publications


  • Lam, Elsa. “Boundary Sequence Illusion: Ian MacDonald, Architect.” Canadian Architect. February 2020: pp.41

  • MacDonald, Ian. Boundary, Sequence, Illusion: Ian MacDonald Architect. Edited by Brian Carter, Dalhousie Architectural Press, 2019.

  • “The New Classic.” Cottage Life. Fall 2018: pp.64-75

  • “10 Inspiring Self-Build Designs.” Grand Designs. November 2017: pp.166

  • Bradbury, Dominic. “High-design contemporary cabins.” Financial Times. April 14 2017

  • “Nature Rules in Go Home Bay.” OBJEKT©USA/CANADA. Winter 2016-2017: pp.102-113

  • Li, Jason. “Raw materials – Canada.” Monocle. November 2016: pp.172

  • Vipond, Patti. “Looking back to move forward.” Muskoka Life. August 2016: pp.128-135

  • McKnight, Jenna. “Ian MacDonald hides island cotage in Ontario within a pine forest.” dezeen. 17 June 2016

  • Stathaki, Ellie. “Architect Ian MacDonald invites us into his woodland retreat in Ontario.” Wallpaper*. 5 April 2016

  • Breen, Martha Uniacke. “A home extension that gives the past its due, but is fully modern.” National Post. 16 October 2015

  • Bozikovic, Alex. “At this Ontario cottage, you are in an architect’s hands, but nature is in charge.” The Globe and Mail. 12 August 2015

  • Mays, John Bentley. “Rescue of a Deer Park home hit by a ‘tsunami’ of bad design.” The Globe and Mail. 20 March 2015

  • Saltzman, Peter. “A Subterranean House in Wychwood Park that got the Whole Neighbourhood Talking.” Toronto Life. July 2014

  • Mays, John Bentley. “Country modern: Architectural poetry in the land of siding” The Globe and Mail. 24 April 2014

  • Fonk, Hans. “Modern Arts and Crafts in Wychwood Park.” OBJEKT©USA/CANADA. Winter 2013: pp.128-135

  • Mays, John Bentley. “The Long View.” International Architecture and Design. Summer 2013: pp.15-25

  • Kelvin Browne. “Ian MacDonald’s canny sense of site makes him an elemental architect à la Ron Thom.” National Post. 8 June 2013

  • Binstock, Meaghan. “Extreme Makeover: an iconic modernist house in midtown gets a 21st-century update.” Toronto Life. 18 March 2013

  • Mays, John Bentley. “An elegant country home embedded in its surroundings.” The Globe and Mail. 26 July 2012

  • Bozikovic, Alex. “A Toronto home that frames the view.” The Globe and Mail. 24 November 2011

  • Baute, Nicole. “Park Place.” Toronto Life. October 2011: pp.82-83

  • Mays, John Bentley. “Going the distance.” Canadian Architect. September 2011: pp.22-28

  • Lavigne, Lucie. “Terrain Ordinaire Vues Spectaculaires.” La Presse. 21 May 2011: pp.7-9

  • Baird, Daniel. “Points of View.” Azure. January/February 2011: pp.54-59

  • “Building Partners.” Exhibition at the York Quay Centre. 25 September, 2010 – 2 January, 2011

  • Kapusta, Beth. “The House in the Hill.” Azure. May 2010: pp.82-86

  • Mays, John Bentley. “New Kid in the Park.” The Globe and Mail. 27 August 2009

  • Mays, John Bentley. “Personal View.” International Architecture and Design. Autumn 2008: pp.50-57

  • Mays, John Bentley. “Border Crossings.” International Architecture and Design. Autumn 2008: pp.58-61

  • Rochon, Lisa. “A G-G winner bows to the power of the landscape.” The Globe and Mail. 21 June 2008

  • Architecture Canada 2008: The Governor General’s Medals in Architecture. RAIC. 2008: pp.54-61

  • “House at 4a Wychwood Park.” Canadian Architect. May 2008: pp.46-47

  • Jen, Leslie. “View Master.” Canadian Architect. April 2008: pp.40-46

  • Browne, Kelvin. “The Road to Utopia.” Canadian House and Home. October 2007: pp.222-227; 288

  • Gruft, Andrew, ed. Substance Over Spectacle: Canadian Contemporary Architecture. Arsenal Pulp Press: 2005 pp. 80-85; 182-189 (essay by George Baird)

  • Macdonald, Christopher. cabin, cottage & camp, new designs on the Canadian landscape. Blueimprint. Vancouver, 2005: pp.12-19

  • “House in Grey Highlands.” Canadian Architect. December 2005: pp.40-41

  • Browne, Kelvin. “He’s got insight for great siting.” National Post. 22 September 2005

  • Gadd, Jane. “A Modern Home in a Field of its Own.” The Globe and Mail. 9 July 2004

  • Chodikoff, Ian. “Raising the Roof.” Canadian Architect. May 2004: pp.22-23

  • Architecture Canada 2002: The Governor General’s Medals in Architecture. Tuns Press. Halifax, Nova Scotia. 2002: pp.60-67

  • Darrow, Carl. “Mulmur Hills Residence.” Wood Design and Building. Winter 2002: pp.21-24

  • Freedman, Adele. “Small World.” Elm Street. Vol.7 no.3. Holiday 2002: pp.96-100

  • MacDonald, Ian. “Ways of Habitation.” Architecture and Ideas. Vol.3, No.2. Summer/Fall 2001: pp.70-96

  • “OAA Annual Awards.” Perspectives: Journal of the Association of Architects. Vol.9, no.2. Summer 2001: pp.13

  • Polo, Marco. “Landscape Architecture.” Canadian Architect. May 2001: pp.21-23

  • Rochon, Lisa. “A very urban kind of beach life.” The Globe and Mail. 11 October 2000

  • Lindsay, Janice. “The hut as haven.” The Globe and Mail. 10 June 2000

  • Adamczyk, Georges,ed. “House in Mulmur Hills #1, Ontario.” Maisons-lieux: architecture contemoraine au Canada – Houses-places: contemporary Canadian architecture. National Library of Canada. 2000: pp.164-169

  • Kapusta, Beth. “Hill House.” Azure. March/April 1999: pp.66-70

  • “Deacon/Kravis Residence.” Canadian Architect. December 1999: pp.38-39

  • “Shades of Green, House in Mulmur Hills.” Canadian Architect. December 1997: pp.22-24

  • Primeau, Liz. “Abode a la mode.” The Globe and Mail. 5 April 1997

  • “House at 4a Wychwood Park.” Canadian Architect. December 1995: pp.28-29

  • “1 MacKenzie Crescent.” Canadian Architect. December 1994: pp.30-31

  • Barber, John. “Updating a Victorian Lady.” The Globe and Mail. 20 August 1992