29 Oct 2024

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

A view of the living and dining area from the hallway looking toward the lake and boathouse in the background

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.

A narrow hallway with walnut slatted partitions on one side and a view of the trees through a narrow floor to ceiling window at the end of the hallway

A view of the living from the dining area where a long wooden table with white upholstered chairs is placed under 3 unique organic shapedlight fixtures

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.

Main bathroom with a white vanity against a dark grey herringbone tile running on the floor and up the shower wall inside the glass shower partition.