part sixty eight

The client is seeking a tranquil retirement home, wanting to convert an existing house into a functional and sustainable space. The design includes open concept living spaces, cherry wood “boxes” for separation, and a connection to nature with views of the backyard pool and trees. The architect also incorporates Feng Shui elements for positive energy and prosperity.

part sixty six

Exploration of how the design of a house on a slope led to unconventional but beautiful solutions. The reflection of a pool in the ravine inspired alterations to the basement and second floor layout, creating an unexpected interplay of light and space. Such creative risks showcase the pursuit of beauty in architecture.

part sixty four

The Gladstone project aimed to create unique, interconnected houses, but a rift between friends led to an unfinished design. The struggle for street exposure and a view of the CN Tower reflects the discord. Despite the unfinished state, the architectural details are impressive. The project serves as a reminder of how personal issues can disrupt great ideas.

part sixty three

The blog post discusses the architectural design of a laneway house at 971 Dundas, exploring the challenge of creating aesthetically pleasing and functional spaces within limited urban areas. The author presents alternative design concepts focused on maximizing space and profit, ultimately questioning the potential for redefining traditional approaches to laneway house construction.

part thirty-five

Yin-Yang House on Carlaw Avenue Toronto “In Ancient Chinese Philosophy yin and yang is a concept of dualism describing how seemingly opposite or contrary forces may actually be complementary, interconnected, and interdependent in the natural world, and how they may give rise to each other as they interrelate to one another” (See John Bellaimey at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezmR9Attpyc) This […]

part twenty

As a continuation of some thoughts regarding reconciliatory architecture, I would like to share a presentation for the conference ACAH 2015 in Osaka, April 2-5, 2015 “Power of a Community Organized around an Architectural Development” Case study – Shaftesbury Development, Toronto, Canada Karpinski, Daniel, Ph. D, OAA Chang School of Architecture Ryerson University, Toronto Lindsay […]

part two (part ten)

Part 10 An event Far more important than just the programmatic, spatial and functional combination of the elements of this project, was an opportunity to create a “historically symmetrical” event. The event, in Derrida’s words, is “the possibility of the future (to come) in its non-foreseeable otherness, as the irreducible condition where the relation to […]

part one (part nine)

Part 9 Ok, if then all is impossible architecture, why I am still practising? Maybe because I believe in a reconciliatory function of architecture? But how you can reconcile through architecture? This is how…. In the summer of 2013, the office of Daniel Karpinski Architect (dkR) was invited to a limited competition to develop a […]