WANDA ELY ARCHITECT INC. is a Toronto-based architecture design practice, specializing in modern residential projects.
Wanda graduated from Waterloo School of Architecture in 1998. After working for a number of award-winning firms on several commercial, hospitality, retail and residential projects, she launched Wanda Ely Architect Inc. in 2011.
Her projects to date, which have been featured in Chatelaine, Toronto Life and DesignLines, set the tone for a practice dedicated to the beauty of contemporary architecture.
Each project begins as a thoughtful search to understand the desires of the client and to identify and draw out the meaningful qualities of the environment, which together form the inspiration for the design.
From initial inspiration to the detailed crafting of space, the work of the practice depends on a careful mediation of aesthetics and function, with the aim to transcend both. The firm’s motivation is to create buildings and spaces that bring delight to the lives of those who use and occupy them.
Wanda’s interests lie in both the private and public realms. She has established herself as a professional known for her integrity in both design service and client relations.
LOCATION: Toronto, Canada
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By blending the core Danish design principles of simplicity, functionality, and restraint, with touches of Ontario rural vernacular, this project is a contemporary interpretation of the traditional Danish Sommerhus that is rooted in both its local context and the clients’ family history.
The Dovercourt House is uniquely tailored to celebrate the clients’s heritage, and reflect their beautiful and hospitable spirits. The house draws upon, and re-interprets, many elements of traditional Japanese architecture,
Geoffrey House is a single-family home designed by Wanda Ely Architect, a Toronto-based architecture design practice, specializing in contemporary, inspired, and thoughtfully detailed residential projects. Built for a couple and their young son, this project seeks unpretentious yet imaginative solutions for family living.
Architect: Wanda Ely Architect Project: King Plus Condo Location: Toronto, Canada Photography: Scott Norsworthy King Plus Condo by Wanda Ely Architect is a project that combines two penthouse units in a new downtown Toronto condo building for a young family of two professionals and their young daughter. Inspired by their African and Indian cultural heritages,
Architect: Wanda Ely Architect Project: Munro House Location: Toronto, Canada Photography: Scott Norsworthy Munro House is a single-family home designed by Wanda Ely Architect for a young family from Toronto, Canada. Built for a couple who love to cook and entertain, this renovation opens up the ground floor and relocates the kitchen to the center of
Project: Brook Renovation Architects: Wanda Ely Architect Location: Toronto, Canada Photography: Scott Norsworthy Brook Renovation Project was recently completed by Wanda Ely Architect, a Toronto-based architecture design practice. This renovation transforms the ground floor of a semi-detached Toronto home. Two wood screens are strategically inserted to create a highly efficient floor plan that gets the
Project: St Clarens house Architects: Wanda Ely Architect Location: Toronto, Canada Photo Credits: Scott Norsworthy Designed by Wanda Ely Architect, St Clarens house was conceived to embody the identity of a young, active family. The house has 213 square meters and is located in Toronto, Canada. The client, an industrial designer, expressed an appreciation for the
