ARIDO Award: Lakeside Living
Replacing the old family cottage, this new build was fashioned to reflect the couple’s changing needs.
Category: LIVE
Interior Designers: Neil Jonsohn, ARIDO; Kelly Cray, ARIDO
Design Team: Shauna MacLeod, ARIDO
Design Firm: U31 Inc.
Photographer: Gillian Jackson
Set in the tranquility of Lake Couchiching, the low-slung architectural form with its intersecting roof pitches and expansive glazing, provided the perfect starting point to create something modern and warm with a playfulness well suited to its owners.
Designed as a primary residence, as well as a get-away destination for family and friends, the restrained detailing in the form of walnut slatted partitions, wood clad ceilings and the expanses of a clean white envelope, all provide a nod to the architect’s vision and allowed us to animate the spaces with eclectic combinations of colours, textures and personal artifacts which speak to the client’s unpretentious passion for a life well lived.
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