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This contemporary office space pays homage to Canada at every corner
When Canada Lands Company, the self-financing, federal Crown corporation focusing on federally owned real estate, moved their offices to a smaller floor of Toronto’s One University office tower, the ...
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Sophistication and drama are at play in the OVO Athletic Facility
The Raptors organization wanted their 3,400 square foot office space to exude a level of sophistication and class to reflect their steady rise of the team’s profile in the NBA. High end finishes and ...
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A city within a city design concept in this forward thinking digital marketing company
Having outgrown their four separate work spaces in the downtown core, Dentsu Aegis Network, a large international digital marketing communications company seized the opportunity to consolidate 16 inde ...
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Rambunctious audacity exemplifies new Vice offices
A rambunctious, audacious and youthful energy is the spirit of the Vice brand, and they sought an office space that reflected these qualities. Attuned to the needs of its client, the design team infus ...
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Rego Realty was sold on this innovative design
As the region’s most diverse and robust brokerage, it was only natural for Rego Realty to lead the way in business concept with their headquarters in midtown Kitchener/Waterloo. Guiding the vision ...
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TextNow! A workspace that embodies its vibrant culture
TextNow is a young, creative, and collaborative company undergoing rapid growth. They moved to Waterloo’s Idea Quarter and sought to create a workplace that embodied its vibrant culture. The new hea ...
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Interior Designers sequenced someone’s DNA for this vibrant lobby design
Toronto’s Michener Institute of Education is the only institute in Canada devoted exclusively to applied health science education. The transformation of the Michener Institute lobby was necessary to ...
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This vibrant co-working space inspires openness and flexibility
As the destination for emerging startups and established down-sizers located along the QEW in Oakville, Alternawork breaks the mold to what we characterize the typical cooperative workplace should loo ...
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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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As Technology Continues to Boom, so do Tech Companies
PagerDuty is one of the world’s leading digital operations management platform for business. They help their clients prevent and resolve business impacting incidents and deliver except ...
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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: 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: 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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OCAD’s first satellite campus brings their trademark brand further east
The name CO says a lot in only two letters, describing a facility that works at the intersection of collaboration, community and co-design. OCAD U CO was conceived as an executive training studio wher ...
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A modern look for a well-established pension firm
As a private pension firm, the client approached the design team to pioneer a new way of working, one that would empower innovation and strengthen the organization’s commitment to excellence. Th ...
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A new startup model in a tired industry deserves a unique workspace
Clearbanc is making waves in the investment industry, disrupting the standard model of a traditional firm by providing cash for ads in exchange for revenue share. A much more appealing option for e-co ...
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Entertainment company works from show stopping office
Entertainment One is a Canadian-based, global leader in the film, television, and music industry. Their ongoing business growth and strategic acquisitions had left their operations spread across Toron ...
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Forest surroundings inspire this Toronto software office
In 2017, Toronto’s BlueCat Networks, an enterprise DNS and cyber security provider, had recently earned several nods as a great place to work, with a focus on shared values like clarity, curiosi ...
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This office is brighter under the sun
Proving life’s brighter under the sun, Sun Life consolidated two of its existing offices into one vertical campus for over 2,000 employees. Interior Designer: Sharon Turner, ARIDO Design Team: D ...
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History and progress are the inspiration for these university spaces
Ryerson University’s Podium Building, built in the 1970s, houses both the Archives – the university’s institutional memory, with records spanning 200 years – and Special Collec ...
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Mining corporation strikes gold with new office design
Interior Designer: Chantal Frenette, ARIDODesign Firm: Kasian ArchitecturePhotographer: Michael Muraz Lundin Mining Corporation is a Canadian-based multi-national mining organization, a lea ...
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Interior Design team deserves credit for Visa’s new offices
Visa used the relocation of its Canadian headquarters as an opportunity to create a highly energized and progressive working environment for their employees; one that fosters increased communication a ...
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Distance is no obstacle for this interior design project
OpenText’s vision was to create a major European Hub at their Reading, UK premises. The project consolidates two sites and expands OpenText’s current occupancy from two to three floors, linking to ...