{"id":34097,"date":"2012-10-11T23:38:12","date_gmt":"2012-10-12T03:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=34097"},"modified":"2013-01-21T14:35:56","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T19:35:56","slug":"no-mean-city-superkuls-gradient-house-in-kensington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/10\/11\/no-mean-city-superkuls-gradient-house-in-kensington\/","title":{"rendered":"NO MEAN CITY: Superkul’s Gradient House in Kensington"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Superkul,<\/p>\n

Cross-posted from <\/em>No Mean City,<\/em><\/a> Alex’s personal blog on architecture<\/em><\/p>\n

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I have a story in The Globe and Mail<\/a> today about a modest but fascinating little project: a house renovation by Superkul<\/a> in a back laneway of Kensington Market. The architects took a burned-out worker’s cottage and turned it into a spacious, totally contemporary house. In the story I talk about the gabled roof (an idea of fresh interest in Toronto architectural circle<\/a>s) and the dormer windows, which are masterfully detailed to frame views and provide privacy.<\/p>\n

And on the urbanistic level, it’s fascinating to me, because this block breaks every rule in the book of contemporary planning. And it works great. I haven’t talked much on the blog about laneway infill housing, but this idea of adding residences to old Toronto’s laneways is a subject I’ve been deeply interested in for years now<\/a>. (Superkul have done this before, and well.<\/a>) Whenever I see the 19th-century examples of such housing – especially when they look as good and as comfortable as this – it reminds me that this is an old idea, one that’s part of our city’s identity, and that we should embrace. Eventually, we will.<\/p>\n

Pictures here at No Mean City.<\/a>
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