Architect Magazine Features Avling Kitchen & Brewery by LAMAS
Avling Kitchen & Brewery by LAMAS was featured in the September 2020 print issue of Architect Magazine in an article written by Katie Gerfen. The project is located in Toronto, Canada, and was included as part of the magazine’s typology section highlighting contemporary built work across architecture and design.
The feature situates the project within the transformation of a mid-century commercial building originally constructed as a 1940s grocery store, later adapted through various industrial food-related uses before its conversion into a restaurant and brewery. The article describes how the renovation reworks the existing structure to support a layered program that includes dining, brewing, and cultivation, with significant structural interventions to accommodate new spatial requirements.
The project emphasizes the adaptive reuse of an existing building through targeted architectural operations; introducing daylight, opening the central volume for a double-height brew house, and integrating rooftop agricultural production. These moves create a continuous relationship between food production and public space, where building systems and programmatic elements are made visible as part of the architectural experience.