The original building at 197 Sorauren was constructed in 1926 as a bakery, on a residential street peppered with industrial buildings, retail properties, and even a Greek church and a Hindu temple. In the 1960s the storefront was unsympathetically converted into a hair salon. When the building was purchased in 2007 as a live/work property, it was in great disrepair. The owners saw their project as an opportunity to make a quiet but bold statement about the power of contemporary architecture to comfortably address Toronto’s urban density and visually improve its streetscapes.
Design concept and solution: Extensive renovations inside and out have given the property new life as a ground floor and basement commercial space—a yoga studio—with a two-story, 800-square-foot residential apartment for a family of four above.
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