Built Reality

Here's what we've actually pulled off - from sketches to standing buildings. Each one's got its own story, challenges, and yeah, a few late nights we'd rather forget.

Lakeview Residence
Residential

Lakeview Residence

Etobicoke, ON

The One Where Everything Changed

This 3,800 sq ft beauty sits right on the water and honestly taught us more than any textbook ever did. The clients wanted floor-to-ceiling glass facing the lake - which sounds great until you're dealing with Toronto winters and solar heat gain in summer.

Completed

March 2023

Size

3,800 sq ft

Budget

$2.8M CAD

Timeline

18 months

  • Triple-glazed thermal windows
  • Geothermal heating system
  • Rainwater collection & grey water recycling
  • Solar panel array - 8.5 kW
Floor Plans
Technical Drawings

Open-concept main floor with cantilevered deck extending over the shoreline. We spent three weeks just getting that cantilever calculation right.

Interior Space
Interior Details

Custom millwork throughout, all locally sourced white oak. The kitchen island alone took six design iterations before everyone was happy.

Materials
Material Palette

Reclaimed brick facade, FSC-certified wood, low-VOC everything. Finding suppliers who'd actually deliver on time? That's another story.

Junction Commercial Hub
Commercial

Junction Commercial Hub

The Junction, Toronto, ON

Mixed-use development that actually fits into the neighborhood - that was the whole point. The Junction's got character, and we weren't about to bulldoze that away with some generic glass box.

Type

Mixed-Use Commercial

Size

42,000 sq ft

Completed

September 2022

Stories

4 levels + underground parking

Ground floor retail, offices above, and a rooftop terrace that's become a local hangout spot. Green roof system handles stormwater runoff and cuts cooling costs by about 30%.

More from the Drawing Board

These projects kept us busy, challenged, and occasionally questioning our career choices - but we wouldn't have it any other way.

Heritage Conversion
Historic Renovation

Distillery District Loft Conversion

Taking a 1890s whiskey warehouse and turning it into 12 residential lofts without losing that industrial soul? Yeah, that was intense. Heritage committees don't mess around.

Units

12 lofts

Built

1892 / 2021

Size

28,000 sq ft

Award

Heritage Toronto

Kept the original timber beams, exposed brick, cast iron columns - the works. Modern mechanical systems are all hidden behind custom-designed millwork. Every unit's different because the original building wasn't exactly symmetrical.

Urban Planning
Urban Planning

Parkdale Community Green Space

Worked with the city to transform an abandoned lot into a pocket park. Not glamorous work, but the neighborhood kids actually use it, which beats another condo development.

Completed: June 2023 0.8 acres
  • Native plant landscaping
  • Permeable paving throughout
  • Community garden plots
Townhouse Development
Residential

Leslieville Laneway Homes

Eight laneway houses tucked behind existing properties. Tight sites, zoning headaches, but they're proving that density doesn't have to mean towers.

Completed: November 2022 850-1100 sq ft each
  • Modular construction method
  • Energy Star certified
  • Shared green courtyard
Office Renovation
Interior Design

King West Tech Office Fit-Out

15,000 sq ft of former manufacturing space turned into a tech company's HQ. They wanted "collaborative but not annoying" - which is harder to nail down than you'd think.

Area

15,000 sq ft

Capacity

120 employees

Timeline

4 months

Completed

January 2023

Mix of open workspace, quiet zones, and meeting rooms with acoustic treatments. Biophilic design elements throughout - turns out people actually do work better with plants around.

LED lighting with circadian rhythm programming, standing desk options, and a really nice staff kitchen that's become the heart of the space.

What's Next on the Boards

We've got a few projects in the works that we're pretty excited about - can't share too much yet, but let's just say we're pushing into some new territory with mass timber construction and working on our first net-zero commercial building.

Each project teaches us something. Sometimes it's a better way to detail a window flashing, sometimes it's that the contractor's been doing this longer than we have and maybe we should listen. Either way, we're always learning.

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