The project follows the current trend of transforming a duplex into a cottage, and adds an extension in the backyard.

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Architects: Nathalie Thibodeau Architecte

Location: Montreal, QC, Canada

Area: 1200.0 ft2

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Maxime Brouillet

Other Participants : Pascale Parenteau-Gauthier

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From the architect. The project follows the current trend of transforming a duplex into a cottage, and adds an extension in the backyard.

Floor Plan

The client?s order was clear: create a place designed for celebrations and other good times with friends. With a nod to the theatre, the house lets its residents? lifestyle take centre stage. 
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The backyard is the stage, and alludes to the façade of a loggia. To see without being seen, or to see and be seen: you have the choice.

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Just like the neighbouring homes, here the rear wall is composed by a volume of white colour. The heart of the façade stands out through the use of dark-coloured, but lightweight, facing, which frames large glass windows whose transparency is filtered by horizontal blinds. Black wood fills the space, both indoors and outside.

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