Stairway to Heaven
By Jack Kohane
Homes & Cottages
Frank Lloyd Wright would be struck by this home. Blending classic looks, modern functionality and cutting-edge building materials and construction techniques, Wright’s influence can be seen everywhere in the interior curves, squares and rectangular niches of this 5,000-square-foot, two-storey Etobicoke home in westend Toronto. It’s crowning climax, the home’s grand spiral staircase, is a bold tribute to the architectural master… Read More
Toronto home pushes up toward the light
By John Brentley Mays and Tom Arban
Globe and Mail, Nov. 7, 2013
Linear House, Toronto, a two-level, 1,600-square-foot residence by Toronto architects Titka Safarzadeh and Saied Mahboubi. The house is located in the East York neighbourhood where pre-war homes on narrow lots predominate. Because of the relative affordability of the aging housing stock, tear-downs and infill architecture have become more common… Read More
See-through House
by Jasmine Miller
Toronto Home Mag, Spring 2012
Sharon Galor and her husband, Evan Carmichael, didn’t have to look far when they decided it was time to go house hunting. They found an empty lot, a city-owned property that was once the location of a hydro station, in the North York neighborhood where they and son Hayden lived in an attractive townhouse. The young couple are both entrepreneurs and the lot is a short distance from the dance studio Sharon owns and Evan’s office… Read More
