Cherry Valley, a residence situated in Prince Edward County, two and a half hours east of Toronto. The site for this home offers both, starting with a meadow-like plateau upon entry, and then a ridge that quickly descends to the lakeshore. This seam became a focal point for one's experience of the site—a natural perch just below the tree canopy,…
A 4-story loft apartment that brings urban and minimalist style to an industrial building in the Barriera di Milano district in Turin. Casa MRGT marks a return to residential architecture for the studio, which specializes mostly in interior design for the hospitality sector. Created for a Canadian-origin car designer, the space was developed on 4 levels to fully leverage the vast…
Câpsula by i29 architects introduces a new wonderful typology of premium tiny houses to inspire new ways to live well. Superior tiny homes, simply featuring essentials. Slow Luxury In a complex world, architects advocate simplified and uncomplicated. Câpsula builds on the promise of advanced design where less is more. Distinctive tiny architecture, rich in bare essentials. Beautifully designed dwellings with…
Discovered in 2020 the land located on a peaceful lake in Lanaudière was its owner’s ideal location to build their cottage. "Ghoche architecte" was commissioned to design the project and to oversee the construction, which was completed in May 2022. Integrated into the environment, modern, bright, and warm - these were the initial premises of the cottage intended for the…
Devil’s Glen is located on the Bruce Peninsula. It's a few hours north of Toronto. The design process began with an on-site picnic, where a discussion focused more on the natural elements of the site rather than the building. That conversation inspired the ethic of the project to come. The design began with two fixations. One having the house sited…
A sculpture of wooden cubes as a home for a family by Appels Architekten This family home expresses its inner life its context of seasons, light, and surroundings in a simple architectural figure. It distinguishes between private rooms and a generous open space for daily family life. All private rooms are composed of a sculpture of wooden cubes. Between them, the…
Oakhill is a single-family residence conceived by local architect studio, Matière Première Architecture. Designed to seamlessly integrate with the surrounding maple tree forest. The home faces eastward on a gentle slope. A wetland area to the east forms a natural clearing. While a rock outcropping to the west creates a steeper incline, shielding the residence from both dominant winds and…
The Three Summits home designed by NÓS brings together three generations within a vast mountainous domain. A return to the roots of collective domesticity through architectural primitivism. Rocky prisms and monumental roofs form a composition of voids, framing the pictorial landscape of the site in multiple inhabited tableaux. Artificial and natural gardens are thus mixed along topographic parcours, linking the three main pavilions and…
ISSADESIGN agency's experimental design offers a single-family house spread across several levels. The objective was to break free from traditional partitioned floors by playing on staggered floors and half-levels. That approach makes it possible to create large open rooms offering an interesting perspective between the various floors, inspiring a great sense of volume and space. Concept and strategies Located in…
This modern house design example - a residence is a composition of volumes with soothing and balanced proportions which, on winter nights, sparkles through the woods like a guiding lantern. The architectural structure, facing a large mountain and a beautiful lake, is spread across three levels, totaling 420 sq.m. The pure ensemble presents itself discreetly by concealing its accesses and…