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Design Feature Turning an apartment in a sugar factory into a luxury loft in Canada Les Ensembliers’s award-winning design ideas tranformed what was once a space in a sugar refinery into a chic abode called Lofts Redpath. LES ENSEMBLIERS has completed a three-floor, 6,000 sq ft residence that unites three adjoining apartments at Lofts Redpath, located in Montreal, Canada. The designers successfully tackled the challenge of rethinking the initial dimensions and purpose of the three distinct units, resulting in a coherent new dwelling that embodies the owners’ personality. “We were able to take this project much further than we had imagined at the start, thanks to the exceptional relationship our clients allowed us to build with them,” said architect Maxime Vandal and interior designer Richard Ouellette, the founding partners of Les Ensemblie