With exposure of this corner house to two streets, the design vision for this project is to create a dynamic and expressive massing and give the new house a graceful presence on both streets, while opening the interior to a secluded rear garden and pool deck.
Inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright treatment of corner houses, the corner is intentionally emphasized by approaching the main entry from both directions. One walkway is marked by a gracefully cantilevered canopy and a corner glass window with metal fins. The second walkway, which is the main approach, is marked by a sculptural curved wall and wider stone steps.
The covered paths create a shift between the main masses of the building. The mid-band canopy, starting with the front cantilever and continues with a sweeping wrap all the way to cover the entire periphery, ties all masses of the building and gives the exterior a grand presence along the street. The stair shaft tower visually anchors the building at the back side. The linear textured black bricks along the ground floor walls, combined with the sculptural curved wall and the finned glass windows, and the shifts and recesses in the ground floor masses gives the house its dynamic. In contrast, the smooth Indiana limestone vertical panels of the second floor offer a more settled dynamic for the upper massing which helps blend the Dynamic House in scale and materiality with neighbouring homes while clearly maintaining its modern design and architectural details
Status: Under construction, to be completed in 2026
