In Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood, local practice Range Architecture & Design has created a new showroom for Nothing Design Co., a boutique furniture studio. Working with an existing 1-story brick building, the architects added a double-height second floor and implemented a screen of terra-cotta pavers in front of the building to shade large window openings. The expansion also relied heavily

Québécois firm Provencher_Roy has designed a new home for the Hautes Études Commerciales de Montréal (HEC), Canada’s oldest business management program. Named the Hélène Desmarais building as a nod to the HEC’s first female president, the new structure is located in the Ville-Marie borough, Montreal’s downtown core. Out of deference for its historic surroundings, which include St. Patrick’s Basilica, the