Corrugated Steel Meets Cedar in a Retro-Futuristic Laneway House by Weiss A+U

This compact laneway dwelling balances site limitations and ecological sensitivity through an inventive, elevated design solution. Set within the tight constraints of a Toronto lot, the Pocket Laneway House by Weiss Architecture & Urbanism Limited is a compact but layered intervention—conceived not only as a future caregiver’s home, but as a structure that respects the ecological and architectural context of its site. Hovering above a carport and propped in part by a V-shaped steel column on helical piers, the form makes minimal contact with the ground—an intentional design strategy to safeguard the root zone of a mature maple tree. The […]