• New rooms and spaces are built across the back façade of the original 1960s house, enclosing the open stair which, now in the middle of the house, functions as a central courtyard with rooms all around.

    The south side of the house is a single space extending from the kitchen with a view to the street, through informal dining and family areas and on to a glass-enclosed pavilion opening on to an expansive deck overlooking the garden.

    Traditional masonry elements replace the eccentric “sarcophagus-inspired” window surrounds; additional windows cut into the sombre façade open it up both literally and figuratively.  Stone panels and a streamlined metal canopy replace the wooden temple front at the main entry.

  • Original site plan
  • Proposed site plan
  • Original ground floor plan
  • Proposed ground floor plan
  • Original second floor plan
  • Proposed second floor plan
  • Front elevation
  • View of the deck
  • View of the deck
  • View towards the kitchen
  • Open stair

New rooms and spaces are built across the back façade of the original 1960s house, enclosing the open stair which, now in the middle of the house, functions as a central courtyard with rooms all around.

The south side of the house is a single space extending from the kitchen with a view to the street, through informal dining and family areas and on to a glass-enclosed pavilion opening on to an expansive deck overlooking the garden.

Traditional masonry elements replace the eccentric “sarcophagus-inspired” window surrounds; additional windows cut into the sombre façade open it up both literally and figuratively.  Stone panels and a streamlined metal canopy replace the wooden temple front at the main entry.

  • Original site plan
  • Proposed site plan
  • Original ground floor plan
  • Proposed ground floor plan
  • Original second floor plan
  • Proposed second floor plan
  • Front elevation
  • View of the deck
  • View of the deck
  • View towards the kitchen
  • Open stair

Surrey Gardens, Westmount