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With the help of ceramic manufacturer Casalgrande Padana, Toronto-based Gow Hastings Architects turned Ryerson University's expansive cafeteria into an administrative space.
The clients wanted the house—which is situated on a ravine near the city center—to have a strong connection between indoor and outdoor spaces, and to encompass a modernist sensibility, with every space and site line being fully considered.
In conceiving this house’s shape, silhouette, and material palette, the architects took cues from familiar forms seen around the neighborhood, like garden sheds and small garages.