Union Lofts, the latest from the Windmill Development Group is opening their sales centre this coming Saturday, November 17th, and we will be there. Union will be a church-turned-living space located at 243 Perth avenue in the Junction Triangle. While construction on the lofts hasn’t begun yet, part of the church interior has been beautifully transformed by Studio Kantelberg. We had the honour of collaborating with Andrea Kantelberg on the design of an 11′-1″ American Elm communal table that will serve as a feature of the space. This table is especially important to us because of its origin.

The top: comes from Wychwood Park. A very good friend of ours named Robert Green slabbed the fallen Elm on site for us about two years ago. Once we secured the commission, we called Rob up who now works with a new crew of talented woodworkers P & P Custom Living to see if he would work with us on the project. He agreed. It is very nice to be working with Rob again, and to see him involved in bringing the piece to completion

The bow tie joints: are CNC milled from a mahogany stair tread that we reclaimed from a farm house in Caledon. They were milled, yes, but they were installed the old fashioned way.

The legs: are bright bright purple. A big thanks to Ben Lowry ( on the development side) and to Andrea for supporting the idea of a leg modelled after an old set of colorful saw horses we use in our shop. We’ve wanted to do this for a long time.

See below for some images of the making of the table – including one shot of the original elm tree before it fell. Stay tuned for more of the completed piece, and, please email us at info@stacklab.ca for information about our design + build services.

We have moved into a fantastic new studio at 28 Eastern Avenue, in downtown Toronto. Over the next few weeks we will be making some changes to the space to get ourselves properly set up. During the renovation we will be available by appointment only, so please email us at info@stacklab.ca to set up a time to discuss your project. Thanks!

Have a great holiday!  We double dog dare you!  See you in the new year . . .

We’ve just added a new ‘Links’ page to our site.  It can be accessed by clicking ‘Links’ on the right side panel.  We will be updating this list regularly with architects, artists and designers we are collaborating with, are inspired by, or in some cases, both.

Just a few behind the scenes photos of our bench from the previous post, under construction.

In October, we posted about our trip to the Ukiah Valley in northern California. We are currently working on a few projects that incorporate the 2500 – 4000 year old burls we salvaged from out west.  Please contact us at info@stacklab.ca if you are interested in our redwood inventory.

Our  salvaged walnut table is now complete!  We planed, jointed and finished this locally salvaged slab entirely by hand in our downtown shop.  It measures  9′ – 4″ x 3′ – 3″ and is finished with a VOC free hardwax oil.  This is the first time we’ve used our colorful steel legs, so please come by to have a look while they are on display in the Stacklab studio.

For more information on customization and pricing please email us at info@stacklab.ca

Kimiis has just joined us in our studio, and we’re looking forward to collaborating with them on a few new concepts in the coming months.

Their most recent project, Embedded History, is currently being installed at Prince Arthur’s Landing in Thunder Bay, Ontario. The artwork is a vertically mounted, CNC-derived concrete surface that is representative of the Métis nation, and incorporates three themes – history and culture, materiality, and discovery.  The process began with digital imagery of calm and turbulent waters overlaid onto each other. Then the pattern was superimposed onto pine and cedar wood panels, which were milled and used to cast a series of rubber moulds. The moulds were then used to cast concrete panels, resulting in concrete that appears to flow like water, while having the texture of wood grain. The pine and cedar surfaces represent the historical blending of the cultures, those of aboriginal peoples and French voyageurs. Historically, the site was a gateway for traders, voyageurs, and settlers, who shared a dependence on the area’s natural resources and network of waterways.

Shown below are small sections of the final concrete surface, the CNC-milled pine and cedar wood panels, and the rubber moulds.

For more on Kimiis and their work go to www.kimiis.ca

Things have been shaping up in our space at 4 Adelaide Place since moving in this summer. After the initial few weeks of cleaning and painting we’ve been making steady progress on projects and setting up our studio. Currently we’re working on a number of custom design and build projects and we’ll documenting our progress here, so please check back for updates and new Stacklab developments.