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Laneways

An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about laneways

Project • By Lanescape Architecture + ConstructionApartments

Norwood Park Laneway Homes

The Norwood Park Laneway Homes are a set of three laneway houses built as a collaboration between neighbours. The homes are designed to present as a cohesive whole with details that create variation across the three homes.  Ron Adriano Ron Adriano Ron Adriano Home A is approximately 1000sqft while Home B and Home C are each approximately 1,500sqft. The homes feature 2-3 bedrooms and 2.5 baths. Uniquely situated on a laneway that abuts a public park, each design focuses on maximizing parkside views. The ground floors host bedrooms and bathrooms which are nested around a central corridor with ample storage space. Ron Adriano Ron Adriano To enhance privacy while maintaining daylight, bedrooms facing the laneway... More

Project • By Lanescape Architecture + ConstructionApartments

Symington Laneway House

The Symington Laneway House is a 2-storey infill residence built on a narrow 17' wide lot in Toronto's Junction neighbourhood. At 1,000 sq. ft, the project is now home to the owner who formerly lived in the two-unit house at the front of the property. Ron Adriano Ron Adriano Ron Adriano Due to the home's proximity to both the public laneway and the main house, an unconventional arrangement of spaces was needed to mitigate privacy concerns. The bright yellow entry door opens up to a den off the laneway, while the kitchen and dining spaces are oriented towards the yard and accessed by sliding doors. Upstairs, the living room overlooks the laneway with a more private view towards West Toronto. The bedroom and bathroom are locat... More

NewsNews • 21 Jul 2023

Huebergass: how inclusivity, affordability, and sustainability work together

In the Swiss capital of Bern, Huebergass und Stadtteilpark Holligen (Hueber Lane and District Park Holligen)is a residential development project by GWJ Archtektur (Bern), ORT landscape architects (Zurich) and social partner Martin Beutler (Soziale Plastik, Bern). The joint team worked in a collaborative process with the cooperative “Wir sind Stadtgarten.”  Damian Poffett As in many cities worldwide, Bern suffers from a housing shortage, particularly affordable housing. The result of a competition, this new project in the Holligen quarter was conceived to deliver new affordable housing while upholding social, sociological, and economic sustainability principles and accommodating various lifestyles while fostering c... More