Posted on 9/22/2016
the ‘opposite house’ by local-based studio rzlbd architects, is a commissioned private residence located on the scarborough bluffs, closer to the east edge of the greater toronto area. the clients, a professional couple who both work from home and enjoy an active home entertainment lifestyle, were looking for a modern dwelling that would offer everything they might need and more, including enough space to transition into, if their family grows at a later time.
the new build sits partly on an old bungalow’s footprint, close to a quiet back-street, with a 2.7 acre site sloping down to the shore of lake ontario. to the northern street side, the house designed by rzlbd architects presents a purposely low, dark-brick profile – just a single, unobtrusive 146-foot long storey [equal to the length of an airbus a321, the most efficient...