About the studio
A construction company built around design.
La Rue Construction was founded on a simple conviction: the best homes are made when the people who draw them and the people who build them answer to each other every day.
Our story
One studio, drawing board to finished room
La Rue Construction was built around a cabinetmaker’s obsession with fit. The studio delivers custom construction, whole-home renovation, extensions, and interior design for clients across Canada — with everything made and assembled on site.
What has not changed is the size of the team on any one project. We take on a deliberately small number of commissions each year so a principal is genuinely present on every site.
Our clients are homeowners, architects, and developers who value a builder that can hold a design conversation and a designer who understands what a wall actually costs.
What we value
Four principles on every site
Precision
Tolerances, sequencing, and setting out are treated as design decisions, not site details.
Restraint
We specify fewer materials, better. Warm timber, honed stone, matte plaster, unlacquered metal.
Candour
Real numbers early, even when they are unwelcome. No project improves by delaying the truth.
Stewardship
High-performance envelopes, efficient systems, and materials chosen to age rather than expire.
The team
People you will actually meet
- Robert La RueFounder & Principal Builder
- Camille OrtizDesign Director, Interiors
- Ted WhitlockHead of Construction
- Nadia FarrellProject Management Lead
Ready to begin?
We take on a limited number of projects each year. Early conversations are the best way to secure a place in the schedule.
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