The award-winning house was built on the slope of a wooded ravine in Rosedale by the late mathematician and musician James Stewart and completed in 2009
. A professor at Hamilton’s McMaster University, Dr. Stewart made his fortune from a ground-breaking series of calculus textbooks.Tim Fraser
“In that dialogue, he became convinced that to blend the rational and the emotional, he ought to have a concert hall where he could perform as well.”Ms. Lindsay says Dr. Stewart spent $32-million to build the house, which presents a modest two stories to the street but cascades down into the ravine with three additional levels.“The design echoes the enveloping trees,” Ms. Lindsay says.The house has four bedrooms plus two additional bedrooms in a guest suite.
“He wanted to host events that would enrich his life and the lives of others and that’s how he got to 17,000 square feet,” she says. Ms. Mowbray-D’Arbela already had ties to the city; she studied architecture at the University of Toronto before she also entered the world of finance.
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