See a Cabbagetown home with two faces
The kitchen in the new addition of Janus House, designed by Carol Moukheiber and Christos Marcopoulos of Studio NMinusOne for Dutch-born owner Ghislaine Beckers. 'When you build something new, you build something that looks contemporary," Ms. Beckers said.
The kitchen is outfitted with a bianco carrera marble backsplash and shelves made from salvaged timber.
The blend of kitchen and living space strike some as unusual. 'People say that, but I don't see it,' responds Ms. Beckers. In Europe, this is how you live.'
A view from the kitchen looking to the back yard.
The 'portals' and atrium linking the addition to the old house.
The stairs from the second to third floor has treads of flat steel plate.
Bedrooms on the second floor, with old and new halves joined by a bridge over the atrium.
A wall of frosted glass for one of the second-storey rooms.
The 3rd floor bridge.
The third level of the addition is an open space that serves as TV room and play area for Ms. Beckers' two children.
Outside, the new addition is clad in rusting red Cor-Ten steel.