Multi-unit housing
An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about multi-unit housing
Project • By Rodic Davidson Architects • Residential Landscape
Five Apartments, Kensington
This brief was established after an extended period of research and case study, in which the complexities of development in the Edwardes Square, Scarsdale & Abingdon conservation area were carefully scrutinised. It involved the demolition of a twentieth-century mixed-use development and the construction of a contemporary apartment building. All on a challenging site which, being enveloped on three sides by existing houses, had limited perimeter outlook.
Edmund Sumner
Edmund Sumner
Edmund Sumner
Edmund Sumner
Edmund Sumner
The new development provides three duplex units across the basement and ground floors – each with generous gardens and lightwells – and two large apartments above. Exacting attenti... More
Project • By Quinzhee Architecture • Housing
CANOPÉE
Canopée celebrates the gigantic tree located at the front of the project on Saint-Vallier Street: from the top floor terraces of each unit, we can appreciate the elegance and height of one of the oldest deciduous citizens of the Saint-Sauveur neighborhood. Located on a through lot between Saint-Vallier Ouest and Saint-Bernard streets, the project includes five vertical townhouses whose living areas, such as the dining room, the living room and the kitchen, are articulated around a common interior courtyard delimited by two aerial walkways connecting the two buildings. The facades on the streets are structured by a regular grid of masonry in which the windows are organized according to the distribution of the living spaces. Those on t... More
Project • By PHAEDRUS Studio • Shops
HI-LO
While designed for a specific client and a site with opportune zoning and planning, Hi-Lo Hybrid tackles a prevailing narrow lot condition along Toronto's main streets. Despite the demand for increased density and housing options on these existing transit and mixed-use corridors, they remain largely underdeveloped, including an estimated 250km composed of existing single-family homes reinforced by low-rise residential zoning and planning. Outdated zoning and current planning policies limit the range of infill opportunities, driving homogenous stacked townhouse forms, as well as outsized mid-rise developments and retail spaces requiring long term lot assembly. Over time these development models become further entrenched. Hi-Lo Hybrid demonst... More