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My realtor friend Mark Savel tagged me in this earlier today.
Pine Hill Homes has recently completed a laneway suite here in Toronto and they have now put out a call for artists to come up with something creative for its front facade. I think this is a great / fun idea and so I'm sharing it today on the blog.
I think it also speaks to one of the differences between laneway suites and the main houses that now host them. Could you imagine a builder doing a call to artists for the front facade of a house not on a laneway? It seems less likely to me. But I think that the laneway side is viewed as a little less precious, and that creates an opportunity for playfulness.
This, in my mind, is a great thing.
If you decide to participate and your work is selected, you'll have all of your materials paid for and you'll also get an honorarium. I don't know how much the honorarium is, or where this house is actually located, but I'm sure you can find these things out by contacting Pine Hill.
I'm looking forward to seeing what ultimately gets selected and put up.
My realtor friend Mark Savel tagged me in this earlier today.
Pine Hill Homes has recently completed a laneway suite here in Toronto and they have now put out a call for artists to come up with something creative for its front facade. I think this is a great / fun idea and so I'm sharing it today on the blog.
I think it also speaks to one of the differences between laneway suites and the main houses that now host them. Could you imagine a builder doing a call to artists for the front facade of a house not on a laneway? It seems less likely to me. But I think that the laneway side is viewed as a little less precious, and that creates an opportunity for playfulness.
This, in my mind, is a great thing.
If you decide to participate and your work is selected, you'll have all of your materials paid for and you'll also get an honorarium. I don't know how much the honorarium is, or where this house is actually located, but I'm sure you can find these things out by contacting Pine Hill.
I'm looking forward to seeing what ultimately gets selected and put up.
Eleven years and a few setbacks later and we now have a completed laneway house.
As Bill Gates once said, "most people overestimate what they can do in one year and underestimate what they can do in ten years."
Construction is all finished up and Mackay Laneway House is available for rent starting immediately.
For photos and more information, click here.
The drywall started this week at Mackay Laneway House. This is a fun part of the construction process because it is that moment in time where, very quickly, the space transforms from a full on construction site to something that starts to resemble a livable space.
What you are seeing above is a double height space (and 8 foot long skylight) that was incorporated into a sloping roof on the side of the house that faces the existing backyard. This is a design move that I felt pretty strongly about from the outset. Gabriel Fain, who is the project's architect, likes to joke that it was really the only design directive.
The move does a few things.
1) It is a way to get light down and into the house without having a window facing the existing backyard. So it mitigates privacy concerns. 2) It frees up the north wall of the house, creating a place for a TV, art, photo backdrop, or whatever. You only have so many empty walls in a house of this size. And 3) it looks really cool and frames a large tree that overhangs the house.
Stay tuned for more progress photos. The best way to do that is to follow @globizen.
Eleven years and a few setbacks later and we now have a completed laneway house.
As Bill Gates once said, "most people overestimate what they can do in one year and underestimate what they can do in ten years."
Construction is all finished up and Mackay Laneway House is available for rent starting immediately.
For photos and more information, click here.
The drywall started this week at Mackay Laneway House. This is a fun part of the construction process because it is that moment in time where, very quickly, the space transforms from a full on construction site to something that starts to resemble a livable space.
What you are seeing above is a double height space (and 8 foot long skylight) that was incorporated into a sloping roof on the side of the house that faces the existing backyard. This is a design move that I felt pretty strongly about from the outset. Gabriel Fain, who is the project's architect, likes to joke that it was really the only design directive.
The move does a few things.
1) It is a way to get light down and into the house without having a window facing the existing backyard. So it mitigates privacy concerns. 2) It frees up the north wall of the house, creating a place for a TV, art, photo backdrop, or whatever. You only have so many empty walls in a house of this size. And 3) it looks really cool and frames a large tree that overhangs the house.
Stay tuned for more progress photos. The best way to do that is to follow @globizen.
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