The Tile House is located on a well-established street populated by older homes in mid-town Toronto. The design of the house seeks to find the “sweet spot” between formal innovations that break with conventional boundaries yet respects and reacts to the essential qualities of its context. The exaggerated shadows and minimal material palette of the clay-tile ensure this house is distinct without being abstentious or trendy. It is innovative and assertive, yet modest and familiar. It is a home that will always be understood as both of its time and a classic.

Jury Comments

“Contemporary, while referencing the traditional Toronto residential typology through the fenestration, scale, and massing. The selection of materials and geometry successfully play on traditional materials of the neighbourhood without mimicry. The hidden front door and front façade are simple and bold moves.”

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Publish Date : 2022/Jul/13