Ménard Dworkind has renovated a Nineteen Eighties home on the south shore of Montreal with rounded plaster particulars and a terracotta hearth.
Initially designed in 1981 by Canadian architect Frank McGrath in Saint-Lambert, Quebec, the three,500-square-foot (325-square-metre) home was introduced again to life final 12 months by native studio Ménard Dworkind (MRDK).
Set on a 5,600-square-foot (520-square-metre) lot, the unique home had a dilapidated greenhouse hanging on the entrance facade.
Whereas the renovation didn’t broaden the footprint, unused attic area was prolonged from the highest flooring to the sloped, charcoal-coloured standing-seam steel roof.
This created a recent dormer that holds the first suite’s beneficiant rest room
Behind the gray brick home, the yard was excavated, making a walkout basement with floor-to-ceiling home windows that maximize daylight under floor degree.
On the inside, the house was fully gutted and reinsulated to fulfill the constructing code, offering MRDK with a clear canvas from which to start out.
“A key inspiration for the venture was the central hearth of the unique Nineteen Eighties home with its base in travertine and terracotta and its curved chimney in a plaster-coated concrete,” accomplice David Dworkind advised Dezeen.
“We initially needed to maintain this ingredient however the up to date municipal laws and constructing code constraints made it unimaginable to protect so we took inspiration from its curved types and materiality which interprets all through the design of the renovation.”
The design is centred across the curved central block clad in lime plaster.
The characteristic sweeps across the staircase and types a mezzanine-level desk that overlooks a double-height front room.
Under, the recessed hearth is clad in three-dimensional triangular Mutina terracotta tiles.
The kitchen and eating room sit on the rear of the home, illuminated by way of massive sliding glass doorways that result in the cedar patio.
The kitchen options a big sculptural travertine island with an inverted demi-bullnose edge.
“A mistake within the fabrication of this island left a groove down both facet of the travertine,” the studio stated.
“This grew to become a design alternative the place these grooves had been stuffed with strips of Rosso Levanto marble racing stripes.”
The environment friendly kitchen hides storage behind a sliding slab of travertine and a passthrough opening within the cabinetry results in the hid pantry.
The reserved inside materials palette – chosen for its sturdiness – is impartial earth tones. The travertine, which is impressed by the unique hearth, is complemented by heat white oak panelling and flooring.
White partitions present a flat reduction for the textured surfaces that characteristic Marakesh wall end.
Whereas MDRK’s work consists of many bar and restaurant interiors in Montreal, the agency additionally designed a cedar-clad hideaway residence within the Quebec hills that closes in on itself for a solitary retreat.
The pictures is by David Dworkind.
Challenge credit:
Structure: MRDK: David Dworkind, Guillaume Ménard, Benjamin Lavoie Laroche
Contractor: Fairfield Development
Structural engineer: LBK construction
Suppliers: Alumilex home windows, MAC steel, Pure & Unique, Benjamin Moore, Ramacieri soligo, Gagganeau, Arrancia lighting, Wealthy Sensible & Prepared, Beton Johnstone, Élement de base, Globe lighting, Duravit, Aquabrass, Lambert & fils, Vaste, Artwork by Dan Climan
