+tongtong Transforms Traditional Toronto House into Tasteful Modern Home that Honors East-end Neighborhood

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Designers: +tongtong

Location: Toronto, ON, Canada

Principal: John Tong

Senior Designer : Nathan Dykstra

Area: 3000.0 ft2

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Lisa Petrole

Landscape Design : +tongtong

Landscape Contractor & Plant Specialist: Neil Turnbull/ Hedgerow

Contractor: Symmetry Construction

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+tongtong Transforms Traditional Toronto House into Tasteful Modern Home that Honors East-end Neighborhood

© Lisa Petrole
Multidisciplinary design studio +tongtong recently completed a renovation and addition to a traditional Victorian house in Toronto. The house was transformed into an open and bright modern home through a series of strategic moves and incisions. 

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The specifications were to build a modern family home that expands the area of livable space while remaining true to the vernacular of the neighborhood. This challenge was met with an emphasis on natural materials and light. Inspired by rural living and the original build date of the home, industrial materials accentuate re-imagined architectural qualities in an unmistakable contemporary space.

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