"Studio VAARO's Rathnelly House is a comprehensive and formally expressive renovation of an Edwardian-era semi-detached house in midtown Toronto. The project not only enhances functionality and spatial fluidity but also expands the home significantly from within while respecting its existing footprint. The clients, a professional couple with a young child, sought both a pragmatic and aesthetic transformation: to increase usable floor area, raise ceiling heights, and expand storage, all within a welcoming and distinctive design mediating between openness and seclusion."
"Extensive structural interventions enabled a fundamental reordering of space. The result is an expansive plan that adds 140 m (1,500 ft), increasing the functional area of the home by almost 60%."
Rathnelly House is a comprehensive renovation of an Edwardian-era semi-detached house in midtown Toronto that expands usable area by 140 m² (1,500 ft²), increasing functional area by almost 60%. The project raises ceiling heights, improves spatial fluidity, and substantially increases storage while keeping the original footprint. Extensive structural interventions allowed a fundamental reordering of the plan to mediate between openness and seclusion. The design balances pragmatic requirements for a professional couple with a young child and a distinctive formal expression. The result delivers a more flexible, welcoming home with enhanced circulation and spatial clarity.
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