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Village

Architecture has a unique way of influencing the human experience, guiding the gaze, or shaping moments.

Through the Village section, we explore architecture, design, and urban planning as levers of transformation for a more sustainable habitat, more connected to nature, and deeply rooted in the community. Whether rethinking our backyards, reinventing the public library, or revitalizing a coastline, these collective projects are shaping a future where architecture becomes a tool for social cohesion and environmental innovation.
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Construire avec le territoire

Avant de bâtir une maison, il faut d’abord apprendre à lire le lieu qui lui sert d’assise.

Chatting on the Corner

How the layout of our streets could help solve the loneliness epidemic.

Building Together

OVI Construction crafts custom homes with care, knowing that even the subtlest details shape the comfort of household rhythms and the beauty in everyday life.

Sauna Spirits

In cultures around the world, saunas are everyday sites of immense social and spiritual importance, not least because they feel divine.

The New Cow-House

Au Gré des Champs puts humans — and animals — back at the heart of the farm.

Tim and Hannah’s ark

How a young couple beat the flood of modern chaos and built a tiny salvation.

Inner Landscapes

Architect Pierre Thibault makes nature his laboratory, and beauty his philosophy.

Renovating a Century-Old Home in Québec

Against a tide of cookie-cutter neighbourhoods and instant polyurethane dwellings, the Rhéaume Gonzalez family immersed themselves in the joys and challenges of restoring a heritage home.

The Music of Spaces

A walk with architect Brian MacKay-Lyons in Shobac, Nova Scotia: a place where history and modernity exist in harmony.

Forest Harmony

How architect Maria Milans del Bosch built a home that "evolves like the trees."

NEW ISSUE nº17

EPHEMERAL

In this issue, we explore the art of the moment, death, nature, and relationships that wither or transform. We question these notions through stories in which the impermanence of everything around us becomes a source of reflection on how we live, create, and engage in a constantly changing world.
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IN NATURE

BESIDE offers nature-based experiences where comfort meets sincere hospitality.
Live to the rhythm of the wind in the trees, breathe in the fresh morning air and reconnect with what truly matters.
BOOK YOUR STAY
Objects that last. Design that grounds.
The BESIDE Collection brings together simple, lasting pieces rooted in the natural world. An invitation to live more intentionally — with beauty, purpose, and a deeper connection to what surrounds us.