{"id":33777,"date":"2012-09-28T12:24:20","date_gmt":"2012-09-28T16:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=33777"},"modified":"2012-09-28T12:24:20","modified_gmt":"2012-09-28T16:24:20","slug":"no-mean-city-two-young-architects-house-and-design-lab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/09\/28\/no-mean-city-two-young-architects-house-and-design-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"NO MEAN CITY: Two young architects&#8217; house and design lab"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-33779\" title=\"BlackLAB Bloordale Renovation\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/09\/fef846bfe507878b15763b73a5380acb.jpg\" alt=\"BlackLAB Bloordale Renovation\" width=\"540\" height=\"358\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Cross-posted from <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nomeancity.net\"><em>No Mean City,<\/em><\/a><em> Alex&#8217;s personal blog on architecture<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spacingmedia.com\/uploads\/images\/line-grey-1pixel-600wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"1\" \/><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In The Globe and Mail, I introduce the young firm <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blacklabarchitects.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">BlackLAB Architects <\/a>and their first completed project &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/life\/home-and-garden\/architecture\/flair-for-budget-hunting-gives-toronto-home-a-bespoke-finish\/article4571951\/?cmpid=rss1\" target=\"_blank\">the home of principals Tony Round and Andrea Kordos<\/a> in Toronto&#8217;s Bloordale area.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s modest in scope but meticulously and creatively executed, on no budget.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This mosaic, for instance, is actually not a mosaic but a mural.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-33780\" title=\"BlackLAB Bloordale Renovation\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/09\/539935ea96dc3be8d30de8b0a2262271.jpg\" alt=\"BlackLAB Bloordale Renovation\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p>An excerpt from my story:<\/p>\n<p>It looks like tile or perhaps printed wallpaper; in fact, it combines a digitally derived image with low-tech handiwork. Kordos found a picture of a lily online, pixellated it in Photoshop, and printed out key maps to be executed with masking tape and paint. &#8220;It was a Friday night and it seemed like a good idea at the time,&#8221; Round says with a rueful smile. &#8220;It started as a weekend project and wound up taking two weeks of standing at the wall slicing.&#8221; This move addresses a major theme in contemporary architecture: how to combine traditional ideas and techniques of craft with the computerized design process that defines today&#8217;s architecture.<\/p>\n<p>Having seen what these two accomplished at home, I&#8217;ll be following them and their colleagues closely.<\/p>\n<h5><em>For a photo gallery, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nomeancity.net\/in-the-globe\/\" target=\"_blank\">visit No Mean City.<\/a><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex&#8217;s personal blog on architecture In The Globe and Mail, I introduce the young firm BlackLAB Architects and their first completed project &#8211; the home of principals Tony Round and Andrea Kordos in Toronto&#8217;s Bloordale area. 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