ARIDO Awards
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ARIDO Award: Elevator Cabs
The challenge of this elevator cab redesign was to create a mobile portal between a well-aged ground floor lobby that would seamlessly integrate with each of the floors above. Category: DISTINCT Inter ...
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ARIDO Award: The Hive
The first of its kind in Canada, this 3D printed masonry wall is the result of a collaboration between design professionals, students, and faculty at an Ontario university. Category: CRAFT Interior De ...
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ARIDO Award: Florette Restaurant + Bar
While interior designers traditionally aim for perfection in their projects, this design team chose to highlight the imperfect, comforting aspects of this new restaurant space on Toronto’s Queen Str ...
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ARIDO Award: Institute for Specialized Medicine & Intervention (ISMI)
The Institute for Specialized Medicine and Intervention provides people underserved by the medical community—women, trans and pediatric patients—with compassionate, state-of-the-art treatment. Int ...
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ARIDO Award: Spadina Workplace
Designing for human behavior and fostering innovation were the two key strategies for this workplace redesign. The design team aimed to inspire a return to the office not from necessity, but a genuine ...
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ARIDO Award: Sony Music
Drawing inspiration from Yorkville’s Coffee House era of the 1960’s – a time and place that launched the careers of music legends – both artist and employee talent were the harmonizing ton ...
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ARIDO Award: Pinterest
As the visual inspiration platform that is used around the world to discover inspiring creators, source unique products, and generate ideas, the team at Pinterest sought to bring their platform to lif ...
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ARIDO Award: Nutrien River Landing
Nutrien’s new space is an office that pays homage to their Saskatchewan roots while celebrating their global agricultural success. Human connection, sustainability, and user experience inform the fu ...
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ARIDO Award: Minto Group
How do you unify a team of more than 350 staff in one space? The design team answered that question with their project for Minto Group Inc. Fresh air and fresh energy were guiding themes, signalling t ...
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ARIDO Award: Google Montreal
Celebrating a sense of place was the strategy for Google’s new Montreal office. Located in the historic Read Building, the office pays homage to iconic Montreal neighborhoods including the Old Port, ...
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ARIDO Award: Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Canadian Headquarters
Boston Consulting Group‘s new Canadian headquarters embody their mission through experiential installations which highlight their culture and brand. Interior Designers: Caitlin Turner, ARIDO; Kr ...
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ARIDO Award: School of Continuing Studies
Interior and exterior are in dialogue at York University’s new School of Continuing Studies building. The interiors respond to and compliment the unique exterior geometry of the building. This strat ...
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ARIDO Award: CIBC Conference and Learning Centre
A people focused approach was the starting point for this new three floor conference and learning centre in Toronto. The client needed a space where they could host executive and employee training, as ...
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Let’s raise our glasses to these Award winning restaurant interiors
In anticipation of the 40th anniversary of the ARIDO Awards Gala, we are taking a glance at some amazing past Award winning hospitality projects by Registered Interior Designers that are sure to whet ...
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A lesson in design from these Award winning educational spaces
To continue our celebration of the 40th ARIDO Awards, this week we are looking back at some ARIDO Award winning projects by Registered Interior Designers that inspire, empower and light the path to a ...
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These Award winning interiors offer pure grandeur and opulence
The ARIDO Awards Gala continues to be the industry’s premier design awards event in Ontario. We are thrilled the ARIDO Awards will return to an in-person format this year on October 5th, 2023! To co ...
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Great design is part of the mezze at this middle eastern restaurant
The Tabule Family of Restaurants is made up of 4 uniquely designed venues specializing in Middle Eastern Cuisine. Sansa Interiors was tasked with tackling the redesign of the quartet’s ...
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ARIDO Award: ShadowBox
ShadowBox was designed as a blank canvas that perfectly captures the elusive play of light and shadow on the interior’s walls, and reveals the juxtaposition and contrasts between the architect ...
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ARIDO Award: Ontario Institute for Studies in Education Lobby and Entrance
The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at UofT , a leader in Indigenous Education, is a decades-old institution with a demonstrated commitment to equity, diversity, and social justice. ...
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ARIDO Award: 99 Gerrard
The design challenge at this outdated yet exceptionally located building with a mash-up of parking, retail, and an anonymous office tower was to turn it into the most sought-after rental address in do ...
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ARIDO Award: SQ2
SQ2 is the second tower in the first phase of a master planned revitalization of the Alexandra Park public housing complex by our developer client, in partnership with The Toronto Community Housing Co ...
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ARIDO Award: Ravine House
Although this house was exquisite and beautifully designed, it was stark and uncomfortable to live in. As interior designers, we had to reinvent the space in such a way that respected the exquisite a ...
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ARIDO Award: Windfield
Inspired by the large property with surrounding woodland views, a unique architectural ‘pod’ style concept was created based on dividing the functions of the home into three practical zones; a pri ...
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ARIDO Award: Modern Simplicity
Our clients wished to turn their house into a contemporary urban refuge. Since their home is located in an established pocket of Toronto with spacious, but traditional homes, we had to create the perf ...
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ARIDO Award: Charlotte Street Penthouse
Our design team transformed this downtown Toronto penthouse suite into a sophisticated home that aligned with our client’s tastes and busy, modern lifestyle. Our strategy was to completely renovate ...