Toronto firm Reigo and Bauer has created a three-bedroom home in the city, which features a hot pink entrance and is otherwise clad in black shingles (+ slideshow).
Photograph is by Tom Arban
The owners of Winona House previously lived in a semi-detached home, which had an L-shaped yard large enough to subdivide into two plots.
They decided to sell their house, split the land and build a new home on a fraction of their previous property.
Photograph is by Tom Arban
The building's distinctive geometry references the garden sheds and small garages that populate the neighbourhood's back yards.
Despite being influenced by these simple forms and materials, the residence seeks to be unconventional, according to the architects.
Photograph is by Tom Arban To create a more dynamic massing, Reigo and Bauer emphasised a sharply pitched roof "so that the building appears to be either rectangular or triangular in plan, depending on how it is seen".
Visitors come in through a bright pink entrance carved out of the front corner of the house. In addition to signalling the principal access, the colour was chosen to pay homage to the owner's Mexican heritage.
Photograph is by Lisa Petrole
On the ground floor, the architects laid out an open-plan kitchen and dining spaces. An enclosed sitting room also occupies the front of the house, facing the driveway.

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