On a main street west of downtown Toronto, a two-storey commercial-residential building is remade as the live-work headquarters for a young family, in the first of several phases.
This first phase included the reconstruction of the front façade and the renovation of the ground floor as a commercial art gallery and office. The owners, one of whom runs the gallery (the other is a writer), live upstairs with their two children. Future phases include the construction of a writing studio and courtyard out back, and the addition of a third floor of additional living space. The project provides a fluid live-work environment for the family, one in which the parenting duties and the demands of work are more easily shared and accommodated.
Photos by Shai Gil
Project: mixed-use
