Double Duplex is a twinned pair of two-unit residences in Toronto?s Parkdale neighbourhood that incorporates a finely patterned wood brise-soleil. Photo: Doublespace Photography
Andrew and Jodi Batay-Csorba
Batay-Csorba Architects was established in 2010 by Andrew Batay-Csorba, MRAIC and Jodi Batay-Csorba, MRAIC as a collaborative, research-oriented design studio. The practice was created in Los Angeles, California and moved to Toronto, bringing with it a fresh outlook to the progress of design in Canada. Jodi and Andrew both received their Masters in Architecture at UCLA. Before founding Batay-Csorba Architects, Andrew worked as a project architect at Morphosis, and Jodi worked at firms including Gehry Partners, Morphosis, Aedas and Gensler. The practice is committed to creating transformative spatial experiences through the exploration of site, typology, materiality and movement. Each project is generated through a deep reading of the site in search of unexpected relationships that can both tie it to a larger urban contribution and shape new perceptual experiences.
While Batay-Csorba?s work ranges from small-scale installations to large-scale urban planning, its main focus has been a critical approach to Toronto?s low-rise typology. In counterpoint to the high-density, high-rise infill towers that have accounted for the bulk of the city?s residential development over the past decade, Andrew and Jodi have sought to revitalize and rethink the low-rise project. Their approac...