Canadian architectural practice StudioAC has taken cues from the work of late American designer Donald Judd for fittings inside this Toronto home.
Called Shallmar Residence, the two-storey home was renovated by the local studio for a family of five with an impressive collection of Canadian art. It dates back to the 1950s and is located in the city's Forest Hill neighbourhood.

Throughout the house, cabinets are used to evoke the designs of the minimalist artist and sculptor Donald Judd, like cubed structures that will be in a retrospective at MoMA this year.
"As a home for art collectors, it functions as a house disguised as a gallery," said StudioAC. "The millwork is designed as sculptural and textural elements to integrate as objects within the gallery."
An island in the kitchen comprises three separate blocks, made from large format porcelain by Neolith. The material, which looks like concrete, is also used to clad island drawers on the opposite side.
"The kitchen island is designed to channel a Donald Judd floor piece with precise geometrical forms resting directly on the gallery floor," StudioAC added.

This concept is also applied to a rectangular cabinet in a dining room nearby, and in the master bedroom upstairs with storage cubes that appear to float.
"Judd's influence finds itself evident in the master bedroom millwork mounted on a gallery-like wall flanked by wood on the floor and ceiling," said the studio.

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