During the process of getting your home design approved for a building permit, you may encounter some bumps on the road. First, a bit of background: If you are homeowner who is either building a new home or embarking on... View Article
When it comes to residential architecture, no house is an island. The homes that Lorne Rose designs for his clients don’t exist in isolation—they exist in neighbourhoods, as one house within a block of houses, inhabited by one family or... View Article
Lorne Rose Architect works with general contractors all the time on home-building and renovation projects in Toronto and throughout Canada. In doing so, Lorne’s network of contractors has grown to be very substantial, as well as being eclectic: Lorne has... View Article
With the New Year almost upon us, it’s as good a time as any to look back at some of the stunning residential architecture projects Lorne Rose completed in Toronto in 2016. Modern Living in North York This astonishing example... View Article
Let’s say you already have a nice home on a nice lot but you’re ready for a change. You like the neighbourhood, you like the lot, but you are looking for something different for the house itself. Is it better... View Article
Click here for part 1 of this two-part series on Toronto residential architecture. In the first post, we looked at Tudor homes, Georgian homes, French Provincial homes, Modern homes, and Shingle homes. In this post, we will look at five... View Article
Toronto is a city whose roots run deep. Founded in 1793, two of its first streets were Yonge and Dundas; its first houses were mostly in the neighbourhood near the St. Lawrence Market and Parliament St. This is one of... View Article
The art of transforming an unattractive house into something of beauty is much like Rumpelstiltskin spinning straw into gold thread. This is one of the architectural challenges that I truly relish. Dealing with the constraints of an existing house can... View Article
When it comes to real estate, Toronto and Canada are in a period of transition. Home-buying today looks different than it did in decades past: The world is recovering from 2008’s housing collapse; slow economic growth and the proliferation of... View Article
Thanks to the ingenuity of interior designer Lori Morris and architect Lorne Rose, a newly built English-style manor house in Toronto feels simultaneously grounded in old-world tradition and steeped in modern interpretations of glamour and comfort—a combination so winning that... View Article