hospitality
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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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A cafe interior infused with nature inspired calm
We brought in an upscale feel with a harmonious blend of sleek, contemporary design elements and warm, earthy tones into this space. As you step inside, the seamless fusion of natural wood, deep hues, ...
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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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Embracing a modern, fresh and colourful design for the new Trinity House Inn
We’re back with your favourite new web series…mini series…tv show…what are we calling it again?…. what are we doing here? Episode 3 of what are we doing here? | The Construction is O ...
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This transformation begins with an interesting design inspiration
Our sails are up and we are off to the races. We’re thrilled that you’re joining us for episode two of ‘what are we doing here?’. In this episode the Trinity House Inn begins its transformatio ...
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This redesign opens the door into a unique boutique hotel experience
If you’re like us, you’ve probably asked yourself the question, “what are we doing here?” at some point in your life. This fall we found ourselves on the door steps to our drea ...
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Body and mind are the core of this elevated fitness experience
Exercise is more than just a physical journey, it’s a psychological one too. This was the philosophy behind the design of The Current to create a multifunctional fitness centre worthy of t ...
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These interiors are a celebration of green and sustainable design
Since April is Earth Month, we rounded up a few projects by Registered Interior Designers published on BLOG//ARIDO that showcase environmentally conscious or sustainable design practices. These projec ...
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A holistic design approach that serves up a warm and relaxing atmosphere
Bringing a minimalist and neutral design to Wet Coffee's interior, the café boasts a clean and simple aesthetic that is both timeless and modern. With neutral tones and a focus on nat ...
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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: Cavana Ridge Spa
Cavana Ridge Spa is a lofty hospitality project that presents a beautiful balance of design challenges and inspiring potential. Our team’s mandate was to transform a run down, vacant water testing f ...
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Bow Down to Mean Bao’s newest spot
Our goal for the design of Mean Bao‘s latest location was to create a compact space that would streamline their takeout process and efficiently accommodate the restaurant’s grab-and-go system. ...
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The natural beauty of China’s landscape is the perfect backdrop for a relaxing dining experience
With inspiration from the famous Suzhou Water Town in China, our design team began analyzing the natural elements and Chinese architectural features of the site. The client wished to stay away from th ...
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Latest outpost hails an exciting new phase for this coffee roaster
Hale Coffee first found their home in the west end of Toronto with their large, industrial-style cafe location where they roasted their own coffee and baked their own fresh pastries. Wanting to expand ...
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Inspiring streams of colours, textures and forms that celebrate the Marriott brand
At the heart of a rising city centre, the Toronto Markham Marriott hotel was designed to be a glittering embassy for the senses. Recognized as a thriving community, the city of Markham’s exciting un ...
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Eat…Work…Play – A hybrid lounge experience
Located on the busy PATH thoroughfare in downtown Toronto, ‘The York’ is an enticing hybrid space that introduces new opportunities for the young, hip clientele to get away from the office to refr ...
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An interior that expands the horizons
As the star attraction of one of the most photographed skylines in the world, it only made sense to make the CN Tower interior just as attractive as its exterior. mackaywong responded to the internati ...
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A perfectly IMPerfect restaurant oasis
The design of this restaurant IMPerfect Fresh Eats in Toronto had to exemplify brand values and vision of imperfect and host customers in a countryside vineyard atmosphere. The owners wanted to&n ...
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This office interior is a beauty!
KAN Medical Spa was looking to establish a contemporary, 1,300 square foot professional medical beauty treatment office space in a street level unit of a high density condo in Toronto. The spa owners ...
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A design that wakes up the senses
The design strategy for this franchise bubble tea takeout counter was to create an outstanding, creative, and aesthetic storefront and interior within 800 square foot space in a high end Toronto shopp ...
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A restaurant refresh that brings generations together
Dundas Street Grille is an iconic Etobicoke spot frequented most commonly by the area’s baby boomers. The intention for this new design was to bridge the gap between generations and create a new ...
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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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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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This future forward bubble tea shop uses lighting to draw you in
This Scarborough bubble tea shop is located at the inner corner of an L-shaped plaza with the challenge of limited exposure to the public. The designer’s aim was to redefine the space with an ey ...