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Prince Edward County Rammed Earth House – Construction Update – February 2023
In the first week of February the pre-fabricated roof was installed on the Prince Edward Country custom high performance rammed earth house. Considering that construction began in September, the walls were completed in December, and the roof has been installed in the first week of February, construction is moving along very nicely!
Read moreSammon Passive House Featured in Canadian Architect
The Sammon Passive House deep energy EnerPHit renovation was featured yesterday on Canadian Architect. The article highlights the strategies we used to achieve Passive House certification, as well as makes the case for why deep energy retrofits can play such an important part in helping Toronto achieve it’s climate change and Net Zero Existing Buildings […]
Read more55-unit Non-Profit Seniors Housing in Coniston nearing Completion: Photo Update
What a change from a year ago, when the site work was just starting for the Coniston Seniors Housing project (see our previous blog post on Coniston here). Below is a brief description of the project and a selection of in-progress construction photos showing the 5-storey building nearing completion. This building is a low-carbon, high […]
Read moreThe Junction’s 3rd Annual Window Wonderland
Coolearth Architecture is excited to host a mural for this year’s Window Wonderland in the Junction celebration in our window-gallery at 386 Pacific Avenue. The mural is still in progress, but we will share photos and a link in this blog post when it is completed. The artists we are hosting are Stephanie Avery and […]
Read moreSammon House receives Passive House EnerPHit Classic Certification!
We are very happy to announce that the Sammon Passive House, the progress of which we have been documenting on this blog (here and here) has just received Passive House EnerPHit Classic Certifications. As far as we know, this is the first home in Toronto to receive EnerPHit Passive House Institute certification. Congrats to the […]
Read moreSneak-peek at some in-progress designs for a Teahouse and Meditation Space
Architectural design is about iterating and testing new ideas to see if you can find a creative, pragmatic, beautiful solution given the myriad constraints of the project. Today we are going to share some in-progress 3D visualizations for the bar, kitchen, and lounge areas of a teahouse and meditation space we are designing for a […]
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