‘We really saw this house as an investment in Calgary,’ says owner of Sturgess Architecture-designed home with $10-million price tag
Underwhelmed by the alternatives available in Calgary ’s resale market in 2012, Cory and Andrea Paddock decided to commission renowned local firm, Sturgess Architecture , to bring their vision to reality.
“Good architecture is essentially timeless,” says Kevin Harrison, principal at Sturgess Architecture. “If the materials of the building are honest to their nature, an avant-garde design will make it more timeless, not less.” “The site ultimately defined the architecture, and how we addressed context,” Mr. Harrison says. “We had a real opportunity to speak to context through its nature.”
A stairwell by the kitchen connects the main floor to the three bedrooms upstairs, tied together by a suspended walkway that hangs from the structural steel beams above. Introduced by a subdued foyer, the kitchen shares the main floor with a double-height living room, where the steel cladding that swaddles the building’s exterior wraps around an irregularly shaped fireplace, showing the material’s evolution. Outside, the steel has developed a patina. Inside, it remains a polished veneer of metal.
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