Laneway and Garden Houses (various)

[rdaner]

Interesting architect who is building a lot of laneway houses.

Blockhouse - Lane-way House Initiative - Project Studio Architects

Lane-way houses are innovative, progressive and creative. They are also proving to be surprisingly expensive and unrealistic for an increasingly large number of interested parties. BLOCKHOUSE - A lane-way house initiative from Project Studio Architects, has adapted the approaches of modular...

ps-a.ca

 

[rdaner]

I know that folks have posted about this before but can’t find them. Anyways southwest corner of Brandon and Brandon Lane one block west of Dufferin. Beautiful work by this guy!

GUIDO COSTANTINO projects inc.

Founded and lead by Guido Costantino + Domenica Rodà, the studio plays in the aesthetic landscapes of architecture, interior design, furniture and lighting, seeing no hard lines between design disciplines and enjoying the blur between them

www.guidocostantino.com

 

[rdaner]

Some interesting proposals from CofA. 64 Grove is a garden house by Agathom.

Next is a garden suite with a double height portion on Summerhill. Apparently the neighbours are horrified.

 

[interchange42]

The one thing that would drive me crazy is the tagging in these laneways, it's out of control. It's one thing when it's a garage door, but now we're talking about the front of your home. That'd get tiring pretty quickly.

I hate tagging too… but I love street art. The homeowner whose white brick laneway house has been defaced should probably commission one of the city's better graffiti artists to create something that's far less likely to be defaced. The laneway will likely be the better for it anyway, and someone will get a good job for a couple weeks.

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[flonicky]

Ainsworth & Plum, just north of Danforth.

 

[ProjectEnd]

A (really) strong offering from a pretty *meh* firm: https://memararchitects.com/Profile

 

[toast_and_tea]

Here is a Toronto Life tour of one of the laneway houses recently posted in this thread (around Danforth and Woodbine): Laneway Suite of the Week - Woodbine Heights.

A few pics from the article:

 

[A Torontonian Now]

Came across this one under construction in the lane east of Jane Street, north of Annette:

As a general observation, I have noticed a trend where "corner" lots located at the intersection of two laneways are overrepresented in the laneway houses being built. By no means are they the only ones, but for whatever reason these lots seem to be the low hanging fruit.

 

[BejewelledCarp]

As a general observation, I have noticed a trend where "corner" lots located at the intersection of two laneways are overrepresented in the laneway houses being built. By no means are they the only ones, but for whatever reason these lots seem to be the low hanging fruit.

This is a guess, but it could be the result of the way the regulations are drafted. Laneway houses need to be in certain proximity to a fire hydrant and have sufficient space for access between houses for emergency services. The units closest to the entry/exit to the laneway are probably more likely to fit those criteria.

 

[AlbertC]

Saw this up from Eastern Ave, just west of Leslie Street:

 

[rdaner]

Lappin Avenue just east of Landsdowne. 13 May. People added two units to back of house as well.

 

[rdaner]

Northwest of Harbord and Spadina. Btw Harbord has turned into a lovely street since I was last there!

 

[rdaner]

Interesting laneway house going up on the lane running northwest from Ossington/Argyle. Bonus pictures of the duplex it is attached to. Argyle is becoming the street of amazing (and expensive!)

duplexes!Pix taken 23 May.

 

[rdaner]

Just a quick note to say that there are a couple of garden suites proposed in the CofA in areas outside the ‘pre-WW2’ city. Won’t post because they are nothing remarkable but I find it interesting to see the idea beginning to catch on in outer areas.

 

[karledice]

What does "pre-WW2" city mean again?