Urban Shocker
Doyenne
If the treads don't light up in different colours as you step on them - accompanied by a spooky rising or falling scale on the organ as you ascend or descend - it isn't really a home, as far as I'm concerned.
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Integral House (James Stewart, 4s, Shim Sutcliffe) COMPLETE
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If the treads don't light up in different colours as you step on them - accompanied by a spooky rising or falling scale on the organ as you ascend or descend - it isn't really a home, as far as I'm concerned.
John Revolta
Banned
If this were Tom Hanks' home, that would be a safe bet. (Big)
urbandreamer
recession proof
So now the mystery has been solved: whatever happened to the KGB?
junctionist
Senior Member
The house is a masterpiece of contemporary residential design, and it's good to see it get continued attention. I hope that the level of detail and originality of the composition, with its sweeping curves inspires those who see it. It can be frustrating to see a house with a multi-million dollar construction budget which only yielded a glass box with high-end but generic mass-produced finishes and fixtures. Here we see innovation and superlative attention to detail. It's those unexpected details in terms of fixtures and practical elements like artist-designed door handles that can make a project a sublime design experience that's so rare in modern architecture because even elite projects often don't display any consciousness of that potential. There are opportunities to get artists involved in the functional elements of a building like lighting and doors which can really take the design of the house to a higher level.
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John Revolta
Banned
I wonder what his will states about the house. Who's it going to be left to, if anyone? Someone might buy it and turn it into a Marilyn McMansion.
LowPolygon
Senior Member
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
Thanks! Shim-Sutcliffe is truly the most underappreciated architects in Toronto.
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modernizt
Senior Member
Under-appreciated? They are one of the more recognized local small practices!
Edit: On UrbanToronto they go largely unnoticed because they do smaller-scale projects. In architecture circles, they are known and respected both locally and internationally.
Edit: On UrbanToronto they go largely unnoticed because they do smaller-scale projects. In architecture circles, they are known and respected both locally and internationally.
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AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
I think the average person is even less aware of their works (which are predominantly single-detached residential) than some of the better known Toronto firms precisely for the reason you've stated. I wish their pleasure is more accessible for more people as users.
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modernizt
Senior Member
Don't forget that a lot of people are architecture fanatics who drool over the smaller projects. A lot of my professors (even those who practice) and my peers in architecture school know the names of firms like Shim-Sutcliffe but are far less familiar with the work of architectsAlliance, B+H, etc. I would imagine that extends to the greater public who read about detached-house projects and are most enthused about that typology, just as there are architecture fanatics/hobbyists who are more interested in large-scale or public buildings.
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AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
But that's what I mean, I wish they can tackle large scale, multi-story/unit residential so that it isn't the uber-rich or well-connected would have to pleasure of living in structures they designed.
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Johnny Au
Senior Member
That is where purchases of introductory calculus textbooks for university go to.
You don’t need to differentiate or integrate functions to know this.
You don’t need to differentiate or integrate functions to know this.
junctionist
Senior Member
It's better they go here than to some McMansion in an American city.
freshcutgrass
Senior Member
Many times, great "house" architects have an oeuvre that simply doesn't easily translate into larger scale projects (especially highrise towers). FLW, Neutra, Niemeyer, Lautner, Jaffe. I get the feeling Shim-Sutcliffe is one of these architectural firms that prefers the intimate details of single family dwellings (as well as the per square foot budgets that come with those kind of commissions). I worked on Integral House...you couldn't realistically translate the project ethics to a condo building.
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
That's my read too, but since they do do institutional, it is an area they can potentially expand on. It's truly a waste not to. Not expecting Integral House level of exuberance - even Sis of St. Joe's is sufficient.
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