Dan Hapton

Excited to see my collaboration on a new optical store in Calgary with @bold.workshop and @sightunseenoptics coming together! Framing is nearly complete.

#Lighting studies by @dan_hapton for our collaboration on @sightunseenoptics 🔥 @storefrontyyc

Happy #Holidays from our #office to yours!

⬛️ How does cinema reframe the way we see architecture? ⬛️ On August 7, The Cinema of Architectural Estrangement—presented by d.talks (@dtalks_calgary ) for Design Week Calgary 2025—invited audiences to experience the built environment through the lens of film. This four-hour program combined screenings and conversations that uncovered the strange, overlooked, and unseen architectures that so often hide in plain sight. A big thank-you to curators Daniel Hapton (@dan_hapton ) and Matthew Croombs (@crooombs ) for shaping this thoughtful program, and to the presenters who shared their unique perspectives across architecture and film: ◾️Tamas Nagypal (@t_nagypal ) ◾️Blake Evernden (@cblakeevernden ) ◾️Jessie Andjelic (@spectacle_bureau ) ◾️Eric Pauls (@ericpaulsproductions ) ◾️Dan Hapton (@dan_hapton ) ◾️Gary Burns ◾️Guillaume Carlier ◾️Gillian McKercher (@gmckercher ) Thank you to our event partner, Contemporary Calgary (@contemporarycalgary ), for hosting this event, and to everyone who joined us in exploring how cinema transforms our understanding of the everyday built environment. Follow @designweekcalgary to catch more highlights and recaps from Design Week Calgary 2025. What excited you about The Cinema of Architectural Enstrangement? Select your answer down below! Video credit: Jasneet Matharu (@_jasneeeet_ ) #dtalks #DesignTalks #DesignWeekCalgary #DWC2025 #InPlainSight #CalgaryDesign #DesignWeek

Come check out “The Cinema of Architectural Estrangement” next weeks at Calgary’s inaugural Design Week. Thursday August 7 at 5pm at Contemporary Calgary’s Heather Edwards Theatre. This four-hour event explores how cinema can reframe our understanding of the everyday built environment. We have local film makers, architects, and film studies professors coming to talk about their fascinations with film and architecture! Register at signweekcalgary.com/event/the-cinema-of-architectural-estrangement Curated by myself @dan_hapton and Matthew Croombs @crooombs with the support of @dtalks_calgary Thanks to @jpatry for helping put this reel together! #dtalks #designtalks #designweekcalgary #dwc2025 #calgarydesign #designweek

🔳 The Cinema of Architectural Estrangement 🔳 This four-hour event explores how cinema can reframe our understanding of the everyday built environment. Through a series of screenings and conversations, local experts in architecture and film studies will examine how cinema reveals overlooked, strange, and unseen architectures—often hiding in plain sight. Curated by Daniel Hapton (@dan_hapton ) and Matthew Croombs. Part of Contemporary Calgary’s FREE First Thursday event. 🟢 When: Thursday, August 7, 2025 🟢 Where: The Heather Edwards Theatre at Contemporary Calgary | #701 11 Street SW 🟢 Time: 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm Head to the link in our bio for full event details. Tickets will be available June 27, 2025! @contemporarycalgary is the official venue partner for Design Week Calgary. #dtalks #DesignTalks #DesignWeekCalgary #DWC2025 #InPlainSight #CalgaryDesign #DesignWeek

@designcalgary produced this feature on my Riverstone Condos project. Check out or the full length piece—about 12 minutes—on their YouTube channel Time + Spaces, which can be accessed at their profile and website. Many thanks to @viq.design and @psooch for their artful and thoughtful work on this!

Join us before the #Design Matters #Lecture at @ucalgarysapl next Wednesday, November 30th @ 5pm for the exhibition opening of Under the Heel. Eventbrite link in bio. Under the Heel An #exhibition by @bold.workshop Architecture, @works_of_architecture , and AITCH @dan_hapton . Under the Heel showcases the work of three small practices vying to establish themselves within Calgary’s architecture and design scene —@dan_hapton , @bold.workshop , and @works_of_architecture . From process to completion, each firm’s unique approach asserts alternative hands-on modes of practice and design. Through rigorous experimentation, they challenge the preconceived-dominant paradigms of former generations. A mixture of scrappy cleverness, plucky self-deprecation, and comedic composition foreground the potential for the next generation to shift discourse as they envision a different future for Calgary’s architectural design landscape.

A Drawing of my Riverstone project. . . . I’ve been meaning to finish this set of drawings for a long time, and am finally getting around to it. It’s endless messing around with points of view, parts of models, compositing… I think it’s starting to look pretty good? Can anyone just AI this for me? . . . A working view similar to this was used often in the design of this project. . . . #calgaryinteriordesign #calgaryarchitecture #yycdesign #yycdesigner #yycinteriors #canadiandesigner #architecture #design #architecturaldrawing #archiporn #wormseyeview #designlife #designlovers #obliques #obliquestrategies #archviz #archvisuals #renderlovers #drawingoftheday #3dartist #ceilingdesign #notmidjourney

New! Video of my Riverstone Project in Calgary. Follow my link in bio or visit danhapton.com for more about this project. Film by @klassen_photography . . . #calgaryinteriordesign #calgaryarchitecture #yycliving #yyc #yycdesign #yycdesigner #yycinteriors #yycluxuryhomes #architecturaldesign #canadiandesigner #design #interiordesign #architecture #archiporn #calgarylife #interiors #apartmentliving #canadianliving #canadianmodern #canadianlifestyle #canadiandesign #canadianarchitecture #architecturephotography #designlife #designlifestyle #nofilter #luxuryhomes #luxurylifestyle #designer #designerhome

Wrap and Roll . . . More from GLCO Queen West. If you’re in TO, go check it out! Photographs by @barcsayphotography . . . #interior #interiorinspiration #love #interiorinspo #luxury #interiorstyle #architecturephotography #design #furniture #architecturelovers #interiordecor #designer #decoration #interiors #interiorarchitectureanddesign #interiordesign #photography #interiordesignideas #interiorstyling #decor #architect #interiordesigner #architecture #designinspiration #art #instagood #architecturedesign #canadiandesigner #toronto #yycdesigner

Some Drawings of GLCO Queen West. . . . #interiorarchitecture #canadianartist #canadiandesigner #designlife #canadianinteriors #retaildesign #interiordesign #interiormood #yycdesign #torontodesigner #architecture #toronto #drawing #architecturaldrawing #architectural #digitaldrawing #digitalart #oblique #archiporn #precision #nftartist