt 25. Caption   Holzmarkt 25 Once a timber market, the Holzmarkt area later became a border zone for East Germany, and, after German reunification, a vacant brownfield site. From 2003, it was home to Bar25, the renowned open-air techno club. Following Bar25's closure in 2010, its founders and regulars formed cooperatives to preserve the area from commercial development. Thro... More

M house is a transformation of a duplex into a single-family residence. The new owners, a couple with 3 childrens, have chosen to live in an urban, comfortable and friendly living environment. Maxime Brouillet Maxime Brouillet Maxime Brouillet Maxime Brouillet By observing the tumult of everyday life as well as the incessant back and forth driven by the energy of young children, the conceptual work of the project focused on the notion of threshold/limit. By using spatial difference and finishing materials, the project emphasizes the relationship between the opening/closing of spaces, the transition between interior/exterior, between one space and another, between the family/ personal, between the neighborhood/ family un... More

Located in the heart of Edgehill, in the 8th Avenue Corridor in Nashville, TN, Luna is a new urban infill project consisting of 108 units supported by a variety of retail and amenity spaces. A true testament to successful vertically-integrated practices, the project was completed by general contractor Certified Construction Services, developers CA South and The Bradley Development Group, and architect of record The Bradley Projects. Ford Photographs Ford Photographs The unique architectural elements of Luna are designed with modern renters front-of-mind. Units are adorned with architectural light fixtures, custom interior touches, and a full slate of state-of-the-art appliances that complement the clean lines and sleek finishes o... More

Built in 1894, this historic property is situated on a "corner" riverwalk lot near Main Plaza in downtown San Antonio. The building had previously been a chinese restaurant, but recently, the building had fallen into major disrepair after numerous remodels over the years that left the building a shell of its former self. Dror Baldinger Fisher Heck was hired as a consultant to Douglas Architects, to help rehabilitate the exterior of the building as a larger effort to fully renovate the entire building into a mixed-use dwelling in the heart of downtown San Antonio. Caption More