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Westminster Residence
Westminster Residence
Toronto, Canada
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Westminster Residence
Toronto, Canada
Type
YEAR
2009
This project
comprises the replacement of an existing rear addition with a new expanded
two-storey addition plus interior renovations and garden, to accommodate the
changing spatial demands of an expanding family and, in particular, to renew
the visual connections between the historic house and the garden.
The new addition
houses a bright open sunroom, homework area and rear entry at the ground floor,
a bathroom and an intimate deck off the master bedroom at the second floor, and
a cheerful mudroom at the basement level. Access to the sunroom is via an airy
and colourful open stairwell, bathed in natural light. The focal point of the
stair and sunroom is a sculpted custom wood cabinet with integral handrail.
The addition
addresses an enlarged and repaved garden patio with a custom gate and fence,
both to provide privacy and security, and to provide access to bicycle and
vespa parking. The second and third floor roof structures were designed to
accommodate a green roof, which is to be installed this season.
In contrast to the
former solid brick addition, which blocked the house from the garden, the new
extension is a composition of windowed, hovering, box-like structures, which push
out into the garden. The dark-coloured ground floor extension is protruding
from the existing house like a bay, and the light second floor addition is
perched on top. The addition of a corner window at the upper-level bathroom
allows a panoramic view of the neighboring properties and makes one feel as
though the room is floating above the garden foliage.
Inside and out, the
project is characterized both by shifting forms and by a consistently playful
palette of light and dark surfaces, colour accents, changing textures, and
highly resolved precise details - a theme that is continued throughout the
house. Upper and lower additions are covered on the exterior by blonde and dark
clear cedar siding (respectively), large wood and clad windows, custom copper standing
seam at the entry, copper flashing and scuppers, and bright orange-stained marine-grade
wood accent panels.
We have high-lit and
framed the carefully crafted characteristics of the existing home including the
oak paneling and floors, exterior wood details and masonry structure, and
reflected these qualities with an equivalent level of material richness and
detail in the new design.
With its tree house-like
aesthetic, overlooking and extending into the back garden, the addition has
become a retreat for this growing family of five. The strong colour contrasts
of light and dark against blue and orange, coupled with highly articulated
details, bring a graphic, energizing, floating quality to the surfaces of the
project. The interior has inspired the kids to utilize all aspects of the house
as a playground, including using the stair handrail as a bright toy-car
racetrack.
comprises the replacement of an existing rear addition with a new expanded
two-storey addition plus interior renovations and garden, to accommodate the
changing spatial demands of an expanding family and, in particular, to renew
the visual connections between the historic house and the garden.
The new addition
houses a bright open sunroom, homework area and rear entry at the ground floor,
a bathroom and an intimate deck off the master bedroom at the second floor, and
a cheerful mudroom at the basement level. Access to the sunroom is via an airy
and colourful open stairwell, bathed in natural light. The focal point of the
stair and sunroom is a sculpted custom wood cabinet with integral handrail.
The addition
addresses an enlarged and repaved garden patio with a custom gate and fence,
both to provide privacy and security, and to provide access to bicycle and
vespa parking. The second and third floor roof structures were designed to
accommodate a green roof, which is to be installed this season.
In contrast to the
former solid brick addition, which blocked the house from the garden, the new
extension is a composition of windowed, hovering, box-like structures, which push
out into the garden. The dark-coloured ground floor extension is protruding
from the existing house like a bay, and the light second floor addition is
perched on top. The addition of a corner window at the upper-level bathroom
allows a panoramic view of the neighboring properties and makes one feel as
though the room is floating above the garden foliage.
Inside and out, the
project is characterized both by shifting forms and by a consistently playful
palette of light and dark surfaces, colour accents, changing textures, and
highly resolved precise details - a theme that is continued throughout the
house. Upper and lower additions are covered on the exterior by blonde and dark
clear cedar siding (respectively), large wood and clad windows, custom copper standing
seam at the entry, copper flashing and scuppers, and bright orange-stained marine-grade
wood accent panels.
We have high-lit and
framed the carefully crafted characteristics of the existing home including the
oak paneling and floors, exterior wood details and masonry structure, and
reflected these qualities with an equivalent level of material richness and
detail in the new design.
With its tree house-like
aesthetic, overlooking and extending into the back garden, the addition has
become a retreat for this growing family of five. The strong colour contrasts
of light and dark against blue and orange, coupled with highly articulated
details, bring a graphic, energizing, floating quality to the surfaces of the
project. The interior has inspired the kids to utilize all aspects of the house
as a playground, including using the stair handrail as a bright toy-car
racetrack.
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