Klaus 狈颈别苍办盲尘辫别谤
Toronto, ON
Over the past 50 years, furniture manufacturer Klaus 狈颈别苍办盲尘辫别谤 introduced modern design into offices, public spaces, and houses across Canada and internationally. He has continuously collaborated with architects and industrial designers, realizing a broad range of chairs, tables, and sofas to create holistic and integrated spaces.
The 狈颈别苍办盲尘辫别谤 company, founded in 1968, has brought a high level of design standards to the fabrication of furniture in Canada. At first, making European modernist furniture under license, 狈颈别苍办盲尘辫别谤 soon began hiring Canadian designers such as Thomas Lamb, Tom Deacon, George Yabu and Glenn Pushelberg, Mark M眉ller, Scot Laughton, Karim Rashid, and others.
Canadian architects who have worked directly with 狈颈别苍办盲尘辫别谤 to produce furniture include RAIC Gold Medalist Arthur Erickson, FRAIC, and Brigitte Shim, FRAIC, with Howard Sutcliffe, FRAIC.
With Erickson, 狈颈别苍办盲尘辫别谤 developed furniture for Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau鈥檚 office in Ottawa (1976); the Embassy of Canada in Washington D.C. (1989), and Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto (1982). The shaped plywood HAB chair by Shim-Sutcliffe Architects is one in a series of Canadian designs commissioned by 狈颈别苍办盲尘辫别谤.
In 2007, the firm worked with Polish-American architect Daniel Libeskind to create the Spirit Chair for the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto.
狈颈别苍办盲尘辫别谤 believes that modern furniture is more vital than ever because it contributes to significant spaces designed by architects.
KARIM RASHID, KLOUD COLLECTION. NEOCON WEST TRADE SHOW, LOS ANGELES. 2007. FURNITURE MANUFACTURED BY NIENKAMPER.
Photo:听NIENKAMPER
PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE LANGEVIN BLOCK, OTTAWA, CANADA 1980. INTERIOR DESIGN ARTHUR ERIKSON ARCHITECTS, FURNITURE MANUFACTURED BY NIENKAMPER
Photo:听FIONA SPALDING-SMITH
DANIEL LIEBESKIND SPIRIT CHAIR FOR THE ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM. 2005. FURNITURE MANUFACTURED BY NIENKAMPER.
Photo:听NIENKAMPER
POLO CHAIR FOR PRINCE CHARLES' 40TH BIRTHDAY AND GALEN WESTON'S POLO TEAM. DESIGNED AND MANUFACTURED BY KLAUS NIENKAMPER, 1988.
Photo:听NIENKAMPER
鈥淜laus 狈颈别苍办盲尘辫别谤鈥檚 furniture designs are fundamental to late-century Canadian architectural history.鈥
鈥淚conic Canadian buildings and cultural events听 over the past five decades听 that featured 狈颈别苍办盲尘辫别谤鈥檚 inimitable stamp include Expo 67, Pierre Trudeau鈥檚 limestone desk, and the defining vision of Toronto鈥檚 King Street East.鈥
鈥淗is work is supremely architectural. 狈颈别苍办盲尘辫别谤鈥檚 furnishings often show grand scale and primal qualities, framing spatial cores precisely located and harmonized within their surrounding architectural frames.鈥
Jury:
Shirley Blumberg, CM, FRAIC
Founding Partner, KPMB Architects
Member, Toronto Community Housing Design Review Panel
Toronto, ON
John Brown, FRAIC
RAIC Board of Directors First Vice President
Dean, Faculty of Environmental Design, University of Calgary
Principal, John Brown Architect, Founding partner, Housebrand
Calgary, AB
Philip Beesley, FRAIC
Architect, artist, Philip Beesley Architect
Professor, School of Architecture, University of Waterloo
Toronto, ON