Renovation and reimagination of North York home offers clearest example of mid-century modern you’ll find in the GTA
It’s how to respect an original, sexagenarian, asymmetrical roofline and keep the focus on the original buff brick façade by sensitively placing two additions – one visible from the street and the other only to the birds and squirrels in the ravine – that augment rather than detract from the building’s dignity.
“We pushed our addition way back and it mirrors the exact profile of this house but it does it in a simple way,” Mr. Bessai says. “No overhangs, just a very simple little parapet in a darker colour. … If it was a foggy day, you wouldn’t really see at all, but you would start to notice that there was this profile that echoes the main house somewhere back there.
The first, and most glorious connection – the massive curtain wall of glass that quite literally turns this house into a forest ranger lookout tower – hadn’t been conceived of in the 1950s, however. Punched windows, a skylight, and what seemed to be a “veranda” extension with “a low roof,” says Mr. Bessai, were what greeted the architects during their first walkthrough in December, 2020. And despite the exterior gable, the living room, incredulously, had a dropped ceiling.
Inside the North York, Ont. home of Adi and Tania Grinberg, which was designed by Denegri Bessai Studio.Inside the North York, Ont. home of Adi and Tania Grinberg, which was designed by Denegri Bessai Studio.Inside the North York, Ont. home of Adi and Tania Grinberg, which was designed by Denegri Bessai Studio.Inside the North York, Ont. home of Adi and Tania Grinberg, which was designed by Denegri Bessai Studio.Inside the North York, Ont.
And once fingers have stroked those tiles and eyes have given up on counting the leaves outside, the feet might carry one to the kitchen, which sits under the low portion of the roof. But, with the addition of clerestories above the cabinets and a white-on-white materials palette, it’s anything but dark.
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