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Forever Home: The Considerations of Ageing in Place
As more Canadians prefer ageing in place, selecting the right community and making sound design choices can mean all the difference. Getting older comes with changes, but in Canada, there have never before been as many options for aging ...
Multigenerational Living is Having a Luxury Moment
Brought By Cheryl Thompson It’s a hot moment for multigenerational living in Canada. Recent data from Statistics Canada shows the count of homes shared by one or more families – or one family and unrelated individuals – has increase...
Carving Out a Brand New Island
With Villier’s Island, the city aims to combat climate change, create a new mouth to the Don River, and add needed housing. But constructing a climate positive neighbourhood from scratch is no small task. Hundreds of years ago, the north...
23 Patio Cover Ideas That Make Outdoor Living a Breeze
Beautiful patio cover ideas to bask in your outdoor living room in all weather A patio can add additional living space to your home by creating an exterior living area. If you add patio covers as part of your design scheme, that outdoor space ...
5 Homes That Channel Iconic Women Artists
The contributions of women guided art through the 20th century, establishing them as luminaries in a field traditionally dominated by their male counterparts. Breaking through the homogeneity into our collective consciousness, these visionari...
High Design
A CEILING SHOULD BE THOUGHT OF AS A FIFTH WALL In many interiors, the ceiling is an afterthought, or last priority among a laundry list of needed decor improvements. But letting this fifth wall simply blend with the rest of your environs leave...
The 7 Most Incredible Pools Designed by Famous Architects
Dive into work from Álvaro Siza, Peter Zumthor, Tadao Andō, and other beloved designers On a hot summer day, a pool is a pool. When all you can think about is cooling off and escaping the heat, if the water is clean and the sun is beatin...
Personal Security Gets A Tune-Up
THE LATEST TECH DEVICES TO ENSURE YOUR HOME’S PROTECTION CAN’T BE BREACHED If an intimidating guard dog isn’t an option to protect your home, valuables, and loved ones, luckily, smart tech has stepped up to the challenge. The followi...