ARIDO Awards
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Interior designers go against the grain for this immersive wood themed exhibit
As a main sponsor for Toronto’s Interior Design Show in 2019, hardwood flooring manufacturer PurParket sought to create a conceptual space that provides a memorable experience, connecting visitors w ...
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A playful balance of creativity and sustainability in this award winning project
A leading medical device company wanted their Canadian headquarters to reflect their pioneering spirit and act as a brand tool in which they could educate clients on their mission and solutions. Inspi ...
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Any way you slice it, PZA Restaurant is a totally cool homage to Italy
PZA Restaurant is a distinctive, authentic Italian restaurant unique to the burgeoning culinary scene north of Toronto. The passionate first-time restaurant clients wanted their wholehearted Italian p ...
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An exercise in elegance and luxury
The sophisticated design approach for this gym and recreational facility in the upscale Rosedale neighbourhood in Toronto ties in with its surroundings through the use of luxurious materials and finis ...
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The materials palette is as lush as the menu at this Toronto restaurant
Our design team was contacted by David Chang, eight years after he launched Momofuku in Toronto. The brand has matured in new directions and experienced significant growth, so Chang called on DesignAg ...
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Student Housing is reinvented at this former hotel
Campus 1 MTL is a restoration and adaptive reuse project of a former hotel in Montreal. This project presented a new model of post-secondary living in Canada. It involved a transformation of a former ...
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A client’s forever home reflects their interesting lives in a one of a kind space
For a 5,000 square-foot condominium in an historically listed former school building, we faced the challenge of balancing client needs, historical considerations, and condominium developer constraints ...
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Good bones? This updated office space is a sustainable and beautiful upgrade
Our team worked with stakeholders and staff of this 50-person sustainable design firm to transform how their work environment promotes interaction and collaboration with clients, employees and consult ...
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A colorful multi-level work space that links human senses, nature, and technology
The new design of Capital One corporate headquarters in downtown Toronto aligns with the company’s goals to inject ingenuity, simplicity, and humanity into an industry ripe for change. By linking th ...
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The urban ski chalet vibe of this Montreal flagship provides a warm and cozy welcome
Over the last several years, the Canadian outerwear brand, Mackage, has been on track to build a network of 30 new stores, aiming to develop a presence in some of the world’s most prominent cities. ...
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A Contemporary Country Home Made for Entertaining
This 10,000 square foot newly built country home was designed with a contemporary yet warm design aesthetic full of nature-inspired finishes, materials, and colour palettes. Set on a beautif ...
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Designer’s creative solution adapts existing footprint for modern cabane
Set on a shared forty-acre site, this family cabin project was restricted by several local bylaws on new buildings. A creative solution of erecting a cabin on the existing footprint of the building, c ...
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ARIDO Award Winner: Smart City Sandbox
The Sandbox was a result of firm-wide technology pivot that focused on developing new technology platforms to embrace the creation of the Smart City of the Future. This transformation required a rethi ...
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ARIDO Award Winner: Red Bull Canada
Creating a space that uniquely brings to life what a brand represents – energy, pushing boundaries, and going beyond the ordinary – without explicit over-branding was our latest challenge with ...
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ARIDO Award Winner: Culture Develops Community (First Gulf Head Office)
Quality, confidence and attention to detail is the bedrock of real estate developers and landlords reputation. As builders of communities, conveying a high level of professionalism and stability is cr ...
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ARIDO Award Winner: The Co-operators Regina
By moving away from the traditional office environment to a nimbler workplace, The Co-operators started their move westward Canadian headquarters in Regina. They endeavoured to create a healthy and hu ...
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ARIDO Award Winner: Innovation Hub
The project was a renovation to an existing brick and beam building in downtown Toronto. Sobeys was looking to move their team to a space that would allow employees to collaborate in an agile and mobi ...
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ARIDO Award Winner: Richardson Wealth
We were approached by Richardson Wealth to help with the fit-up of their new space during a business and cultural shift within their organization. The wealth management firm sought a space that could ...
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ARIDO Award Winner: Uber Canada Headquarters
Inspired by the theme of movement, both literally and figuratively, the interior design for the new corporate headquarters of Uber Canada evokes a sense of forward momentum. The elements of rhythm, re ...
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ARIDO Award Winner: Spin Master (7th Floor)
As a business unit within a large Canadian toy company, the client wanted a space to attract top talent and convey refined talent of the artists, writers, actors, and producers that their business emp ...
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ARIDO Award Winner: McMichael Canadian Art Collection Cafe
Growing up in the surrounding region, we have fond memories of visiting the McMichael Canadian Art Collection on school trips. My great grandfather studied painting under Group of Seven artist A.J. Ca ...
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ARIDO Award Winner: OPG Workplace Transformation
In 2017 Ontario Power Generation created their new One OPG mandate of refined business practices and a culture more closely connected to their purpose and values. They were committed to redefining the ...
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Impact Award Winner: DS-09 Subway Station Design Standard
The DS-09 Subway Design Standard designed for the Metrolinx Ontario Line was purposely built on a future forward mindset, starting from the development of the Customer Journey Map which distilled the ...
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ARIDO Award Winner: St. Francis Xavier University – Brian Mulroney Institute of Government
The new Brian Mulroney Institute of Government is a dynamic nexus of academic and social life on the highly picturesque St. Francis Xavier University campus. The 88,460 SF building features flexible a ...
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ARIDO Award Winner: McCrum’s Office Furnishings
Balancing the needs of “Our People” with the reality of client sales and customer needs presented an interesting design challenge. From early collaboration with McCrum’s, the project focus was ...