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    INTERNATIONALARCHITECTURE& DESIGN

    SUMMER 2013 | CANADIANEDITION

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    CONTENTS

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    IN EVERY ISSUE

    8 | DESIGNPHILE

    This summer: The trend to green roofs movesinto residential neighbourhoods Cool rusticfurniture, indoors and out Whats your type?

    Theres a white wine thats right for you.

    FEATURES

    14 | AR CH IT EC T UR E

    The Long View A weekend home near Toronto shows the best of

    contemporary building design while drawing onthe deep roots of the country home tradition.

    By John Bentley Mays

    2 6 | AR CH IT EC TU REOnce a Ruin

    After a century of decay, a 1700s stone house inScotlands Inner Hebrides required restoration,

    reinforcement and a brand new structure.By Ellen Himelfarb

    3 4 | AR CH IT EC TU RE

    Now You See ItCover story: For a part-time home in rural

    Pennsylvania, a sleek glass box in the modernisttradition achieves a careful balance of wide, open

    vistas and tucked-away retreat.

    4 4 | FROM THE GROUND UPIn the Country, In the City

    The Final Chapter!IA&Dpresents the thrilling naleof our series on building the dream home of Judith

    Mackin and Robert Moore in Saint John, N.B.By Suzanne Robicheau

    89 | INDEX Where to nd the architects, designers, products

    and manufacturers in this issue

    9 0 | PUBLIC SPACE The new performing arts theatre in

    St. Petersburgs historic centre, designed byDiamond Schmitt Architects

    COVER PHOTOGRAPHBJRN WALLANDER

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    Germany, which now leads the world in groof research and usage (more than an eigof at roofs in the country are green). Mointernational green-roof regulations andguidelines are based on the German mod

    Chicago is the North American trailblanearly 7 million square feet of green roofVancouver ranks fourth on the continent aa convention centre featuring a roof covemore than 250,000 square feet of vegetatthree years ago, Toronto became the rst the Western Hemisphere to mandate greeon new, at-roofed buildings with over 2square feet of space. Its an imperative triby a 2005 Ryerson University study that environmental benetssuch as stormwreduction and savings on heating and air-conditioning coststhen quantied andmonetized them, concluding that greeni75 per cent of the citys at roofs could sautilities $37 million a year.

    The residential market for green roofs niche, but Toronto now offers incentives per square metre for homeowners. Whenconsider the cost, per square metre, for a roof, around $150compared to $100 foasphalt shingle roofthose savings makNow, factor in unquantiables, such as cuappeal, and the actual impact on your provalue, and you might wonder why youd incentive at all.

    1. The roof of the visitor centre at VanDusenBotanical Garden in Vancouver, designed byarchitectural firm Perkins + Will Canada, is plantedwith native grasses and flowering bulbs to mimic ameadow. Rainwater collected from the roof is usedin the washrooms, treated in an on-site bioreactor,then released into the garden.2. Fragrant herbs and waving ornamental grassesthrive on the penthouse bulkhead atop a 12-storeyconverted industrial building Manhattan, datingfrom the early 20th century. The greenery benefitsfrom rainwater captured in a cistern. 3. Many contemporary architects are now includinga green roof as part of their designs for residential

    clients. Acre Architects, who created a green rooffor the Saint John, N.B., house in this issue (p. 44), saw it as an opportunity to display the potential of

    flat roofs, of which there aremany in the city. But thefunctional value is alsosubstantial: Because theroof retains water and slowsdown the rate of runoff, itsaved them from having toinstall a 100-metre-longstormwater pipe.4. The roof of this Caledon,Ont., home by architect IanMacDonald (p. 14) isplanted with native grassessimilar to those in thesurrounding meadow,visually tying in the housewith the landscape. Theplanting is expected todouble the life of the roofmembrane and reduce thecooling load on the house.

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    DESIGN PHILE GOODS

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    Rugged, rustic and made for casual living: furniture that says summers here

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    1. Endearingly chubby, yet with a minimalist aesthe Paradise Orb outdoor lounge chair, in white oblack, slips easily into any setting. From AndrewRichard Designs. Large (shown), $895.

    2. Reminiscent of its namesake, the Branch chair hcharming irregular weave that belies its durable mof polypropylene mesh seat and back. Its mate is tdie-cast aluminum dining tablea modern pairingwill endure. Chair, $805; table, $3,230. At Avenue

    3. A smart boxy shape and modern tight weave b ran apt urban edge to the Uptown collection by AnRichard Designs. Crisp in a seasonal palette of whand blue, it turns deck or terrace into an intimateoutdoor living room. Pieces sold separately: leftmodule, $2,295; corner seat, $1,495; ottoman, $1,

    4. The whimsical, minimalist Geppettos Boy firappeared in the spring, at one of the off-site satelexhibits that coincided with the Interior Design Sin Toronto. The entryway bench in pale maple haadjustable mirrors and exquisite detailing. In limproduction, through Simon Ford Studio. $4,700

    5. Elegance meets rusticity for alfresco dining wBarbara Barrys extendable Communal dining tabteak on a powder-coated aluminum base, flankedclean-lined basket-weave Key dining chairs withsupportive tall backs. Through McGuire Furnitur

    6. Substantial, yet lighthearted, the Rua Ipanemalounge chair designed b y Yabu Pushelberg takes traditional idea of the armchair and says relacushy rounded form and walnut swivelling base mit easy to comp ly. From $3,700. At Avenue Road

    7. Designer Heidi Earnshaws refined touch is evin her disting uished handmade Trough Trestle tabIn oiled black walnut with a sturdy trestle base antrough-like indentation for display or serving di s

    Seats eight; for indoor use. $7,500

    See Index, p. 89, for info5

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    The hotel, we are reminded, is a exible,if iconic, forma cultural, political, socialand historical space. It is a place occupiedby artistslike the Beat Hotel in Paris,where American poet Allen Ginsberg wroteKaddish , and New Yorks Chelsea, whereLeonard Cohen, who surfaces more thanonce in the Vancouver exhibition, alsopenned a song about that hotel. Real-lifespies too, straight out of John le Carrnovels, typically stayed at hotels, but so didFidel Castro, who seized the Havana Hiltonfor three months in 1959 and operated outof Room 2324.

    Notwithstanding ancient caravanseraisroadside inns that catered to travellers on theSilk Roadthe modern hotel, we learn, owesits existence to the long arm of Europeancolonialism. Dak bungalows in India, for

    instance, sheltered travelling British subjectsand their entourages, while Sabena, theformer Belgian national airline, operatedguest houses in the Congo.

    The two-oor exhibition at VAG offers adizzying array of text, visuals and video. If you have time for just one section, pick theDesign area, with its architectural modelsof iconic hotels. From New Yorks Waldorf Astoria, the rst of the bubble hotels thattransformed the hotel experience fromperipheral to cinematic, to the sobermodernism of Arne Jacobsens SASRadisson in Copenhagen, to MosheSafdies most recent mega project, themini-city resort Marina Bay Sands inSingapore, the hotel is revealed as afascinating moveable feast. At the Vancouver Art Gallery until Sept. 16. Hadani Ditmars

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    SocialStudies An exhibition explores the history,the mystery and the allure of the hotel.

    People come and go. Nothing ever happens. The famous quotation that bookends the 1932 movie Grand Hotel is, of course,ironic. Plenty happens in the lm as strangers meet, connive and then part, andplenty has always happened under the roof of every hotel, past and present. That isthe overarching idea behind the explorations of Grand Hotel: Redesigning Modern

    Life, an exhibition currently at the Vancouver Art Gallery.

    Banff Springs Hotel, 1888.Canada Department of theInterior / Library and

    Archi ves Can ada, c.19 09.Photo: Bruce Price

    Wolwedans Dunes Lodge,NamibRand NatureReserve, Namibia, 2003.Photo: Stephan Brckner

    The Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas, c.1950. Courtesy of UNLVLibraries Special Collections. Photo: George Vernon Russell

    Raffles Hotel, Singapore. Luggage label, 19Courtesy of Raffles Hotel Singa

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    SUMME

    The eleg ant, eclect ic domest ic-goo ds empor ium Teatro Verde has expan ded its ho me and ga rden reper toire toinclude all things culinary. Cucina is the latest additionto co-owners Shawn Gi bson and Michael Pellegrinossmart repertoire, which includes their chic agship storeon two oors of a historic buil ding in midtown Toronto.

    IN GOOD TASTE

    Lean and crisp, creamy-rich or lushly t ropicaltheres a white thats right.BY JOHN BOSSY

    Chteau Haut-Bergey Blanc 2009Pessac Leognan, Bordeaux $58

    If you want to know what a Sauvignon Blanc-Smillon blend shoulthis is it. From its pale gold colour to its spicy, honeyed nish, this ilayered, juicy and richly textured feast of the senses delivers in everHerbs, spices and beeswax on the nose give way to a palate-coatinglemon oil, almonds and lime zest. A well-sculpted, complex white. pan-seared scallops in saffron cream sauce and prepare to meet youScore: 93

    Zind-Humbrecht Clos Saint Urbain Rangen de ThannGewrztraminer 2009Alsace Grand Cru $74

    Drinking this white is like rolling in a bed of owers, as this deep, gooff-dry elixir offers up aromas of rose petals, peach blossoms and troseasoned with clove and cake spice. A wine for hedonists, this is pureconcentrated pleasure with just enough acidity to keep the mind and pfocused. Let the dense mango, honey and nectarine avours roll in yofor a generous nish that lingers long. Pair with foie gras or steamed Score: 93

    Domaine Weinbach Clos des Capucins Schlossberg RieslingAlsace Grand Cru $50

    This is a wine for those who appreciate purity, style and striking acipungent on the nose, almost combustible in the glass as int, while and lemon zest mingle and emerge. Taste its grip. This steely Rieslimouth-watering, with lemon, pepper and minerals persisting on thePair with pork chops in a sauce of Dijon mustard, white wine and vScore: 91

    Domaine Jean-Claude Bessin Valmur Chablis Grand Cru 20Chablis, Burgundy $53

    Dont drink this wine right away! Give it another few years and thoaked Chardonnay will be showing its class and complexity. The glimestone on the nose intensies even as the night progresses Weldelineated lemon-lime and mineral avours are lively on the palatget livelier. Drink with broiled lobster.Score: 90

    Red-wine drinkers earn more money and drink more wine than their white-wine drinking counterparts, and theyre even happier, according to a recent

    study, commissioned through Sopexa, a global food and wine marketing group.This got me thinking about whether people really can be divided up that way. Oh

    sure, I know some who drink only red and those who drink only white, but most winelovers enjoy both. Yet, the way we experience these wines is different.Its natural to swirl and sniff and study the label of that proud NapaCab youre serving for dinner tonight. Now try doing the same whileknocking back Pinot Grigio on your favourite sun-drenched patio. Onhot summer nights in Naples, they serve white wine in jugs half-lledwith peaches, a pleasure to be sure, but hardly the best way toexperience the distinct character of a ne white wine.

    To put it bluntly, white wine doesnt get the respect it deserves.Often light and easy-drinking, it is the fun-loving blonde next to herdarker, brooding sister.

    Is this always true? Do there exist white wines showing the kind of complexity, character and intrigue that we associate with ne reds?Is there a white at the end of the tunnel?

    My answer is yes, but before we come to the winesfour stunningexampleswhat are the tasting proles you should expect toencounter in your search for the ultimate white? Are you the type whoprefers something stylishly lean, austere and crisp? Then you mightfavour a Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Grigio or Albario.

    Or maybe, well-rounded, creamy and rich is your style. In that case, oak is yourfriend, so invite a Chardonnay, Smillon or white Rioja to share your table tonight.

    Who doesnt love a luscious fruit bomb? Gewrztraminer is the exotic headliner,but you might also consider a Viognier or Roussanne-Marsanne blend.

    Of course, there is plenty of overlap.White wine is enhanced when spicy, oral or herbal notes are present, and

    minerality adds to the sense that the wine is an expression of the soil. To experiencenuances of this type, serve your white wine at about 10 degrees Celsius, a little higherfor the oaked wines. Fridge temperature is 2 to 3 degrees, so depending on where youkeep your wine, take it out of storage well before serving time.

    And now for the winesfour blockbusters, all French, not because I preferFrench wines necessarily but because most of the great white grapes originate fromthat country, and these four represent the benchmark.

    THE JOY OF CUCINA Launched this spring in Bayview Village shoppingcentre, in the citys northeast, Cucina is a specialtyshop that serves avid cooks and food lovers. On offeris an extensive selection of stove-to-table wares, linennovelty kitchen items and cookbooks, along withprepared gourmet foods and on-site cooking classesconducted by professional chefs.

    Teatro Verde Cucina, teatroverde.com

    WHATS YOUR TYPE?

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    THELONG VIEW

    A WEEKEND HOME N EAR TORONTO

    EXEMPLIFIES THE BEST OF

    CONTEMPORARY BUILDING DESIGN

    WHILE DRAWING ON THE DEE P ROOTS

    OF THE COUNTRY HOME TRADITION:

    IT EXISTS IN HARMONY WITH THE

    LANDSCAPE AND EXPRESSES

    THE PEACEFULNESS THAT IS AN

    ATTRACTION OF COUNTRY LIFE.

    BY JOHN BENTLEY MAYSPHOTOGRAPHY BY TOM ARBAN

    The house, which sits on rolling land in a meadowbillowing grasses, is set into the ground on a slopilow retaining walls of local granite help create a secontainment. Long horizontal lines, a at rooine transparent walls dene its modern character.

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    Canadian architect Ian MacDonald belongs to an ancienttribe of designers who have been producing distinguished

    country houses for wealthy urban clients ever since large citiescame into existence and afuent citizens acquired the wherewithalto escape from them.

    Andrea Palladio and Georgian Englands Lord Burlington andSir Edwin Lutyens were members of this brotherhood; and, closerto our own time, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was one of them.As we learn from a spacious dwelling he recently completed inthe largely rural municipality of Caledon, northwest of Toronto,

    MacDonald shares with his creative ancestors a air for shapingthe important country house in harmony with its setting in thelandscape, for making it t in gracefully instead of standing out,expressing in its lines and materials the peacefulness that is oneattraction of country life for big-city folk.

    The villa stands on hilly land, a little less than 100 acres of it,

    long ago cleared of old-growth forest and brush and now coveredby hay elds, meadows and woodlots. Before the present ownersbought the property, the only structures on it were a 19th-centurystone farmhouseonce used as a post ofcea big barn and afew other outbuildings, all clustered near the road. There is a high,windy point on the sitean exposed spot that could have providedpanoramic views over the surrounding countryside, but at the priceof comfort in Ontarios gusty northern winters and a certain sense of belonging to the land that can happen when ones house is nestledinto it. In choosing to set his house down in a small dip at the head

    of a broad, shallow gulley running crosswise over the property,MacDonald avoided the weary clich of the mansion on the hilland also spared his clients unhappiness later on.

    The dwellings stylistic vocabulary is uncompromisingly modern-ist. The long horizontal lines of its composition and its at rooineand transparent walls have descended into the present day from a

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    For the homes cladding, architect IanMacDonald used a pewter-coloured siGalvalume-coated corrugated steel, wdescribes as very agricultural in chaGalvalume contains aluminum, whichit longer-lasting, more efcient and mcost-effective than galvanized steel.

    Left: Because the site slopes downhillMacDonald designed a ramp with a gincline in the corridor that ushers resiinto the main living area. The board-fconcrete wall inside and the stone wacontribute to the sense of containmenone proceeds down the ramp. The opethe right leads to the more private spabedrooms, the owners ofce and a gy

    Opposite page: Water is pumped frompond on the property and delivered totop of this watercourse, at the entranchouse, where it cascades down severato a wading pool at the bottom (alsoAn awning window alongside opens tin the soothing sound of the waterfallsouthwest side of the house called forroof overhang to provide shade.

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    Although high ceilings and walls of windows givcombined living/dining/kitchen area a sense of grthere are also more intimate moments. A sitting anestles cosily into an inglenook space integrated wwindow and built-in bookshelves (perpendicular treplace). The window frames neatly capture a vi

    old barn on the property. Eventually, the owners wa weaving studio there as well.

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    post-war tradition of strictly tailored modern elegance exempliedby such buildings as Richard Neutras Kaufmann Desert Housein California (1946) and Miess Farnsworth weekend retreat nearChicago (19451951). Like these and other successful rural homesproduced in the last century by pace-setting architects in the modernmovement, MacDonalds Caledon home is something better than agaunt glass box. Rather, it has been carefully planned to frame thenatural and man-made beauties of the surrounding landscape andto protect the inhabitants from bad weather, but also to underscorethe continuity between inside and outside.

    Looking out through the towering glass walls in the open-planliving and dining area of the house, for instance, the visitor isinvited to take in a variety of pastoral prospects. In one, the old

    barn stands in the middle distance, framed on one side by thegulley slope and, on the other side, by a sequence of small pondsdropping away from the house. Like an alley in a formal garden,this little articial watercourse connects near and far, and it createsa visual link between the entirely contemporary villa and the sitesagricultural past.

    Glancing in another direction, one catches sight of the long,weedy ridge of a hill nearby. Its a feature that stops the eye fromgoing farther and makes the house seem enclosed, protected,grounded in the attractively unrened landscape. The green roof,planted with native grasses, further reinforces this sense that thehouse is a part of this meadow, not a foreign entity transplantedfrom afar. We are reminded by this and other integrating gestures

    that a successful country home is never merely a city mansionunceremoniously dropped down outside town. It should resonatewith whats around it, as this house does so well.

    Like the variously cultivated and wild land that surrounds it,this dwelling offers a range of spatial and sensuous experiencesto anyone who steps over the thresholda sequence of interior

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    Opposite: The corridor provides a strongvisual link between the rural landscape

    outside and the spacious interior of thehome, dened by soaring ceilings withunpainted Douglas r rafters. Modernsectional sofas proffer a pristine, yet cosycorner retreat bathed in natural light.

    This page: Concrete, a fairly primitivematerial, is ideal for a country house,

    MacDonald saysits strong, permanentand practical, standing up to spills anddogs. These concrete surfaces are a verymuted, even, beautiful grey colour, he

    notes. They are handcrafted and hand-trowelled, which means theyre never quite

    perfect. He adds: That makes it real.Geothermal and hydronic oor heating wereused throughout the house.

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    On the same level as the living room, a guest wing stretches out to the east,behind the kitchen, while half a level below grade are a family room and agames room. A long, wide table offers the ultimate in comfort and practicalityfor a country home where visitors are a regular occurrence. The polishedconcrete oors end at the bottom of the ramp, where they mesh naturallywith warm white oak.

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    topographies that lend variety to the action of moving throspace inside the envelope.

    After entering at the front door, for example, one descendsheart of the house from the vestibule by way of a long rampside is a rough concrete wall that has been cast in moulds fa

    from raw planksa handsome move recalling, without consion, the humble materials and means of rural constructithe other side of the ramp, separated from it by a large eof glass, is a series of small pools that step down parallramp and empty into the watercourse connecting house anBeyond the pools, and once again running parallel to the cwall, is a tall, rugged barrier made of stacked granite blocktogether, the concrete plane and the escarpment of stone sframe and dene the entry ramp, providing a sturdy, detransitiona kind of processional routefrom the levemeadow above down to the high-ceilinged main living zo

    In contrast to the ramp, which acts as a bridge between thnal world and the familys private territory, the high-ceiling

    and dining area is very much a destination. A bookcase at interrupts the clear ow of space. Glass walls bring nature none does not lose the sense that this is an enclosure, a placefamily to gather its members, its memories, its thoughts.

    Native stone, form-cast or polished concrete, glass anplaster, wood (warm white oak for the oors and cabinetrylas r for the unpainted rafters and roof supports that sohead), corrugated steel exterior cladding that recalls the silos and barns: these are the plain, modern-day elementmaterial palette of MacDonald, who juxtaposes and rhym

    Its worth noting that the history o designingcountry houses has not been all aboutmasterpieces. A ter all, or every client who soughtout the talents o Palladio or another o his rank,there were many who merely wanted somethingshow-o fsh outside the city limits. Victorianindustrialists, or example, put up some gruesomepseudo-medieval piles in the English countryside,and their American counterparts dotted hilltopsand felds with sprawling architectural mistakes.In our own era, designers hired by newly enriched

    Americans and Canadians have deposited many agaudy stylistic pastiche and outright travesty on the

    rural scene.It takes more than money to build a memorable

    contemporary house in the country, in otherwordsthough it does take money, and plenty oit. First, suitable and scenic land has to be acquired.

    Thats a tall order in a region like southern Ontario(and in the vicinity o most large cities), MacDonasays, since most o the large and impressiveproperties within easy driving distance o themetropolis have already been snapped up. Thentheres the expense o preparing the site to holda house. An architect with experience at doingsuch things has to be hiredone pre erably withconsiderable doggedness about pacing o andresearching the property be ore the best locationthe dwelling is determined. A road in has to be ba well dug, electricity and sanitation taken care oand landscaping arranged.

    Not counting whatever is required to buy the laMacDonald says that the cost o establishing anarchitecturally signifcant country seat nowadaysstarts at around $3 million and goes up rom the J.B.M.

    THE TALLY FOR BUILDING IN THE COUNTRY ON BUDGET

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    like words in a poem. Illumination too is an important ingrent of the architects repertoire. In addition to the hard sunshreected off the treeless meadows through the glass walls, s

    radiance is captured by snorkel-like skylights and scattered dward into the interior.

    The house that is MacDonalds poem is luxurious but not faExecuted for a Toronto entrepreneur and his family, it shares wthe best rural residences of city people in every age an unmiable clarity and simplicity. One thinks of the villas of Palladithose by the Georgians, as well as the country estates of cewell-off Romans centuries before modern times. Like the of those buildings, this one displays high-mindedness combiwith unforced modesty, and a well-articulated cultural agendaowes a great deal to classical values, as these have been interpby the modern movement. In doing it, the architect kept his attion critically focused on the things that matter most in the r

    ization of any residential project: terrain and cultural historydeft handling of materials and, in this case, the most durable idevolved in the long tradition and venerable art of building hoin the country for city people.

    For oor plans, go to iadmagazi

    Above: In the bedroom, the palette of materials used in the houseglass,polished concrete and white-paintedsurfaces, Douglas r rafters and whiteoak oors and built-in cabinetrycomes

    together in a look that is both clean andwarm, with a simplicity and a sense thatit is wholly derived from nature.

    Opposite: Light monitors on the roof admitthe low winter sun deep into the house,reecting a soft, even light off their drywallcontainers. The architect worked withlandscape designer Neil Turnbull to create

    a series of six ponds and brooks, a systemspanning about 1,100 feet. In addition toproviding a place for swimming, the pondsoffer drinking-quality water.

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    ONCE A RUINTO BECOME HABITABLE AFTER A CENTURY OF DECAY, THIS 1700s STONE HOUSEIN SCOTLANDS INNER HEBRIDES REQUIRED RESTORATION, REINFORCEMENTAND A BRAND NEW STRUCTURE. BUT SIM PLE RENEWAL WASNT THE ONLY GOAL.THE PLAN WAS ALWAYS TO MAINTAIN ITS RUINED NATURE.BY ELLEN HIMELFARBPHOTOGRAPHY BY ANDREW LEE AND JAMES GARDINER

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    The current owners enlisted Edinbarchitect William Tunnell to shore ruin and append a second, contempstructure. Tunnell retrotted the orhouse (at right) with a kitchen on level and, upstairs, a bedroom andthe rear, he built a two-storey whitturret containing a modern study abathroom. The cracked end of the left rooess and laid with stones, ca courtyard that peeks out at the lathrough narrow Georgian windowsPhoto: Andrew Lee

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    The erce winds that batter the Isle of Coll can feand tear roofs off houses. But in the end, it was th

    settling over time that triggered the lightning-bolt cleft four-foot-thick wall of this old house. The Precambriahome was built in the 1700s for the land manager of the

    of Maclean, who had the good sense himself to live on ground. It was here that the writer Samuel Johnson anbiographer James Boswell stayed during their tour of C1773, seeking refuge from one of those notorious local sBut a few decades later, they wouldnt have had much The fringes of this Hebridean island are essentially sandgood territory for a golf course, says William Tunnearchitect who shored up the Georgian landmark.

    The stone house sat derelict for more than a century blanding in the hands of Alex Maclean-Bristol, in 200

    It became clear that the new owners had formed a romanticattachment to the original house:

    the outlook, the landscape, the texture. There was real weightin atmospheric terms, thearchitect says.

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    Left: A steel staircase with oak treads was the largest element manufactured off-siteadded a glass balustrade to keep an open aspect. The reinforced walls of the old buiare so thick the windows act as display coves. Staircase, DMH Blacksmiths of Inv

    Above, centre : The original doorway of the old house would have been on the buildsecond oor, accessed by an outdoor wood staircase. To highlight the original portalTunnell designed an aerie, found en route to the study. It consists of an iron frame linwith oak laminate forming a window seat you can climb into from the landing. The nook has a view into the rooess courtyard.

    Above, right: At the top of the white-stuccoed turret, the study is a streamlined writiretreat, built small to reserve more space for high-trafc areas. Tunnell panelled it wcherry wood and built in ample storage along the length of the room.

    Below: In a classic designers trick that makes a room appear larger, the glass links oor extends outside to a patio facing Grishipol Bay, and past sliding-glass doors torear terrace. The owners furnished it minimally, with everythinga telescope especfocused on the view. It represents a clean visual break from the stone-walled ruin.Photos: this page, Andrew Lee; opposite, James Gardiner

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    sold his at in London and moved to Coll to help run the800-acre family farm at a time when he and his wife, Seonaid,were starting a family. The story would have ended there,had the house been habitable. But it was not, missing as itwas, a roof.

    Putting themselves up in a cottage nearby, the couplecontacted Tunnell, an old acquaintance in Edinburgh whoin 2006 founded WT Architecture, a practice known for itscontemporary, sustainable solutions to listed, or architec-turally historic, buildings.

    I had always resisted working on the island. Having hadmy own small house there as a child, I know the landscapequite well, says the architect, alluding to the challengingsetting. But this was a job I wasnt going to turn down.

    It became clear from early discussions that the clients hadformed a romantic attachment to the original housetheoutlook, the landscape, the texture. There was real weightin atmospheric terms, says Tunnell. The options were to

    build elsewhere, so the new home looked toward the ruin, orhalf engage with the ruin, half occupy it and maintain someof the ruined nature.

    The latter option won out, despite its being the far morecostly. Tunnells team embarked on a 15-month, 750,000($1.16 million) restoration involving the requisite archaeologi-cal dig (which uncovered some Bronze Age pottery) and someserious reinforcement. The cleft was 40 centimetres wide atthe top, says Tunnell, so there was no gluing it back togeth-er. Rather, they hired local builder Tom Davies to stitch itup like a corset, laying stainless steel straps across the cracksand anchoring heavy steel frames into the stone around theformer replaces and windows.

    The remaining walls, Tunnell reckoned, would survive bytheir own weight. Its the oldest rock in Britain, he says of the local granite-like Lewisian gneiss, formed almost threebillion years ago. He adds, with characteristic British under-statement: Its extremely durable.

    The cleft half of the house has become a courtyard, thestone walls providing shelter from island gales. For the family,which now includes three sons, Archie, Fergus and Xander, itis an essential, year-round space.

    To convert the other half, Tunnell hired Spey Building andJoinery, a Highland company used to working in the poorweather of the Scottish off-season. Spey constructed a two-and-a-half-storey turret dubbed The Tooth to balance out the

    contemporary look and house smaller spaces, like a bathroomand a larder, plus a study overlooking the property from thetop. Meanwhile, they constructed a wood pod and removed adilapidated wall of the house to slip it into the stone super-structure; this contains the new kitchen and, upstairs, a guestbedroom. The kitchen, the only common room located in the

    This page and opposite:House, so named becausestands out among the verblack-stone homes on Corst lime house on the islone of the few rooess bulisted with Historic Scotlalso earned distinction asrst square-cornered, slathome. The soft earthcoprobably, with pressure fheavy slate roofcausedssure to appear sometim1800s. The structure waswith stainless steel strapsthe cracks and steel framanchor the window openirenovation completed in Photos: this page, James Gardiopposite, Andrew Lee

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    ON LOCATIONISLAND LIVING BY THE NUMBERS

    The tiny Isle o Coll, Scotlandpopulation,200; area, approximately 19,000 acresis

    known or its windswept sand dunes on thebeach and the rare corncrake bird, as well asthe Breachacha castles, which date back tothe 15th and 18th centuries.

    Rugged, wild and remote, Scotlands InnerHebrides has much to o er in terms o privacy

    or those drawn to exclusive, unique vacationproperties. One such is on the Isle o Mull, a

    popular tourist destinationa fve-bedroomhouse on eight acres o land with sea views

    and a cost o 695,000 ($1.08 million). Anotheris a 16th-century castle, Grade A listed, on halan acre in Aberdeenshire, in the town o Ban ,170 miles north o Edinburgh; it is priced at400,000 ($620,000), which includes the titleo Baron o Inchdrewer.

    Meanwhile, on the east coast o Canada,in Nova Scotia, is a fve-bedroom, fve-

    bathroom property overlooking the Bay oFundy, renowned or the worlds highest tides.

    A 20-minute boat ride rom the mainland, this$4.7-million, 10.5-acre parcel o land sits on a

    ortress-like natural preserve on a rural island.In the West, a our-bedroom, three-bathroomhome on fve acres pro ering mountain vistas,in Pemberton, B.C., can be had or $1.87million; Pemberton is a two-and-a-hal -hourdrive north o Vancouver. Staff

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    Georgian structure, benets from its proximity to thdoor and driveway and acts as a hub between two epo

    Great respect was paid to every facet of the restorareplace a broken lintel over the aged door, Tunnell boa piece from the newerbuilt in the 18th century

    two Breachacha castles nearby. And when builders refallen stones from the overgrown oor, they reused thewhere in the home.

    Over 15 months the builders lived like oil-rig wtwo weeks on-site, ve days off, to minimize the thrcommute to the 30-square-mile island. While they retthe interior walls into the historic building, they begaon the main living quarters, a two-storey home connethe old house by a steel-framed glass link.

    With the stones recovered from the ruin, they built awest wall to moor the new structure and tie it in wlandscape. The remaining soft walls were fashionblack-stained Scottish larch shipped from the ma

    wood being a sparse resource on Coll. Ive always liktimber, says Tunnell. And it played down the bulbuilding, so it sits back a bit.

    The two houses, old and new, have little but their roofs in common. As you leave the ruin by way of the stone yields immediately to the glass link, where the MBristols have arranged an open-concept dining-livifacing the ragged coastline. At its other end, the linkonto a cherry-wood snug and a wide concrete staircasing up a double-height picture window. In fact, the newis glazed wherever possible, whereas the ruin is pewith meagre Georgian openings and dovecotes.

    Yet, nor does the new build adhere to a contem

    open plan. Its all about contrasting spaces, says TYou dont want to sit with your family all the timea big house, so its nice to have a space you can retrFollowing an Arts and Crafts approach, the architectto design moments of joy, like the simple oak windo

    Tunnells very contemporary engineering, howstrategic foundations and that powerful west-facingshould guarantee a habitable dwelling on this lancentury. In a hundred years time, after the hurricawill probably need the same shoring up, he says, buthen, just a lick of paint.

    For oor plans, go to iadmaga

    Left: Stone formations from millennia of occupation on thiHebridean island still exist across the property. Tunnell tracof these formations with the homes west-facing stone wallone reason the new house is built at an angle to the old oneThe other is the weather; the wall protects from westerly wPhotos: top, James Gardiner; bottom, Andrew Lee

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    NOW YOU SEE IT

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    FOR A PART-TIME HOME JUST OUTSIDE THE CITY, A SLEEK GLASS BOMODERNIST TRADITION ACHIEVES A CAREFUL BALANCE OF WIDE, OPEN V

    TUCKED-AWAY RETREAT, WITH AN AESTHETIC THATS EQUALLY RUGGED ANBY CAROLYN KENNEDY| PHOTOGRAPHY BY BJRN WALLAND

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    dark-framed semi-transparent box on aof green, this house is as much about what isnt there awhat is. At first glance, it seems ethereal. We startevision of dark steel and we wanted a glass box. But we reourselvesto glass, steel, stone, wood, explains Mishi Still, for all the renement that statement might imply, thissylvania country home is not at all precious. Designed and years ago by the husband-and-wife team of Adam WeintrMishi Hosono, principals of New Yorkbased rm Koko Ature + Design, the house is solid yet light-lled, streaml

    comfortable, cool yet warm, and smartly practical and We consciously made it a rugged house, Weintraub say

    The locale worked its inuence on the architects in wseem clearly visible now. The property sits in a semi-ruralbetween farmland and the suburbs of Philadelphia, whertional Mennonite barn structures and steel-truss bridge

    A

    Previous page: The house sits on a ve-acreproperty, with a screen of trees to provideenclosure and privacy. The central glass boxthebridge between two relatively opaque boxesisformed within a steel exoskeleton that is lifted justoff the ground by the concrete foundation, whichgives it the appearance of oating. Floor and ceilingare suspended from the steel ribs, and steel-framedwindows line the two long sides, rendering thehouse transparent at night and, by day, breakingthe barrier between inside and out, says MishiHosono. From the beginning, we wanted toexpress the steel from the outside, she says.We wanted it to look strong and supporting.

    Above: At rst, the architects were reluctant tolight the landscape around the house. We wantedthe architecture to be the only light source,Adam Weintraub says. But when a glass-walledhouse is lit from the inside at night, the landscapedisappears and the structure becomes a houseof mirrors to the inhabitants, Hosono explains.So, they have illuminated the outside selectively,

    enough to draw the eye out and provide a senseof the spaces around the house while retaining anatural feel. (Its not like a resort, with a light onevery tree, Weintraub notes.) Initially, only theinterior part of the stone chimney was lit, as shownhere, but more recently LED uplighting has beenadded to illuminate the exterior portion as well,turning it into a two-storey column of light at night.

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    part of the local building vernacular. The severity of line and thesteel exoskeleton of the house can trace their inspiration to thosetraditions, along with the ebony-stained wood cladding that allowsthe buildings framework to almost disappear into the woodedsurroundings. And the ruggedness of farm equipment inspired

    the architects efforts to express the steel in a raw way, as Wein-traub describes it. There is a lot of old stonework in the area, andone of the owners grew up in Connecticut, which abounds withold stone farmhouses. One of their rst visits to the area includeda trip to the local stoneyard. That began the materials palette,Hosono recalls. The massive chimney wall that extends beyondthe frame of the house references the stone chimneys of Pennsyl-vania farmhouses and divides the open, glass-walled public areasfrom a private master suite at one end that, in stark contrast, is allabout the sense of enclosure.

    The owners, who spend part of the workweek in their New YorkCity loft, wanted their country home to be a departure. Theyasked, How different can it be? Weintraub says. They wanted

    to do glass, a at roof. They were dreaming of a modern villa.The idea was to make a house with access to nature, where youcould also bring nature insideand we wanted to make a severelymodern house, with warmth. Certainly, its a brand new look inthat area, Hosono says. People show up at the door, asking fortours; they take pictures; some have left notes commenting onhow beautiful it is.

    For oor plans, go to iadmagazine.com .

    Theres a sense in modernarchitecture that you seeeverything at once, Weintraubsays. The architects chose toslow down the process here.Its more like storytelling. You

    dont give it all away at once.

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    The living room is anchored by the stone chimneywall, which marks the end of the glass box, orpublic, dimension of the house; behind it is the single-storey master suite and the library. The furnishingsreect the homes austere contemporary lines: a

    square-edged sofa in what Hosono describes as dirtymustard yellowlike a summer linen suit, a blackleather chair on slim chrome legs and a glass-toppedcoffee table that continues the theme of transparency.The sofa and the deep-pile shag rug are light-coloured

    to stand out against the practical slate oor, bto the relaxed mandate of the country home, are no off-limits zones for the family dog. GMart Poltrona chair, side table, all from B&Bcocktail table, Cassina; rug, ABC Carpet & H

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    Above: A serene, low-key space tucked away at the farend of the house, the master bedroom is painted an in-between colournot green, not grey. Its early-springyoung-leaves colour, Hosono says, and its designedto make the walls disappear against the treesa goalthats assisted by large windows that almost meet atone corner. A glass-topped desk on a chrome X-base isanother transparent element. Albini table and Saarinenchair by Knoll; desk lamp, Achille Castiglione for Flos.

    Right: The walls and oor of the master bathroom arecovered in Italian porcelain tile, chosen for its warmthand indestructibility. It goes back to the rugged idea of the country house, Weintraub says. Another practical

    detail: a back door that leads directly from the bathroomto the garden and pool area with a sleek frosted-glasscabana (opposite). Double cube sink, Wetstyle; faucet,Hansgrohe Axor; light xture, Bega.Photos, opposite: Nikolas Koenig

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    The owners, who spend part of the workweek in their New York City loft, wan their country home to be a departure. They asked, How different can it be?

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    One of the owners, a retired opera singer and now a serious chef, inspired the idea of adisplay (stage) kitchen and a work (backstage) kitchen. Here, in the stage kitchen, whichis open to the living and dining areas, guests can enjoy a glass of wine and keep the chef company as he handles simpler food prep. The natural colours of the materials palette tie inwith the rest of the public areas: whitewashed quarter-sawn oak cabinetry and a backsplashof warm grey Corian, framed by the ebonized cedar cladding. In the backstage kitchen (not

    shown), durable stainless steel is the predominant material, providing the perfect responseto the owners desire for a kitchen in the back of the house where he could make a mess.Cabinetry and counter design, Koko Architecture + Design; Jasper Morrison stools, Cappellini.

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    Above: The screened porch sits behind the central glass structure, providing a separation betweepublic spaces and the guest suite. Its accessed on the main level from the work kitchen and the tbut a steel bridge overhead also provides a link to the guest suite, which sits above the garage, aback. Clad in bre-cement panels, and painted off-white, the porch is a three-season living spacthe owners often drag in a table for dining. In keeping with the modernist aesthetic, typically chu

    porch furniture was bypassed in favour of a streamlined look, with seating covered in indoor-oufabric. Furniture, Crate and Barrel.

    Above, left: The small library in the master suite is wrapped, walls and oor, in walnut, creating intimate space thats in contrast to the glass-enclosed main living area. The sense of enclosure isenhanced by the low horizontal window, again in opposition to the sweeping views available on other side of the wall. Its the kind of window I grew up with in Japan, Hosono says of the insfor it. Wed often sit on the oor and there would be low horizontal windows to frame the viewalmost a slit, just enough to let light in.

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    The modern faade of the house is a meeting of solidityand transparency, lightness and weight. Clad in weatheredwood siding repurposed from a Wyoming snow fence, andaccented with black steel window frames, the exterior hasa toughness that suits the urban setting, says architectStephen Kopp. The site is between two old, very different

    neighbourhoods, Kopp explains. So, the house isntsleek or ostentatious. We consciously chose not to builda perfect white box on a hill. The home is sited to takeadvantage of the views, including that of the spectacularrock that was part of the propertys initial appeal.

    THE BACK STORY I you missed any o the earlier chin our series on the building o thisBrunswick dream house, you can fnthem on iadmagazine.com

    TIMELINE

    Spring 2010The land is purchased.

    June 2010Judith and Robert have their frst demeeting with Acre Architects.

    July 2010The owners are presented with twodesign concepts; one is chosen.

    April 2011 A 100-metre driveway is con structethe road to the site.

    AprilJun e 2011Excavation or the oundation andbasement level; the oundation is p

    July 2011Framing or the main level is compand the main- oor joists are in placbasement walls are erected. Serviceinstalled, ready or connection.

    August 2011The sub oor on the main level is insome pre-assembled walls are erectand the steel ramework is installe

    September 2011The upper level materializes: oori

    joists and sub oor are in stalled, and

    steel ramework and the upper walnow in place.

    October 2011 Vandals do minor damage. The roo

    raming and roo installation are c

    December 2011The local supplier o their Germanmanu actured windows goes out obusinessnecessitating a search owindows and a our-month delay.

    January 2012On New Years Day, Robert and Juddiscover that thieves have broken induring the holidays and removed thhomes copper wiring.

    April 2012The windows are installed at last. Nthe interior fnishes ooring, paint

    urnishingcan fnally go in.

    August 2012Move-in day!

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    a crisp, cool afternoonMackin and Robert Moore trudge up the steep path property on a hill in downtown Saint John. With the backdusk, the lit-up windows beckon from their new home, wh

    on a plateau about 40 feet from the topa modern tablabove the historic port city.

    Judith makes this climb to the top of the site on a dailsometimes accompanied by their Boston terriers, Scout andWe sneak up here and spy on Robert, she says, laughing

    There have been many times since construction of thbegan, in the spring of 2011, when laughter was a lot hnd. Despite some unfortunate surprises along the wayextensive site preparations than expected, record-settingduring the months of building, and incidents of petty vancompletion of the house was still on track for December 20then things went terribly wrong.

    As the couple made plans to spend Christmas in the

    home, give up their rental and retrieve their belongingstoragethey sold their previous house in September 2011came that the local supplier of their German-manufacturednum-clad windows had disappeared. The windows werin a warehouse about an hour away, says architect Stephebut there was no one with the specialized knowledge t

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    Opposite: In a house with so many windows, it was essential to designate an art wallfor changing displays from the collection of owners Judith Mackin and Robert Moore(above). The weathered wood siding forms a continual thread from the outside, sothe outdoors doesnt just stop at the edge of the house, Adair explains. The woodis an arrow, she says, that pulls the gaze from the view of the art to views of the sitebeyond. Dining table, Bruce Gray. For art credits, see p. 89.

    Right: The kitchen is the onlyspace that feels all white,Adair says. Everywhere else,the books, the wood, thefurnitureeverything elseadds colour. The light-lled 15-by-17-foot kitchenborrows visually fromthe open living-dining areabeyond its framework andfrom its two-storey height.By leaving it open to the loftlevel, the architects supplieda multiplicity of views andlight sources that contributeto the sense of spaciousness.The bases of the table andbanquette in the dining nookget a rustic touch from thesame weathered siding as thatused outside the home.

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    Opposite: The steel staircase with glassrailing, fabricated by local steelmakers,is an industrial look with a modern edge.Viewed from any angle, it achieves thearchitects goal that it not take up toomuch real estate. Within the grid of

    oor-to-ceiling bookshelves, alcoves withviews to the outdoors are designatedpet-friendly zones. The owners originallyconsidered polished concrete for themain oor but opted instead for themore rened look of this light grey tile.On the wall is Nazareth (2003) by RickBurns. Floor tile, Ciot.

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    them and, because of that, no warranty once they were insOther, similar window products were more expensi

    available materials, such as residential vinyl, could not mrequirements of the designs large spans of glazing. So, thebegan to nd affordable alternatives. The architects nally

    ered a line of hurricane-resistant, steel-reinforced vinyl wthat are sold in Floridaand manufactured in New Bruns

    It took another two months to get the vinyl windows inexterior nish that is, in Kopps words, badass enough tthe project site and aesthetic. During that period, thesat empty, exposed and vulnerable to the winds and snSaint John winter, as well as to another assaultthieves bover the Christmas holidays and stripped the house of itswiring. That was a very emotional time, recalls Judsome restraint.

    Meanwhile, the architects had to reduce the size of somopenings to accommodate the new windowsa designthats not noticeable now, architect Monica Adair notes,

    that required them to alter some of the plans for the interiIt was April when the windows were nally put in place. Ocould the installation of the nal nishing details commooring, xtures, tiling, painting. After months of sitting aing, during which tradespeople had scattered to other pit was a whirlwind time, with all hands pitching in to bproject to its close.

    On July 1, 2012, Judith and Robert invited friends to Canada Day on the deck of their still-unfinished housthings were in storage, so all we had was lawn furniture,says of that stressful time. When it started to rain, we scrto move everything inside. But at least she knew then twere almost out of the woods.

    In late August, the couple moved into their new hstructure that looks remarkably like the architects modedidnt take shortcuts, notes Kopp. Most people wosettled for something else to get it nished faster.

    Gritty and solid, the house fits the location as easinearest neighboura polite Victorian mansion constru1904 for the owner of the Red Rose tea company. The nortof Judith and Roberts home presents a careful balance ofand transparency, lightness and weight. The solids, in pathe jutting mass of the upstairs loft, are carefully balancevoids created by the glass-walled main oor and the updeck articulated by a stained cedar railing. Instrumental iing the structure to blend into its surroundings is the wea

    black-and-cinnamon-coloured wood siding, repurposa Wyoming snow fence. With the black-framed windoindustrial-look Corten steel cladding on the garage, the palette has an intentional toughness, Kopp says. It cwith the inside, which is more white, and rened.

    Those fence boards also find new life inside: as floo

    Below: Rough Corten steel was fabricatedin panels to give it an ordered quality.It has textures, layers, warmth,Adair says. It feels contemporary.When the panels arrived, they werea disconcertingly bright yellow; they

    weathered to this rust hue over twomonths time. It was an unexpecteddevelopment for interested neighbours,many of whom watched the progressof the build with binoculars. Duringa recent house tour, some expressedconcern that the garage was rusting.

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    A large part of the upper oor is an open loft spacas a second sitting area (see next page also). A dwindow seat that almost disappears into the woodremains true to the minimalist aesthetic, as does amounted gel replace. As Kopp says, the idea wathe site do the talking, not focus on the interior.

    ooring on this level is a rened version of the hoexterior siding, sealed for a smoother nish.Prairie tables and Delano chair, both by Gus* Moarea rug by Chilewich. All through Tuck Studio.

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    Left: The windows of the loft arepositioned to capture views of the rthat is one of the sites key assets awas part of the inspiration for the pJudith found the Orbit chandelier bPatrick Townsend; its l ight clusters

    reworks, Adair saysare visibleboth levels of the house. The wallslaundry area, the only room in the hwithout a window, stop inches shorthe ceiling to aid air circulation andnatural light in. Flip sofa by Gus* Tuck Studio. Neon crow sculpture, Livingstone. Clay vessel, Darren E

    Opposite, below: Judiths ofce sitleft of the entryway, facing the courBlue Truss chair by Gus* Modern. chandelier, Brothers Dressler.

    A generous deck, accessible on thlevel, was landscaped with an intpattern of plantings and staggereThe deck railing was crafted fromposts painted to match the Cortencladding on the garage and standplastic panels from The Home D

    Opposite, top: Architects Stepheand Monica Adair

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    the loft level, where they were planed and then sealednishing material for a storage bench and kitchen banqu

    addition, the architects used them as a wall nish in theoor living space. Here, the boards appear to slide in exterior wall, blurring the distinction, not only betweenand outdoors but alsogiven the similarity to AutoCware images mounted in the architects modelbillusion and reality.

    Also faithful to the architects drawingsright dowpaintings on the wallis the open-concept living space. Toor is a linear plan of kitchen, dining and living areas, alleach other and rendered in a cool white palette thats the bato a collection of modern furnishings and art. The showstothis level is the steel checker-plate staircase without riserleaves the view toward the front of the house unobstruct

    behind it, a massive installation of oor-to-ceiling bookshThe space reflects Judith and Roberts passion for a

    modern. A linear replace and wall insets for log storagstage for Roberts Eames chair, while the black-and-whitedoubles as an extra bed for the dogs, whose coats match Bisecting the room is a 10-foot live-edge elm table designeBrunswick craftsman Bruce Gray. In the kitchen, the expwhite Corian countertop provides a sleek complement to wthat frame the constantly changing view outside. We knethe beginning that we wanted high-gloss cabinets and a respalette, says Judith, but as time went on, we edited the lomore with touch-release cabinets.

    The kitchen wow factor comes from the Orbit chand

    industrial designer Patrick Townsend. Theres a wow tosubtler, from the mutable backsplashremovable acryliJudith designed as an alternative to tile. A showcase fothing from menus and maps to magazine covers, the currently display a stylized cow-skull image from Robertspublished book of poetry, The Golden Book of Bovinitie.

    Saint J

    There is a dialogue with the city thathappens when you are there, Adair saysof the site. Adds Kopp: In fall and winter

    you can see the city. In spring andsummer, when the leaves come in,

    theres an incredibly dense canopy. Thehouse turns inward. It feels like youve

    gone somewhere else.

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    At the top of the stairs, a glass guardrail in the loft area overthe kitchen below. From this vantage point, clerestory windcapture the 100-foot rock face outside. Framing the rock fackey from the beginning of the project, Adair says. We wantcapture views of that rock from a few different places in the l

    On the opposite wall, west-facing windows gather in a bview of Saint John and the Bay of Fundy. I never imagined bthis high in the trees, says Robert. Aligned with these winda glazed door opens to a staggered array of deck boards and othe regions rst residential green roofs, where several specisedum soldier on as natural air exchangers.

    The loft is anchored by a wide window seat with deep cusfor comfortable lounging alongside a gel replace. A corat the other end of this space leads to the laundry room, groom, master bedroom and adjoining batha sanctuary of rowhite mosaic tiles and sleek hardware. Despite the artful appmentsa glass-enclosed shower and a square-cornered tusometimes the main attraction is simply the option to obser

    passing deer outside.Both the guest room and master bedroom are small by tod

    standards, but built-in cabinetry contains clutter and eliminthe need for free-standing furniture. In both bedrooms, lifloods through floor-to-ceiling windows, creating a senspaciousness that belies actual room size.

    Difficulty with modern building methods, an abundanccustom features, and necessary changes in plan and materall sent costs for the project more than 25 per cent above buBuilding something unconventional is pretty tricky in tparts, says Adair. And so, the reecting pool is on hold, landing will be done in stages and, for now, a planned retreat at theof the hill will be more belvedere deck than enclosed structur

    In hindsight, its interesting, Adair says of the design procYou start with simple volumes because youre trying to mainsimplicity of construction. But as you start to understand the you begin to turn and twist the forms, to hide some viewsopen up others. By way of example, she recalls that they had nally placed the garage at a 90-degree angle to the house. TStephen rotated it at one meeting, she says, and that seeminsimple change led to the courtyard off Judiths ofce, and thedeck, and the covered entrance.

    Mindful of the increase in cost and extensive delays duconstruction, Kopp and Adair gathered their courage and atheir clients what, if anything, they could have done differeThe answer was quite surprising.

    We didnt like the way water from the scuppers poured din front of the tub window in the upper bath, says Judith. TStephen explained that scuppers were purposely positionecreate a small waterfall. Now we love it. We love all of it.

    For oor plans, go to iadmagazi

    FROM THE GROUND UP

    Below: The architects took maximumadvantage of the homes spectacularcountry-in-the-city setting to providetwo opposing views from the masterbedrooms large windowsall urbanon one side and all nature on the other.

    A dropped ceiling makes the wall of cabinetry appear built-in, rather thanfree-standing. An all-white envelope of walls, ceiling, window and door framesand furnitureincluding the headboardand built-in side tablesallows thefocus to remain on the views.Wassily chair by Marcel Breuer throughKnoll, from Design Within Reach.

    Artemide Tolomeo lamp, Attica.

    Bottom: In the upstairs bathroom,tiny mosaic tiles add delicacy, while anall-glass shower enclosure and oatingvanity have little visual weight. Thesquare-edged Wetstyle tub sits in a cosynook by the window, proffering another

    view out to the rock on the site.Opposite: One of the changes to thedesign plan in the early stages includedthe addition of a basement to houseTuck Studio, Judiths modern homedesign shop. Difculty with excavationled to another alteration: the house wasbuilt on a higher grade and a terracedset of entry steps was added.

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    SUMMER

    Saint J

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    r a l v : r a h ak pa oram v w of ow ow , h mou a a h r v r; pr va rra ; roof op lou ; 24 houoo o Mo r al f r aura , ou qu a ar all r . th ORO oll o ompr of 33 xqu rh of h u l .

    ISabelle PeRReault * 1.514.266.2949 ip rr @s h ysr y.c & DavID WIlkeS* 1.514.947.5152 dwi s@s h ysr

    eXcePtiOnAL WestMOUnt MAnOR W s m , QC | $5,995,000 | MlS 9000404Maj ma or o 20,553 q.f . lo h h ar of Wh h- l v . th ar h ural marv l ha ampl propor o plu a a -of- h -ar a m -l

    llar, m a room, rou f loor l rar , h f k h +

    MauReen bRoSSeau * 1.514.935.4597 m r ss @s

    UbLiMe LUXURyW s m , QC | $8,270,000 | MlS 9912671

    l r l am lu h r r , h p a ular r h p om of o mporar luxur , f a ur a a l wrou h ro a wa , ma f ou oor

    a ap plu ho u a pool, a w ll a h mp a l hrou hou of Ph l pHa a . el va or a all l v l , 3 f r pla , a luxur ou m a urrou ou .

    Iza kaufMan 1.514.232.5932 m @s h ysr y.c

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    l ur i s, QC | $765,000 | MlS 9856552s u wa rfro hal w h 220 f . of hor l a u l va

    o p la ou w h 22 f . a h ral l , xpo am , f r

    l w ow , lar walk-ou a m , x al o a

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    MelanIe ClaRke * 1.450.694.0678 mc r @s

    UniQUe gOLF PARAdise

    u u is, QC | $5,750,000 | MlS 10095241ar oppor u ! ex p o al 18-hol hamp o h p olf our a 300 ar r v

    a w h 34 room Au r . La o all 448 a r . spa ou r p o room , full

    rv pro hop, f a ro ar. s o h maj pa oram Laur a

    mou a la ap . O l 15km o Mo llo a prox m o Mo ral a O awa.

    MelanIe ClaRke * 1.450.694.0678 mc r @s h ysr y.c

    best LOcAtiOn WitH bAcKyARd OAsis

    W s m u , QC | $3,195,000 | MlS 9775787A ou r h harm fo r w l om a r a o o h u h l v

    oom, wh h oa a mm f r pla a w ow . A oor owar h r ar of h room

    ra a o a rou woo -pla k rra ha l a o a au full la ap ,

    xpa v a k ar . th wl r ova k h wa A r a Wolf .

    nne ben-aMI (MaDaR) * 1.514.726.3037 - mi@s h ysr y.c

    VictORiAn geM

    l P u M -R y , QC | $998,000 | MlS 9282489exqu al r ompl l r ova a or

    ov Laval Av u . F a ur lar ourm k h , 3+1 ro

    fam l room a m , 2 au ful u rra a lu h a k

    r aura , ou qu , a af . A rul ma f hom for h

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    PRiMe OPPORtUnityw M R y , QC | $2,177,000 | MlS 9368167

    u om 4 room r g for fam l a r a g. th w ll-ma aom lo a h mo ra l ar a of tMR, o a larg or r lo (10,528 q.f .)

    lo a all ar h g . i al po o g max m z h po l of xpa o .

    GhISlaIne aDelanD * 1.514.731.6378 g d d@s ysr y.cohn RobeRt DoW * 1.514.586.3032 jd w@s ysr y.c

    iRResistibLe cHARMM r , QC | $769,000 | MlS 9786638charm g 2,000 q.f . o om um ha ha x

    h ru harm a a h of h or g al ar h ur2 pr va rra , r h woo floor ar u a f w of hof Mo r al ough af r gh ourhoo , p o p

    PatRICk vaIllant * 1.514.774.6917 p i

    LA cHAnceLLeRie bOnsecOURs | HeARt OF OLd MOntRALM r , QC | fr m $295,000 $459,000+ x su k h or of h Ol Por , pa a au full r ova lo w h r al ha l r, ov r 9 pr g ou rap ra o of a famou hol g ompa . From h larg 900 q.f . u o w h f loor- o- l g w ow hroughou , woo floor

    room, 2 a hroom or r u a ou h-w fa g al o w h v w, La cha ll r bo our h p rf lo aor mak g Ol Mo r al h r hom . i al for r f v or w h a fla r for oppor u . s ar g a a affor a

    anICk tRuonG * 1.514.836.4062 r g@s ysr y.c & kaRIne DoChe* 1.514.677.6244 d c @s ysr

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    eLegAnt WAteRFROnt Residencet rr bo , QC | $1,149,000 | MlS 10508315Lo a o a 25,000 q.f . lo y h M ll -il R v r aV ux-t rr o , h 4 room, 3 a hroom hom off

    v ry or r of h ma l v l. th rou l v l ha wh h a al for a hom off w h r a

    Chantale taRDIf * 1.514.808.9991 c rdi @s

    FOR tHe cHOsen FeWMo r , QC | $1,775,000 | MlS 9423416rop qu nor | U qu wa rfro lo a o , o ly 5 m u from ow ow Mo r al.h 3,500 q.f . or r o o ha r ly a a fully r ova . to al of 9 room ,v r z ma r room w h v w of Ol Por a s . Lawr R v r, h f k h ,

    room ov rlook a 32,000 q.f . rop al para w h wa rfall a 3 f r pla .

    DavID WIlkeS * 1.514.947.5152 dwi s@so b sr .c

    LAURentiAn WAteRFROnt estAtec S -M ri , QC | $1,949,000 | MlS 10922819

    uxur ou 6 room a l o ov r 2 a r of fla , prof o ally la ap law h p rf ou h r xpo ur . F a ur lu : 3-l v l of l v pa , lar ou l ara ,

    oor l - yl pool, hom ma, a h ral l , h a floor , pr m um k h a var y of r , h h qual y up ra .

    eReMy levItt ** 1.613.716.2220 j i @so b sr .c

    MAisOn bgUinees r , QC | $1,595,000 | MlS 9547464Fr h colo al yl hom , u om u l w h h uQu f ma r raf ma . th ma f

    rop al ar hou h room, a w l omprop r y ha a o 3 lak : La Ma o , La dupu

    JIll ShPRItSeR ** 1.514.691.0800 js pri s r@so

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    LUXURiOUs Residence in Finest neigHbOURHOOd

    r m , QC | $1,050,000 | MlS 9745010A pr ou r w h 6 room lo a o o of h mo ou h af r r of

    h Ro al bromo golf cour . b au fu ll la ap p rop r w h al wa r rou

    ool a pa. Lar 3- a o olar um fa ou h-w plu ou l h a ara .

    MaRIe-PIeRS baRSalou** 1.450.577.0272 mp rs @s ysr y.cISa Rozon ** 1.450.525.5472 r @s ysr y.c

    APPLe ORcHARd

    R g m , QC | $1,300,000 | MlS 10204800ex p o al 39 h ar farm w h a r ova a ral hom u l

    h ll ov rlook h or har . th prop r lu a o ar r

    v ral farm u l a a woo ar a a h foo of h mo

    w h pa oram v w of h or har a h urrou

    lIllIan lonaRD ** 1.514.949.5211 r

    AsteRn tOWnsHiPs RetReAt

    i -P -da sf rd, QC | $795,000 | MlS 9042475ap h ju m u o h rural tow h p r r a , a h a of au ful

    M . yama ka a urrou pr rural Qu la ap . th p a ular prawl

    a h l hom w h 6 room , oor pool a our h ul ma r for

    r a , ou oor r r a o a fam l l f .

    Glenn PeteRSon * 1.514.995.1484 gp rs @s ysr y.c

    OAsis OF tRAnQUiLity

    W s m , QC | $1,795,000 | MlS 9283404Ur a l v m a ou r . s u o mporar

    3 room , off r loa of l h a a r a l f l . two al o

    p a ular v w . A oa of ra qu l a o of h h h po

    h w ll r lo for pr va wh l m u from o

    Saul CIeCha * 1.514.941.6248 sci c

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    So ys I r io R y Qu chr .

    PRiVAte dOMAin JAcQUes ViLLeneUVe

    rri g o , QC | $4,995,000 | MlS 10665881A p of para ! ex lu v pr va a w h 851.35 a r lu a pr va lak La

    aur plu 1.7 km of hor l o R v r Rou w h a au ful a y a h. A au ful

    a raf 3 room lo hom y h lak a urrou y for . A a hou

    a u ar ha k ompl h prop r y.

    eRbeRt RatSCh 1.819.429.9019 r sc @so ysr y.c

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    Mo tr m , QC | $3,999,000 | MlS 10656927s o h hor of La Ou m h amaz 5,000 q.f . ho

    rama f r pla , ourm k h a a au ful four a o u

    ara w h a u o a ov r a for u . th a prop r y

    l ff h ar a amaz a k rop.

    MaRSha hanna 1.819.425.0619 m

    WAteRFROnt tiMbeRFRAMe MAsteRPiece

    ur i s, QC | $1,200,000 | MlS 1039038397 f . of hor l o La cla r, wh h a u urpa a ural au y. impr v

    rop r y w h 5 room , 3+1 a hroom , op layou w h a 28 f . vaul l plu

    r a h ak v w off r a u qu qual y of l h a pa . gourm k h . d u h

    m l app al. 1 hour from Mo ral.

    tPhane laRRIve * 1.514.809.8466 s rri @so ysr y.c

    LAc st-VictOR estAte

    W wor -nord, QC | $2,985,000 | MlS 10012151th 12 a r oma l k o o h r f Laur a l v a

    7 u l a oa ov r 1,000 l . f . of hor l o a p ula,

    prop r . bu l o op m z h v w of h lak a pr a u

    PIeRRe ChaPDelaIne* 1.819.429.1888 pc pd i

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    dReAM HOMe

    M r , QC | $2,475,000 | MlS 10935724h l a o ma o off r luxur , o v a a r lax ou r

    mo ph r . th br h prop r ha a pa ou la ou , al for r a , a of

    h a r appl a a w llar. Of f r b au ful har woo f loor h mo r a

    r h ch au prov pra al a l a for a fam l .

    Ina PIzzI * 1.514.781.4826 ppi i@s h sr .c

    LAVisH PentHOUse At tHe cRystAL

    M r , QC | $3,200,000 | MlS 10359461sp a ular p hou a h r pu abl L cr al Ho l a R

    u parall l raf ma h p a oph a o w h pa oram v w

    floor pla w h u r h floor o l w ow . Rar w h 4 b

    a 2 mm rra . F h o h h h qual a ar .

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    l C c p i , QC | $997,500 | MlS 10039692i omparabl 4 b room prop r a pr va hav of p a a

    floor w h ma v h a o f r pla wh h a h a bo

    f ra o allow br a h ak v w of h lak , w h all a u

    l o a b au ful Laur a l ar lak plu a 65 f . k a ro h

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    M -tr m , QC | $987,500 | MlS 9999742ua o h 5 h fa rwa of h pr ou clubL k our , h pr o o

    u om ou r hom off r 3 b room a 3+1 ba hroom o 3-l v l . i ou h-w

    xpo ur bl h prop r w h all a u h hrou h abu a w ow . Op

    o p w h a woo bur f r pla a x ra fu o al k h plu v w of h r v r.

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    S i -D r , QC | $9,800,000 | MlS 9548950Ma ifi wa rfro hom buil o up rla iv a ar wi h

    i . show a i ov r 9,000 q.f . of livi pa o 3-l v l omp

    7 ba hroom , 4- ar ara . d i o how a h wa r vi w

    sump uou la ap rou , ompl wi h Roma pool a pool

    naDIa MaltaIS * 1.514.994.3589 m is@

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    ir d, QC | $2,095,000 | MlS 9155152uxuriou 6 b room hom wi h 7- ar ara lo a o qui ul- - a ha lar priva

    a kyar wi h i rou pool/ pa. s u i ki h f a ur walk-i pa ry, ra i ou r a

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    eneloPe vIlaGoS ** 1.514.779.5122 p i g s@s bysr y.c

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    Gr d-Mr , QC | $1,950,000 | MlS 10760855Ma ifi hom off ri l a a pa wi h vi w of h sai

    a wi h abl , ara wi h ba h lor apar m , a rai i ri

    ra forma io a r ova io wi hou lo i i ar hi ural i

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    zoe venneS ** 1.514.718.8004 s@

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    g i , QC | $1,695,000 | MlS 9446634u i olf prop r y off ri ov r 4,500 q.f . of livi pa , x lu i h ara a

    h ba m . th wo rfu l r a wi h Fr h oor op o o h va livi

    i i room . th lar ki h ha loa of ora a ral i la wi h a ja

    i . Mai floor family room wi h a ma ifi fir pla plu a ja olarium.

    InCent ChaPut * 1.514.264.3555 c p @s bysr y.c

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    ppl a , 10 f . l g , u g a hroom , ormou 21floor rr a w h bbQ, 24 hour full rv o rg w h val park g, pr va l va or a

    a o ho l am lu g pool, au a, ho u , full rv pa, larg gym , a room rv . tru l v g a h R z-car l o .

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    55 Sc rd S ree , S i e 1801, t r , on | $1,975,000 |sp a ular l gh f ll 2 room, 3 a hroom, 1,578 q.f . u . Op

    u g v w from h floor o l g w ow . 2 walkou o ov

    o ho l am lu g val , o rg a 28,000 q.f . gym/

    LUXURiOUs FORest HiLL HOMe

    orms Cresce , t r , on | $6,950,000 | MlS C2608991Mag f rar ly off r u om For H ll hom . th 5+1 room, 7 a hroom, 7,500 q.f .

    om ha f h o p rf o . top of h l olar pa l y m o r u u l y o .

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    8 e m a , t r , on | $7,650,000 | MlS C2622739v lop a mo harm o ar wall, h l a g or a r o of

    oro o f h ourhoo w ll a ou . A u l m r ora o a ro approx ma l

    000 q.f . w h ra w p a r a a ol maho a oor affor ma f l v

    pa . e ha r akfa /fam l room, a 3- ar oa h hou w h ar lof a ov .

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    570 C p i Cr sc , t r , on | $1,895,000 | MlS C26A mo r r am, h mul -l v l, o mporar o p

    r ha r ll a l om l h , a r a l k l . dram

    ar a a ul ra-lux f h hrou hou ompl h ma az

    a sou h b a h Ho l- p r pool plu pa o awa for op mum umm

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    r r , on | $9,950,000 | MlS n2537828Av olf r w ll r v l w h o of ca a a mo pr ou olf lu r h x oor o h

    ompara l l a a of 37.5 a r . i h ma f l o faa , awa

    6,000 q.f . of pa ou ra ur a h mo lav h am . s para w for pr va ,

    r a a par pa , v ar ara , pa a pool. soar w ow a v w .

    sUMMeR sAnctUARy

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