Stables and farmland were the neighbours when this North York home was built
Mr. Bleakley died in 1999, but his son John remembers the many evenings his father spent at his drafting table in their first family home.
Mr. Bleakley would create a one-storey family residence built around a courtyard. The interior featured contemporary materials such as redwood and brick.“Dad had a real respect for Frank Lloyd Wright,” Mr. Bleakley says of the vaunted American architect. Guests arrived to a foyer with a tiled floor, cedar trim and a view straight through to the backyard.His father was conscious of protecting the environment and reducing energy use, says Mr. Bleakley, explaining the building was insulated far above the level required by regulations at the time.
“There’s some intimacy within the rooms, but they’re not closed in,” he says. “It was really built for entertaining.”
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