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Canadian Architecture : Buildings

Key Contemporary Architectural Developments in Canada, North America.

post updated 11 February 2025

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e-architect post what we consider to be the most significant examples of current Canadian Architecture. The focus is on contemporary Canadian buildings and architectural designs.

We have 7 pages of Canadian Architecture selections.

Architecture in Canada

Canadian Architecture : news + key projects (this page)

Canadian Architecture Designs : A-C

Canadian Architecture Developments : D-H

Canadian Buildings : I-O

Canadian Building Developments : P-R

Canadian Building Designs : S

Canadian Architectural Designs : T-Z

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Canada Architecture : Latest Buildings

Vancouver Architecture Walking Tours, BC
Jameson House Vancouver
photograph : Nigel Young, Foster + Partners
This Canadian city has some good new buildings by Foster + Partners, Saucier + Perrotte and LMN Architects. BIG and John McAslan + Partners are also working on designs in the city area.

Canadian Architecture Designs, chronological:

17 July 2024
Place des Arts du Grand Sudbury, Greater Sudbury, Ontario
Architects: Moriyama Teshima Architects (MTA) and Bélanger Salach Architecture (BSA)
Place des Arts Greater Sudbury Canada
photo : Tom Arban
Place des Arts, Greater Sudbury

5 July 2024
Le 1500 rue Métivier, Miscéo district, Lévis, Québec
Architects: Anne Carrier architecture
Le 1500 rue Metivier Levis Québec
photo : Stéphane Groleau
Le 1500 rue Metivier, Levis, Québec building

3 July 2024
Espace Péribonka, Péribonka, Chicoutimi, Québec
Architects: Maîtres d’Œuvre Architectes (MDO)
Espace Péribonka Chicoutimi Québec
photo : Stéphane Groleau
Espace Péribonka, Chicoutimi, Québec

2 July 2024
Switch/bloc, Calgary, Alberta
Architecture: Modern Office of Design + Architecture
Switch bloc Calgary Alberta housing
photo : Robert Lemermeyer Photography
Switch bloc, Calgary, Alberta housing

27 June 2024
Grow Community Housing, Calgary, Alberta
Architecture: Modern Office of Design + Architecture
Grow Community Housing Calgary Alberta
photo : Ema Peter
Grow Community Housing, Calgary, Alberta

26 June 2024
Spirit of Water, plaza at BMO Centre expansion, Stampede Park
Design: UK sculptor, Gerry Judah
Spirit of Water, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
photo from the designer
Spirit of Water, BMO Centre at Stampede Park

26 June 2024
BRUJ Interior, Abraham Park, Québec City
Architectes: Studio Jean Verville architectes
BRUJ Interior Québec City
photo © Antoine Michel
BRUJ Interior, Québec City, Canada

25 June 2024
LUSTRA, Terrebonne, Québec
Architects: Forum
LUSTRA Rental Condo Terrebonne Canada
photo © Lustra Exterior
LUSTRA Rental Condo, Terrebonne

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Canada Architecture Designs Archive

Canada Architecture Designs Archive 2006-2018

17 Jan 2018
Trois-Soeurs Bridge, Québec
Design: ABCP Architecture
Trois-Soeurs Bridge

Trois-Soeurs Bridge - Canadian Architecture Trois-Soeurs Bridge

photos Courtesy of the 2017 Wood Design & Building Awards

Chile Building awarded in 2017 Wood Design & Building Awards

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20 Sep 2013
Globe Mail Centre, Toronto, Ontario

A new office tower is set to transform Toronto’s downtown east side. The 500,000-sqft Globe and Mail Centre will be the new home of Canada’s national newspaper and will anchor the emerging St. Lawrence neighbourhood as a hub of urban activity and corporate offices. The 17-storey building designed by Diamond Schmitt Architects presents a sequential stacking of alternate-sized floor plates interlaid with terraces that give the structure a distinctive and contemporary profile.

18 Sep 2013
Peter Gilgan Centre Toronto, Ontario
Design: Diamond Schmitt Architects
The Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning Building
photo from architect
The 21-storey laboratory is believed to be the largest child health research tower in the world.

23 Aug 2013
Residence in Southlands, Vancouver, British Columbia
Architect: DIALOG
House in Southlands - Canadian property
photograph : Kristopher Grunert

10 Jul 2013
TELUS Sky Tower, Calgary, Alberta
Design: BIG
TELUS Sky Tower Calgary - Canadian Architecture
image from architecture firm
BIG design a new architectural landmark for one of Canada’s leading telecommunication companies TELUS in Calgary’s downtown core.

13 Jun 2013
Chambord Residence, Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec
Design: NatureHumaine
New House in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean

28 May 2013
Montreal Luxury Hotel, Quebec
Design: Lemay
Hotel Building Montreal
image by architects
Montreal Hotel Building

20 Mar 2013
Royal BC Museum Master Plan, Victoria, British Columbia, south west Canada
Design: John McAslan + Partners / Merrick Architecture
Royal BC Museum Building
photograph from Royal BC Museum
Royal BC Museum Masterplan
The Royal BC Museum has appointed architect John McAslan + Partners with local support from Merrick Architecture to create a master plan for the renewal of British Columbia’s museum and archives.

11 Jan 2013
Cahier d’Exercices Montréal, Québec, Canada
Design: Saucier + Perrotte
Cahier d’Exercices Montréal
This Canadian interior design is in the Ross warehouse-store, a 19th Century building.

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5 Dec 2012
Prince Arthur’s Landing, Thunder Bay, Lake Superior, Ontario
Design: Brook McIlroy
Prince Arthur’s Landing Thunder Bay by Brook McIlroy Architects
photo : David Whittaker
Prince Arthur’s Landing

19 Oct 2012
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences / CDRD, Vancouver
Saucier + Perrotte / HCMA
UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
photo : Marc Cramer
UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Bloc_10, Winnpieg
Design: 5468796 Architecture Inc
Winnipeg Residential Building

27 Sep 2012
Ryerson Image Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Design: Diamond Schmitt Architects
Ryerson Image Centre - RIC Toronto - Canadian Architecture
photo from Diamond Schmitt Architects
Ryerson Image Centre Canada
An international centre for photographic arts designed to house and exhibit one of the world’s most prestigious collections opens in downtown Toronto.

12 Apr 2012
Beach and Howe Tower, Vancouver, BC
Design: BIG
Beach and Howe Tower Vancouver - Canadian Architecture
picture from BIG
Beach and Howe Tower Vancouver
The 490-foot-tall Beach and Howe mixed-use tower building marks the entry point to downtown Vancouver.

21 Feb 2012
Mies van der Rohe Gas Station, Montréal, Quebec
Design: Les architectes FABG
Mies van der Rohe gas station on Nuns Island, Montreal
photo : Steve Montpetit
Mies van der Rohe Gas Station
This beautiful Modernist building on Nun’s Island southwest of Montreal was built for Metropolitan Structures, a real estate giant. The architect is one of the most celebrated from the 20th Century yet this building is not well known outside of Canada.

Canadian Architecture Prize, Toronto : AZ Awards – Winners News

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Modern Canadian Architecture

Major Canadian Buildings, alphabetical:

Absolute Tower, southeast Canada
MAD
Absolute Tower Canada, Mississauga

Art Gallery of Alberta, west Canada
Randall Stout Architects
Art Gallery of Alberta Building

Calgary National Music Centre Building
Allied Works Architecture
Calgary National Music Centre Building

Claire and Marc Bourgie Pavilion, Montreal
Provencher Roy + Associés architects
Claire and Marc Bourgie Pavilion

Fogo Island Artist Studios, Newfoundland, north east Canada
Saunders Architecture
Fogo Island Studios

Habitat 67, Montreal, Quebec
Moshe Safdie, Architect
Habitat 67 Buildings

Jameson House
Foster + Partners
Vancouver Building

Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec
OMA – Office for Metropolitan Architecture
Quebec Museum Competition

Renaissance ROM Extension, Toronto, Ontario
Studio Libeskind
Toronto museum building

Vancouver Convention Centre West
LMN Architects + DA/MCM
Vancouver Convention Centre West

More Canadian Architecture online soon.

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Canadian Architects

Canadian Office Buildings

Location: Canada, North America.

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Architectural Designs in Canada

Canadian Architect Studios

Montreal Buildings – key buildings + designs

Toronto Architecture – key buildings + designs

Calgary Buildings – key buildings + designs

Canadian Centre for Architecture Exhibition

CN Tower – Toronto Skyscraper, tallest Canadian building

McGill University Campus, Montreal

OAA Awards : Ontario Association of Architects Awards

Diamond Schmitt Architects

Quebec Museum Architecture Competition

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