Janus House


The design emerges from the need to preserve the front, the visible streetscape — while the back is freed of those constraints. The house is split in two, maintaining a Victorian half, and inserting a house in the back that addresses a more contemporary lifestyle. One house with two lifestyles.

Located in a historic preservation neighborhood, the design addresses a double condition emerging from the need to preserve the front, the visible streetscape — while the back is freed of those constraints. The house is split in two, maintaining a Victorian half, and inserting a house in the back that ad-dresses a more contemporary lifestyle. One house with two lifestyles.

Carol Moukheiber and Christos Marcopoulos

Completed: 2012
Location: Toronto

Team:

Kevin Schorn
Gabriel Fain
Yie Ping See
Thilani Rajarathna
Michael Spatafora
Valentina Mele
Sonia Ramundi
Patty Graham

Structural Engineering
Blackwell Bowick
Luke Anderson

Photography
Maris Marzulis