This new residence in suburban Toronto was shaped by a complex design agenda: Create a distinctly contemporary home that doesn’t feel alien to its mild suburban surroundings; organize the elaborate lifestyle needs of a large, extended family within the small footprint of the bungalow it is replacing; and provide a calming environment with powerful...
Project name
Wedgewood Park Residence
Architecture firm
Great Lake Studio
Photography
Scott Norsworthy
Principal architect
Rick Galezowski
Design team
Great Lake Studio
Interior design
Great Lake Studio
Structural engineer
Blackwood
Environmental & MEP
Fuzion
Landscape
Great Lake Studio
Lighting
Great Lake Studio
Supervision
Great Lake Studio
Construction
Catalyst Design Build
Material
Wood, Metal, Glass
Typology
Residential › Single Family Residence
How a sustainable home takes advantage of its exceptional ravine site, exemplifying a light-touch approach, dubbed ”viable sustainability” to give this home another 100-year lease on life.
Project name
Don River House
Architecture firm
Dewson Architects
Location
North York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Photography
©2021 RVLTR / A. Marthouret
Principal architect
William Dewson
Structural engineer
Revive Structural Engineering
Landscape
Lawrence Park Garden Care
Construction
Fairside Homes
Material
Brick, Wood, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
Choosing the right excavation company in Toronto for your project involves considering factors. Excavation projects can be intricate and demand equipment and expertise. Therefore, it is crucial to hire a company that can ensure the efficient completion of your project.
The most compelling feature upon entering the basement is the #Playpod. The 100 sq.ft structure is both playful and practical. It functions as a hideaway for the family's young children who use their imagination to transform the space into everything from an ice cream truck to a space ship.
Interior design
25:8 Architecture + Urban Design
Photography
Ottawa Magazine
Principal designer
Jay Lim
Architecture firm
25:8 Architecture + Urban Design
Typology
Residential › Renovation
In response to both site conditions and programmatic needs, this project was about designing a retreat that would accommodate the users’ needs and comfort throughout the seasons in contemporary context, while quietly inserting itself into Muskoka’s cultural and natural landscape.
Project name
Lake Joseph Cottage
Architecture firm
VFA Architecture + Design
Location
Muskoka Lakes, Ontario, Canada
Photography
Scott Norsworthy (winter), Cindy Blazevic (summer)
Principal architect
Vanessa Fong
Structural engineer
Blackwell
Environmental & MEP
HVAC Elite (Mechanical Engineer)
Visualization
Seasons Animation
Construction
Mazenga Building Group
Typology
Residential › Cottage
The Container House is a commission for a couple with three grown children who requested a compact and simplified living arrangement with an eye to retirement. They sought spaces that offered the ease of an apartment with the addition of inviting and sizeable covered outdoor areas.
Project name
Container House
Architecture firm
McLeod Bovell Modern Houses (Design Firm)
Location
West Vancouver, BC, Canada
Principal architect
Matthew McLeod, Lisa Bovell (Principal Designers)
Structural engineer
Chiu Hippmann Engineering Inc.
Construction
JBR Construction
Material
Concrete, metal, wood
Typology
Residential › House
Montreal has always been a hotbed of architecture that pushes boundaries. From Moshe Safdie’s Habitat 67 to Henry Cobb and I.M. Pei’s iconic Place Ville-Marie skyscraper, Montreal has shown that it embraces bold modern architecture.
In the design of this project, the client asked us to design the Arc House 1, But we designed a new plan for him according to his wishes and the needs of the project context. So that two boxes with an arched roof protrude between hard and rigid stones at two different height levels and each of them looks to different direction from each other, the...
Architecture firm
Milad Eshtiyaghi Studio
Location
Colorado, Canada
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Autodesk 3ds Max, AutoCAD, V-ray, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Milad Eshtiyaghi
Visualization
Milad Eshtiyaghi Studio
Typology
Residential › House
