It even had picture windows – de rigueur in the ’60s – that framed a panoramic view of the woods that rose behind the property. “There was a very clear intent with the original house,” principal architect Meg Graham says of the home tucked away in the leafy, well-heeled neighbourhood at Yonge and York Mills. (They particularly liked the carport, a quirky period icon, and specifically asked that it be kept more or less intact.) The challenge was to respectfully bring this timeless beauty forward into the present. “This is a prime example of what André and I like to call ‘thickened’ spaces,” Graham explains.

Source: National Post November 18, 2017 12:00 UTC