Project Feature - Art Moderne Revival

This Mount Royal home was lovingly restored with the ambition and persistence of a homeowner who appreciated what she had and recognized what it could be again. Originally built by the land owner returning from Europe in the 1940s, the structure, style and beauty of this home has been given new life for another century.

 Inspired by the Art Moderne style (a cleaner, more streamlined interpretation of Art Deco), this house was formed entirely in a concrete shell – reinforced concrete beams and concrete block creating romantic thick walls and deep window sills. For the restored design, shingled canopies and remnants of past renovations were stripped away revealing clean simplicity of form and function.

With the same care and attention to detail this home received in its’ inauguration, we undertook to replace decades of misunderstanding. Current materials and technologies have been introduced, while period influences remain. Aluminum windows, teak cabinets, oak floors, streamlined shapes and Channel inspired forms punctuate this home design inside and out.

“Fashion changes but style endures”

- Coco Chanel