ArchDaily | Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide https://www.archdaily.com/ Tue, 5 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://assets.adsttc.com/doodles/archdaily-logo-feedly.svg 026CB6 https://www.archdaily.com/924414/sturgeon-lake-house-stephane-leblanc-architects Fri, 06 Sep 2019 21:00:00 +0000 María Francisca González https://www.archdaily.com/924414/sturgeon-lake-house-stephane-leblanc-architects Our clients, an active family with two young sons, were looking to relocate away from the city of Toronto and build a new house in a more natural setting. Their search eventually led them to a property on the southern shore of Sturgeon Lake, in central Ontario. This site featured a steep slope to the lake, which offered dramatic views; but also presented significant challenges in siting and constructing the house.

]]> https://www.archdaily.com/871605/lake-cottage-uufie Tue, 23 May 2017 09:00:00 +0000 Rayen Sagredo https://www.archdaily.com/871605/lake-cottage-uufie Lake Cottage is a reinterpretation of living in a tree house where nature is an integral part of the building. In a forest of birch and spruce trees along the Kawartha Lakes, the cottage is designed as a two storey, multi-uses space for a large family. The structure composed of a 7m high A-frame pitch roof covered in black steel and charred cedar siding. A deep cut in the building volume creates a cantilever overhang for a protected outdoor terrace with mirrors to further give the illusion of the building containing the forest inside.

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