HOUSE a13.63

A pie-shaped lot at the end of a quiet street, with a panoramic view across the GTA that most sites never offer. The house is designed around that view — angled deliberately to capture the full breadth of it. Because the site is solid shale, a conventional basement wasn't an option. So the program was inverted: the rec room sits on the second floor, where the view is, rather than buried below grade where it would be wasted. A large terrace wraps the upper level, with a tight European-style stair descending to the pool below.