A new developer is building its first residential project, auspiciously designed by three-time Governor General's Award-winning architect
Stephen Teeple, across the street from
Bayview Village Park.
Teeple, best known in Toronto for his
Graduate House (1999) on the northeast corner of Harbord and Spadina (on which he collaborated with Morphosis), is introducing his characteristic linearity into a part of town developer
Symmetry's vice president describes as architecturally neglected.
"Most developers tend to play it safe and go with brick and stucco," says Sayf Hassan. "We have so many of the same -- it's not even architecture, it's pseudo-architecture, Victorian and Georgian homes -- up here, you do need variety."
The Linea townhouses, only two of the 11 of which remain unsold (and priced at $999,000), will have limestone cladding, zinc roofs, wood panelling around the windows, and each will be equipped with a private elevator.
Hassan says he has his eye on his second residential project, which he says he'll be announcing in about a month, once the current $4-$4.5-million project has begun construction.
"We're always on the lookout for great infill projects," he says, "because I think that's the way development is going."
Writer: Bert Archer
Source: Symmetry, Sayf Hassan