I love this article in Designlines Magazine about how Lawrence Blairs (owner of Atomic Design) has setup his 65 square meter one bedroom condo to serve as both a place to live and an art gallery. The main living area is equipped with white vinyl… Read More
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Two-up, two-down
Feargus O’Sullivan is doing a series in CityLab right now on the “home designs” that define four European cities: London, Berlin, Amsterdam, and Paris. The first one is on London’s classic “two-up, two-down” design, which refers to a two storey home with a living room… Read More
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A story about architecture, interiors, and branding
I was recently having a debate with one of our architecture partners about the interrelationship between architecture, interiors, and branding. This came up because, in New York City, you almost need a name brand architect attached to your project in order to sell luxury condos.… Read More
Junction House Sales Gallery wins “Best of Canada Award” from Canadian Interiors
Today I’m excited to announce that the Junction House Sales Gallery has just received a Best of Canada Award (2019) from Canadian Interiors. Link, here. Shout-out to Dialogue 38, Vanderbrand, Unique Urban Homes, Superkul, and the rest of the team for making it happen. We… Read More
Aman New York’s $180 million penthouse
This morning I was reading about Aman’s new condo and hotel project in New York, which is planned for the 100-year-old Crown Building at 730 Fifth Avenue. It will have 83 hotel rooms and just 22 homes, and be the first urban condominium for the… Read More
Best innovative suite design
Junction House won “Best Innovative Suite Design” at the 39th BILD Awards (2019) last night. A big congrats to the team. Below is the floor plan that won. It is a 2 bedroom suite from our two-storey House Collection (JH_2B_H1). This design is fundamental to… Read More
Exploring KING Toronto
Today I stopped by the Exploring KING exhibit that is currently on at 134 Peter Street. It is an exhibition celebrating the design of KING Toronto. It explains how the design came about. Note all the different unit layouts on the floor. It includes (foam)… Read More
Junction House is a finalist in the 39th Annual BILD Awards
I am excited to announce that Junction House is a 2019 finalist in the 39th Annual BILD Awards. The project is up for the following 4 awards: Best Signage (it was probably the neon that did it) Best Suite Design (large suite) Best Innovative Suite… Read More
Marketing to Hong Kong
A reader of this blog, who is based in Hong Kong, recently emailed me these photos: They are of a direct mailer that he received in his mailbox for a project here in Toronto. He sent them to me because he thought it was an… Read More
Cost-plus pricing
Today, Urbanation released its Q4-2018 market highlights report for the Greater Toronto Area. The general media will pick up these numbers and tell you that there’s been a precipitous decline in the number of new condominium sales. But the reality is that 20,028 units were… Read More
