block
Toronto, Canada


Completion 2013


Treasure Hill Developments
Richard Wengle Architect

Model Suite; Town Layouts & Standards
Model Suite – 662 s.f.
37 Townhomes

BILD Awards 2012, Canada – Project of the Year, Low-Rise
BILD Awards 2012, Canada – Best Sales Office, Low-Rise
BILD Awards 2012, Canada – Best New Home Design, Semi-Detached or Townhome


block is a careful study in contemporary, urban living. It embodies the modern impulse for openness, unity, and fluidity, within which functional parts are accommodated effortlessly. The character of the different zones is easy to read though their interrelationship is dense and multi-faceted.

Three distinct yet continuous areas – dine-cook-live – are defined clearly within the spatial totality, linked by an interplay of surface planes in cadence; horizontal and vertical, matte and reflective, transparent and opaque, dark and light. Custom, sliding veneer panels – for concealed storage, media, and food preparation – ensure extended and uninterrupted sight lines within the townhome units.


Photography by Joy von Tiedemann