RIDGE HOUSE
Set within an executive subdivision just north of Bolton, Ontario, is a picturesque seven-acre suburban site, complete with small rolling hills and a two-acre forest (west) with extended views (south).
This large, two-storey house is positioned just below a ridge, submerged into the ground, thereby giving it complete privacy from the surrounding subdivision and access road. This house has three programmatically different wings: living/kitchen/guestrooms; master bedroom/ensuite/office and garage/shop. Together, these wings resemble a T-shape in plan.
The meandering driveway ends at a gravel forecourt with low slung copper roofs, stepped soffits and stone walls with very few window penetrations. Inside the house, from the foyer, stairs descend into a sunken living room, where floor to ceiling wood windows provide breathtaking views of the rural landscape far beyond. From this open-planned living area, all three wings can be accessed, as well as the stone paved exterior terrace, at the rear of the house.
LOCATION: Palgrave, Ontario
ARCHITECT: John Hix Architect
DESIGN LEADERSHIP: Michael Poitras,
Consultant-in-Charge of Design
CLIENT: Withheld
STATISTICS:
- No. of storeys: 2
- Ground floor area:
4,430 ft2 (412 m2) - Basement floor area (finished):
1,570 ft2 (146 m2) - Total floor area:
6,000 ft2 (558 m2)
MATERIALS:
- Vertical tongue & groove cedar siding
- Dry-stacked stone
- Copper roofs & soffits
- Spanish cedar wood windows & doors
- Maple hardwood floors
GENERAL PROGRAM:
- Open concept living/dining/kitchen
- Master bedroom + ensuite
- 2 guest bedrooms + ensuites
- Office/media room
- Family room (basement)
- Wine cellar (basement)
- Storage (basement)
- 2 fireplaces
- Landscaped stone terrace + hot tub
- 3-car garage
COST: Withheld
COMPLETION: 2000