Unique Houses in Toronto

[gabe]

That that hobbit house is unique! and fits in well with the neighborhood.


Here is someone's brilliant idea to recreate a Venice Beach house on a Toronto beach

2 Alfresco Lawn.



Here is the house it replaced

http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&bi...code_result&ct=image&resnum=1&ved=0CBYQ8gEwAA

 

[torontoview]

modern house

Check out the work this designer is doing in Toronto
http://www.ycdesigninc.com/portfolio-1.html
This house is my favourite he's done...

 

[Edward Skira]

Now this is a house! Imagine making enough money from writing calculus books to afford this?

http://www.thecoolhunter.net/article/detail/1848/integral-house-toronto--canada

 

[junctionist]

Now this is a house! Imagine making enough money from writing calculus books to afford this?

http://www.thecoolhunter.net/article/detail/1848/integral-house-toronto--canada

The Integral House (previously mentioned in this thread) must be among the most unique contemporary houses in the world. It looks so cutting-edge yet refined, as if the style of architecture was commonplace.

 

[paul_johnston]

It's exciting to see so many homes that - both as new construction and substantial "renovations" - are advancing some of the discussion around what contemporary urban homes should feel like. I hear more and more people talking about the NEED for these types of spaces.

 

[vic]

Haven't visited this thread in a long time. Great stuff! Here are a few others that I don't think have been posted yet. Sorry, no pics, just Streetview links:

Pink oddity on Osler St.:
http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&sour...d=88YsIlozQCX6Zfr5irVeVg&cbp=12,39.02,,0,9.89

Lansdowne, south of Bloor:
http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&sour...=QGw5vGiUlMvMdkgpCPvCrg&cbp=12,74.97,,0,-1.77

Wedge house at College and Lansdowne:
http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&sour...=kZJG3XLJnDZdCfU8FWKmvg&cbp=12,263.43,,0,4.33
http://www.spacesbyrohan.com/1292-College.html

 

[cdr108]

Haven't visited this thread in a long time. Great stuff! Here are a few others that I don't think have been posted yet. Sorry, no pics, just Streetview links:


Lansdowne, south of Bloor:
http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&sour...=QGw5vGiUlMvMdkgpCPvCrg&cbp=12,74.97,,0,-1.77

OMG ... that looks hideous.

how did they get 4 individual home owners (looks like 4 THs) agree to that is beyond me.

 

[HamiltonTransitHistory]

I grew up in the neighbourhood southwest of Yonge & Sheppard, so here are some of the oddities from my old stomping grounds

4 Gwendolen Cres

"54" Gwendolen Ave, too bad about the lousy angle. This house is much improved, it used to be sea green. (the quotes are the Google address, which is probably wrong)

"16" Walker Rd up until the late 80s and the housing boom, this was the largest house in the area, and was the only house that wasn't a postwar bungalow.

99 Stuart Ave this was home until the mid 80s. Back then it looked like the small bungalows on either side. A couple of years ago they gutted the house, and built this. Technically it's a renovation, but they added and altered so much that if you didn't know better, you'd have thought it was knocked down and a new house built

More to come

 

[HamiltonTransitHistory]

I grew up in the neighbourhood southwest of Yonge & Sheppard, so here are some of the oddities from my old stomping grounds

So, moving on

"115" Cameron Ave, built in the 1990s

76 Stuart Cresent

10 Stuart Cresent, certainly colourful

"3" Florence Ave

132 Florence Ave, always loved that balcony

 

[cruzin4u]

A house that is down the street from where I use to live. Not overpowering, clean lines - just a sexy looking house. [21 Drysdale Crescent, North York/Willowdale]

 

[Tarantulal Downpours]

I just came across this unique home about a week ago. It has a pretty cool interior. It's hard to see the exterior of the home as it's hidden behind trees.

16 Glenorchy Rd.

Exterior

http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=16+Glenorchy+Road,+Toronto,+ON&hl=en&ll=43.728524,-79.365261&spn=0.000778,0.001742&sll=43.74533,-79.341678&sspn=0.000782,0.001742&oq=16+glenorchy&gl=ca&hnear=16+Glenorchy+Rd,+Toronto,+Toronto+Division,+Ontario+M3C+2R3&t=h&z=20&layer=c&cbll=43.728543,-79.365123&panoid=EAMFLZU67e763l-A1H2VDA&cbp=12,199.15,,0,0.99

 

[jayjoe40]

It looks so cutting-edge yet refined, as if the style of architecture was commonplace.

 

[Tarantulal Downpours]

This one is horrible.

http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=bay+and+elm+streets+toronto&hl=en&ll=43.745228,-79.341556&spn=0.000778,0.001742&hnear=Bay+St+%26+Elm+St,+Toronto,+Toronto+Division,+Ontario&gl=ca&t=h&z=20&layer=c&cbll=43.74533,-79.341678&panoid=IdgChN7uPCOYGuqWR7lPaA&cbp=12,49.35,,0,-6.45

 

[bigdaddyhame]

This one is horrible.

http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=bay+and+elm+streets+toronto&hl=en&ll=43.745228,-79.341556&spn=0.000778,0.001742&hnear=Bay+St+%26+Elm+St,+Toronto,+Toronto+Division,+Ontario&gl=ca&t=h&z=20&layer=c&cbll=43.74533,-79.341678&panoid=IdgChN7uPCOYGuqWR7lPaA&cbp=12,49.35,,0,-6.45

lol good thing he's at the end of the street - heck even his neighbour across the street built a privet hedge so he didn't have to look at it...

 

[Tarantulal Downpours]

lol good thing he's at the end of the street - heck even his neighbour across the street built a privet hedge so he didn't have to look at it...

Ha, yeah. The home is in a great location, overlooking the Donalda Golf Course, but it's so cheesey.