Canadian architecture reflects a quiet elegance rooted in natural surroundings. Browse projects from Canada published on HomeWorldDesign that highlight warm materials, clarity, and comfort.
The clients, Jesleen and Jihad, a young professional couple expecting their first child, approached Taylor Smyth to design a new residence, having been impressed by one of their other contemporary houses nearby, winner of the People’s Choice…
A soaring ceiling faceted to reflect light within a new second floor space is the transformative element in an addition to a historic home in downtown Toronto. Sited on a through lot that backs onto Stanley Park,…
Crestwood Residence is located on the boundary line between Barrie and Oro-Medonte in Barrie’s coveted North Shore neighbourhood. The home is situated on a sloping hillside with mature hardwood trees overlooking the northern shore of Kempenfelt Bay.
Straddling the old shoreline of the Rideau River, this contemporary custom home on Fentiman Avenue subtly nestles itself into the streetscape.
Smith House is a vacation home located on the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia, adjacent to the architect’s farm (Shobac). The home consists of three pavilions on a two-acre site spanning from a salt pond on the…
Taylor Smyth Architects and Cecconi Simone collaborated on the design of the house, with the sophisticated interiors custom designed by Cecconi Simone to incorporate bronze privacy screens, stone, wood paneling and built-in millwork.
Located in the fast-developing Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie borough of Montréal, deNormanville house is part of the first wave of post-moratorium additions exploring new avenues for the transformation of the city’s disappearing one-story typology, commonly referred to as “shoeboxes”.
Downsizing from a Victorian home to a condo in the Annex neighbourhood of Toronto, the owner of the Collected Condo was unsure how the new unit would provide her with the familiar coziness of her previous home.
This 1920s residence had already undergone an expansion in the 1990s, but did not suit the architectural preferences of the new owners. The exterior of the house has been completely transformed thanks to the dark brick which…
