Craven Road Cottage: the transformation of a lost vernacular in the middle of a big city<br>

Toronto, CanadaAMA (Anya Moryoussef Architect)Residential Architecture, Furniture, Garden + Terrace, Kitchen + Bathroom, Landscape Architecture, Lifestyle, Photography, Residential Interior Design, Sustainable Development The inventive reconstruction of a tiny home into an ethereal urban refuge was built sustainably and economically to allow a longtime resident to remain in her tight-knit community. The complete transformation of this unassuming single-storey worker’s cottage in Toronto’s historic "Tiny Town" turned a run-down house into a luminous and ethereal pandemic refuge. The client, Laurel Hutchison, is a retired schoolteacher living on a fixed income, with a budget earmarked for basic renovations that would rescue her 112-year-old home from disrepair. The result is a 720 sf, delicately pro... (continued)