Rathnelly House / Studio VAARO

Text description offered by the architects. Studio VAARO’s Rathnelly House is a complete and formally expressive renovation of an Edwardian-era semi-detached home in midtown Toronto. The challenge not solely enhances performance and spatial fluidity but in addition expands the house considerably from inside whereas respecting its current footprint. The shoppers, an expert couple with a younger baby, sought each a practical and aesthetic transformation: to extend usable ground space, elevate ceiling heights, and develop storage, all inside a welcoming and distinctive design mediating between openness and seclusion. Extensive structural interventions enabled a basic reordering of area. The result’s an expansive plan that provides 140 m² (1,500 ft²), rising the practical space of the house by virtually 60%.