Designed for a vibrant family of three, this residence brings the spirit of Bauhaus into a contemporary Toronto setting.

Nestled in the historic neighborhood of Rosedale, Bauhaus House is a celebration of modernist principles, vibrant geometry, and functional design. Inspired by the timeless aesthetic of the Bauhaus movement, the interiors come alive through bold primary colors, clean lines, and an intelligent composition of volumes that create harmony between form and function.

The open-plan layout is designed to foster connection while offering clear zones for living, dining, and creativity. The striking contrast of black paneling against blocks of mustard yellow, cobalt blue, and deep red offers both drama and warmth, echoing the family’s artistic lifestyle.

Furnishings and finishes follow a restrained yet joyful palette, with tailored upholstery, integrated lighting, and gallery-like simplicity. A sculptural staircase leads to private quarters above, while the ground level opens to a spacious shared environment where color, comfort, and clarity coexist.

This is not just a home—it’s a modernist manifesto reimagined for urban family life in the heart of Toronto.

A live-work retreat for a family of artists in Palm Springs, Los Angeles.

The Canvas House is a modern live-work residence designed for a family of artists seeking clarity, calm, and creative flow. Located in Palm Springs, this project blends sculptural forms with serene desert simplicity — a sanctuary where work and life co-exist effortlessly.

At its heart is a circular studio volume that anchors the home with presence and light, while the open-plan living spaces wrap around a tranquil courtyard and reflective pool. Natural textures, clean lines, and warm lighting create an atmosphere that inspires daily living and artistic exploration.

The architecture is honest, flexible, and deeply personal — tailored to a lifestyle that values both solitude and expression.

A sanctuary of connection, privacy, and refined materiality.

Tucked into a lush, tree-lined setting, the Core Yard House is a striking modern residence designed for a family of four — parents and two children — where architectural clarity meets intimate spatial storytelling. Centered around a private interior courtyard, the home is conceived as a tranquil retreat that balances social openness with layered privacy.

The massing is bold yet disciplined: a geometric volume wrapped in Shou Sugi Ban (charred cedar) and six-sided hand-sawed black stone sourced from Northern Ontario. These tactile, durable materials speak to a regional authenticity and a commitment to honest construction. Large expanses of north-facing glazing invite soft daylight while strategically avoiding overheating from direct sun, making the most of passive solar design strategies throughout the year.

Internally, the house follows an open-concept layout that flows organically from the kitchen to the dining and living areas, seamlessly extending into a lush backyard. The courtyard, placed at the heart of the home, acts as a central breathing space — a place of gathering, contemplation, and visual relief.

A split-level intermediate floor floats between the public and private zones, hosting the husband’s workspace and library, offering both spatial separation and connectivity. This zone is acoustically and visually buffered, designed for focus without disconnecting from the rhythm of family life.

On the upper floor, the private bedrooms are tucked away, offering calm and comfort, while remaining visually engaged with the courtyard and natural surroundings.

From its climate-responsive orientation to its natural cross-ventilation, carefully selected materials, and emphasis on indoor-outdoor living, the Core Yard House is a model of modern residential design that respects both family dynamics and environmental performance.

Finished in polished handmade reflective black bricks, white panels that reflect the changing moods of the sky, in combination with Japanese Shou Sugi Ban wood cladding style and Corten steel, exude a subtle assurance. The design gracefully fulfills the clients’ wish for seclusion and privacy while maintaining ample access to light and various interior levels.

Our design strategically combines materials and textures to highlight the distinct volumes of the home. Predominantly wrapped in black bricks and floor-to-ceiling glazing, the main and second levels step back on three sides, forming a base that sustains a projecting second storey. The latter is adorned with white panels, exhibiting varying hues as sunlight changes throughout the day. This black handmade brick extends from the front facade into the interior spaces at two different levels, framing the sizable, recessed living room window on the ground floor and the private suite at the intermediate floor, ensuring both continuity and contrast at ground level.

The clients, a young couple, desired a modestly sized home for a family of four that would ultimately prioritize comfort, separation of sleeping rooms at different levels, and the display of contemporary artworks. The interiors are defined by singular and expansive volumes that both reveal and conceal. The double-story voids effectively dedicate designated walls lit by a series of skylights from the roof above, placed on the north side and perfect for absorbing northern light during the day. This house is well-crafted in nine separate levels, each perfectly addressing client needs in a very smooth circulation. Despite nine levels, the stairs are not noticeable throughout the house, carving the interior space into different zones of visual and programmatic experience while simultaneously gesturing at what lies beyond.

Floor-to-ceiling glazing at the rear of the living, dining, and family rooms, complemented by indirect illumination throughout the day, frames immersive views of the backyard, blurring the line between the resplendent landscape and a living area that one can contemplate and inhabit by sliding back the patio doors.

The principal bedroom and two kids’ bedrooms on the top floor are separated by three steps and white laminated glass to provide privacy for the parent and the children. At the intermediate floor, an office space and spare bedroom are placed with semi-separate access from the main and top floor, featuring carefully leveled areas to impart a sense of privacy, warmth, and serenity with a view to the north adjacent to a sheltered terrace and a narrow void to the sky above, splitting the white panels into a separate single entity and creating a sense of doubling the house with well-crafted Shou Sugi Ban wood siding.

The Brother’s Residence is one of the fabulous creations of the best residential architect in Toronto, Alva Roy. Situated on a long and narrow midtown lot backing on to a lane way, just in Bloor West neighborhood of Toronto, The Brother’s Residence is an integrated piece of architecture that provides 3,600 square feet of living for three families on Lippincott street.

This multi-units building forms a distinct street edge with sharp, orthogonal geometries, and marks a positive addition to the wide variety of low-rise residential, commercial building types that comprise Ward 11 of Toronto at Harbord Street area.

The interior spaces cater to the functional needs of the family of each brother without compromising on the form. Three thousand six hundred square feet of well efficiently planned and lit living space are spread out over four levels in three units. Each unit has separate means of egress to address proficiently the fire and building code, and separate laundry and furnace room facilitate the function. Three bedrooms including the master bedroom, main and walkout entry, kitchen, living, dining, and office occupy the lowest level and main floor. A master bedroom opens onto a courtyard at the below street level, defining balance of urban edifice and green refuge.

Two bedrooms, two bathrooms, kitchen, living, dining, mechanical room, and laundry facilities occupy the second and third floor units separately; and a private spacious balcony on the top floor introduces sunlight into the master suite.

Designed to carefully integrate into the surrounding streetscape, the house presents as an appropriate and contextually scaled three-storey structure with combination of rich, natural materials predominate the façade of the building. The Combination of six sides sawed Eramosa stone and Shou Sugi Ban cedar wood are complemented by porcelain floor tiles and anodized aluminum laser cut screen walls.

The interior stairs are crafted from oak panels, matched by similarly pre-engineered oak floors and handrails lighted up by the skylights.

Despite Lippincott urban context, access to outdoor space is not neglected: a rear balcony off the main-floor, lower lever courtyard, and a front-facing terrace at the third-floor master suite ensure private outdoor relaxation. This connection to the outdoors beside the large windows can also be fully enjoyed from the homes’ interior spaces, as cleverly framed views of the neighborhood.

Meet Garden VOID House. From the outside in, is crafted with natural refined honest building materials, and strong contrast of large and very narrow windows, causes anyone who drives by to slow down and enjoy the view.
From inside out, people enjoy a beautiful oasis filled with emotion and positivity, while maintaining their privacy. The oasis is centered on garden, which begins unconventionally on the basement level and torpedoes up through the void space of the house.
The contrasting windows play a crucial role in supporting the growth of the home, lighting it up brilliantly during the day and allowing just the right amount of light glow through the windows at night. This house was designed not just for family to function, but also for them to live and grow.