Garden suite

On the edge of Sunnybrook Park, a quiet Toronto neighbourhood gives way to an expanse of ravine and trees. After two decades in the same family home, the client wanted to evolve within familiar surroundings — to create a place where their grown children and partners could stay close yet independent. Copper House is a self-contained guest house that extends family life into the garden. Set against a screen of deciduous trees separating the private lot from the park beyond, the building is conceived to preserve this veil of greenery rather than compete with it. Copper became the natural choice — a material that begins bright and reflective, then softens through exposure to rain and sunlight, shifting through browns and muted gree... More