Our work at BLDG Workshop has received coverage in several prominent architecture and design publications. These features explore the homes, cottages and ideas behind our practice, alongside interviews and conversations with Nathan Buhler.
Browse articles, podcasts and films by year. Each feature links to its original source, with the related project alongside it where available.
2026
Work That Matters: BLDG Workshop (opens original source in a new tab)
A profile of Nathan Buhler on site-responsive design, builder collaboration and the studio’s approach to building science.
Homeward Bound (opens original source in a new tab)
Easton Homes’ Lakeshore Residence, designed with Nathan Buhler and interior designer Dragana Maznic.
Related project: Home in Port Credit
In the Home: The Analog Aesthetic (opens original source in a new tab)
Nathan Buhler discusses screen-free rooms and a listening space designed around a client’s vinyl collection.
Related project: Analog Home
A Study in Contrasts (opens original source in a new tab)
A lakeside cottage story featuring BLDG Workshop, interior designer Peter Dowse and builder RBA Projects North.
Letting the Light In (opens original source in a new tab)
Nathan Buhler discusses the design of Six Mile Lake Cottage and its relationship to the shoreline.
Related project: 6 Mile Lake Cottage
2024
Behind the Build: Nathan Buhler (opens original source in a new tab)
Nathan Buhler joins Behind the Build to discuss his practice and the design-build process.
Six Mile Lake Cottage Follows an Undulating Shoreline (opens original source in a new tab)
Six Mile Lake Cottage follows the contours of its rocky shoreline.
Related project: 6 Mile Lake Cottage
Six Mile Lake Cottage (opens original source in a new tab)
A project profile of Six Mile Lake Cottage in Ontario.
Related project: 6 Mile Lake Cottage
2023
Algonquin Highlands Cottage (opens original source in a new tab)
A wooden cottage in the Algonquin Highlands with a roofline shaped by the lake landscape.
Related project: Algonquin Highlands Cottage
Badlands Home (opens original source in a new tab)
A rural home in Caledon set against the distinctive red earth of the Badlands.
Related project: Badlands Home
A Snow White Home in Rural Ontario (opens original source in a new tab)
A white-gabled rural Ontario home presented in Dwell’s Houses We Love collection.
Related project: Badlands Home
2022
Badlands Home in Rural Ontario (opens original source in a new tab)
Badlands Home and its contrasting white form and weathering-steel details.
Related project: Badlands Home
2021
2020
Historic Toronto Home Makeover (opens original source in a new tab)
A historic Toronto home reworked with interior designer Arren Williams.
2019
An ’80s A-Frame Gets a Modernist Update (opens original source in a new tab)
The renovation of an A-frame home from the 1980s.
Bunkie Prefab Cabin (opens original source in a new tab)
Related project: The Bunkie
A Lakeside Home and Outdoor Hut (opens original source in a new tab)
A look at the transformation of a lakeside home and outdoor hut on Kalamalka Lake.
Related project: Home on a Lake of a Thousand Colours
A Lakeside Renovation in the Okanagan Valley (opens original source in a new tab)
A lakeside renovation in British Columbia shaped around the water and the surrounding landscape.
Related project: Home on a Lake of a Thousand Colours
2018
Project of the Day: Home on a Lake of a Thousand Colors (opens original source in a new tab)
A project listing for the renewed lakeside home on Kalamalka Lake.
Related project: Home on a Lake of a Thousand Colours
BLDG Workshop Refreshed This Canadian Lake House (opens original source in a new tab)
A lakeside house refreshed with new interiors and a stronger connection to its setting.
Related project: Home on a Lake of a Thousand Colours
6 Cozy Outbuildings That Feel Like Cabins in the Woods (opens original source in a new tab)
A selection of small outbuildings and cabin-like retreats, including BLDG Workshop work.
2017
Entrepreneur Architect Nathan Buhler (opens original source in a new tab)
An interview with Nathan Buhler about his path into architectural design and building a design practice.
2016
My Houzz: Honoring the Past, Building for the Future in Ontario (opens original source in a new tab)
A Houzz feature on a home balancing its past with a new chapter.
2015
A Surprisingly Peaceful Retreat (opens original source in a new tab)
A compact prefab retreat designed as a quiet outbuilding.
Related project: The Bunkie
A Big Idea on a Smaller Scale (opens original source in a new tab)
An exploration of flexible small-scale space through the Bunkie.
Related project: The Bunkie
2014
Insta-Bunkie (opens original source in a new tab)
An early feature on the compact Bunkie design.
Related project: The Bunkie
Project of the Day: Bigwin Island Bunkie (opens original source in a new tab)
A project listing for the Bigwin Island Bunkie.
Related project: Bigwin Island Bunkie
2013
The Gable Goes Mobile, Micro and Mod (opens original source in a new tab)
A Houzz story exploring compact gabled structures.