Is it a machine for living or a living gallery? A feat of engineering or fine art? Montréal-based Atelier Échelle resolves this line of inquiry with their design for a Lakeside Gallery Residence situated on the west banks of Lake Memphremagog in rural Québec. The home is a contemporary interpretation of the traditional barn volume […]
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The renovation of Sutton House in Sutton, Québec by Pelletier de Fontenay does not just preserve history – it transmutes it through its use of white cementitious coating, turning what was once a disparate collection of additions into a unified sculptural presence in the landscape. Rather than following the conventional preservation playbook of emphasizing material […]
Truly laudable homes are not the McMansions of obscene scale, nor are they houses that boast exotic materials and bastardized classical elements; they are those whose existence are thoughtfully composed to consider context and add to the local architectural patchwork as it unfurls. Nearly bound by the meandering Humber River and nestled within the tree-lined […]
