Westminster Residence / Batay-Csorba ArchitectsSave this picture!© Doublespace Photography Younes BounharHouses•Toronto, Canada Architects: Batay-Csorba Architects Area Area of this architecture project Area:  3220 ft² Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2024 Photographs Photographs:Doublespace Photography Younes Bounhar Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project Manufacturers:  Heroal, Cocoon, EDM, Fraserwood, Ludowici Roof Tile, Moncer, SIMONSWERK North America, van de Moortel Lead Architects: Jodi Batay-Csorba, Andrew Batay-Csorba More SpecsLess Specs Save this picture! Text description provided by the architects. Situated on a corner city lot within the context of traditional Edwardian gable homes in Toronto's High Park neighborhood, the Westminster residence is a 2,340sf 3-bedroom primary home for a family of 4. The project aims to provide an underlying sense of familiarity and continuity within the archetypal roof form of the context, creating a paradoxical balance between blending in and standing out. Hidden within a steep, weathered terracotta roof, the project explores the notion of spatially occupying the underside of the roof, akin to an attic.Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!The simple project form is a composition of three dark monolithic figures, a low dark brick-clad volume, a heavy triangular stone-clad roof and tall rectilinear dormers. The heavy roof hovers asymmetrically on top of the first floor, cantilevering the covered carport and side patio, producing an unsettling dynamic between the simple volumes.Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!Similar in size and materiality, the dormers take on diametrically opposite stances in the project, with one grounding the west façade as it meets the ground, while the east dormer is inexplicably cantilevered and hovers above the carport.Save this picture!Save this picture!The material atmosphere is a marriage of Villain's lair meets light and airy refuge (this was a literal marriage of partners' goals). The restrained palette consists of dark stained plain sawn walnut, heavy unfilled travertine, concrete and dark textural lime wash walls that juxtapose heavily against double height light-filled soft lime wash walls, wide plank knotted white oak floors and soft linen drapery and fabrics. The sequence of moving from compressed cavernous spatial experience to its inverse is narrated as one moves throughout the home.Save this picture! Project gallerySee allShow less About this office Published on May 16, 2025Cite: "Westminster Residence / Batay-Csorba Architects" 16 May 2025. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1030177/westminster-residence-batay-csorba-architects&gt ISSN 0719-8884Save世界上最受欢迎的建筑网站现已推出你的母语版本!想浏览ArchDaily中国吗?是否 You've started following your first account!Did you know?You'll now receive updates based on what you follow! Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors, offices and users.Go to my stream