For Toms + McNally Design, Architecture is a response to context. Millgrove House, located in rural Hamilton, sits on a property that contained an abandoned apple orchard, and a hay-growing farm for local use. Situated between mature treelines and forests, the site is gently rolling. As a result, the design strategy was to use the topography in order to maintain a modest appearance from the street while providing a spacious home for a middle-aged couple with four adult children.

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Architects: Sanam Samanian

Location: Toronto, Canada

Project Year: 2017

Photographs: Toms + McNally Design

Structural: Blackwell Engineering

Mechanical: mcCallum Sather

Electrical: Keith Seguin Engineering
Landscape: Adesso Design

Millwork (Kitchen, Bathroom & Dining Room): Cranberry Hill Kitchens Ellen Preston

Septic: Amec Foster Wheeler

Contractors: Keith Strub Construction (concrete), Entz Brothers Construction (carpentry), CMS Electric (electrical), G&A Masonry (masonry), Vipond (sprinklers), Cranberry Hill Kitchens (millwork), Shademaster Landscaping (Landscape), Cardi Construction (Earthwork), Praxy (zinc siding), Inline Fibreglass (windows), Barber Glass (glass guards), Caswell Maintenance (roof), Green Method (mechanical).

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