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Kos Interiors“The trees still sway, the wind, daylight, darkness and moonlight pass through the openings as through so many inner branches. Anyone taking shelter in its floors will certainly feel the rustle and rush of breeze. It’s enough to inspire nostalgia for a childlike appreciation of things.”
-Phyllis Richardson, XS Extreme, Thames & Hudson, London
Adam Gibson DesignWhen we designed this home in 2011, we ensured that the geothermal loop would avoid a future pool. Eleven years later, the dream is complete. Many of the cabana’s elements match the house. Adding a full outdoor kitchen complete with a 1/2 bath, sauna, outdoor shower, and water fountain with bottle filler, and lots of room for entertaining makes it the favorite family hangout. When viewed from the main house, one looks through the cabana into the virgin forest beyond.
Sol Haus DesignExterior deck doubles the living space for my teeny tiny house! All the wood for the deck is reclaimed from fallen trees and siding from an old house. The french doors and kitchen window is also reclaimed. Photo: Chibi Moku
Emerald City Construction & RenovationsWe took this north Seattle rambler and remodeled every square inch of it. New windows, roof, siding, electrical, plumbing, the list goes on! We worked hand in hand with the homeowner to give them a truly unique and beautiful home.
CHRISTOPHER STROM ARCHITECTSThis accessory dwelling unit (ADU) is a sustainable, compact home for the homeowner's aging parent.
Although the home is only 660 sq. ft., it has a bedroom, full kitchen (with dishwasher!) and even an elevator for the aging parents. We used many strategically-placed windows and skylights to make the space feel more expansive. The ADU is also full of sustainable features, including the solar panels on the roof.
Vineuve Construction Inc.This dutch door is solid fir construction with solid brass Baldwin hardware, and opens up into the unit's kitchen. The exterior is a light weight, cementitious polymer based coating with a 100% water proof top seal. Exterior walls have polyurethane closed cell expanding foam insulation and vapour barrier.
The Vineuve 100 is coming to market on June 1st 2021. Contact us at info@vineuve.ca to sign up for pre order.
Studio Z DesignThe potential of converting six laneway parking spaces at the back of the property into housing was apparent to architect Zuzanna Krykorka from the moment she laid eyes on the Parkdale, Toronto house her family ended up purchasing in 2018.
Unique for a laneway house, the house has windows on all sides, bringing in lot of natural light while also interacting with the life of a city laneway. The "lit" house at night makes it obvious that this is an inhabited living space, occupants becoming part of the neighbourhood rather than tucked away in secret.
The ground floor is a light-filled open-plan kitchen, dining and living room with views to the backyard framed by 3 massive 150 year old maple trees. Upstairs a spa-inspired bathroom with a large skylight surrounded by the tree canopy. Looking in either direction reveals that the central hall lines up with the north and south second-floor windows, again a nod to the house's laneway origins.
Construction details follow passive house principles. The large window at the top of the stairs— again framing a view of the sky—is a feature called "the oculus." By night, the oculus glows warmly from the outside, while during the day it can be opened so as to function as a cooling shaft. Heating is provided by in-floor hydronic radiant on both floors powered by an electric boiler. A heat pump water heater does the domestic hot water. Meanwhile, dense-pack cellulose insulation retains this heat during the winter and minimizes the need for air-conditioning in the summer.
But this system doesn't mean a stuffy interior: ventilation is enabled by Lunos "breathing wall" technology, a through-wall variable system that is coupled with a ceramic regenerative heat exchanger. Operating in pairs, these devices are installed directly through an exterior wall and provide continuous circulation without the need for duct-work, all of which has the added benefit of furthering the open, clean design aesthetic.
The laneway house sits comfortably among the many garages of this Parkdale lane. With its steel roof, wood siding and dark robust exterior, it wears its Toronto garage vernacular proudly, an active part of the laneway urban environment.
Project Details:
Area: 1020 sf; 2 storey
Height: 2 stories; 6m
Rooms: 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1 powder room, open ground floor concept
Mechanical: in floor hydronic heating both floors, electric boiler, separate domestic hot water heat pump water heater, 2 ductless mini split heat pump units upstairs
Insulation: dense pack cellulose insulation, walls and ceiling,
Roofing: corrugated metal roof
Windows: triple pane high performance windows from Kastrup, Denmark
Upward ConstructionOur client is so happy with this beautiful laneway house that is 1000 sqft and situated behind the main house. It has everything that she needs and more!
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