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Developing Interests Developing Interests Architects who work as developers owning, financing, designing and sometimes even acting as the builder for projects take calculated risks to deliver rewarding projects for their communities and themselves. By Share “Show me a wealthy architect,” architect Lloyd Hunt once quipped to his class at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture, “and I’ll show you a developer.” The profits of developers can seemingly outstrip an architect’s fees on a project. But for architects, there’s a way to reap the financial rewards of development by becoming the developer. The rewards go beyond potential financial gains, though. Architects who enter the development arena are often aiming to make modest, but important improvements to a neighbourhood or city that they know well. They’re gaining valuable knowledge about building from a client-and-owner perspective that feeds back into their architectural pra ....
Stay in the loop Sign up for our free email newsletter. Unsubscribe anytime or contact us for details. A Toronto couple found the perfect escape from the city in a dream home built to blend into the landscape of Manitoulin Island. Solares Architecture architects Christine Lolley and Elyse Snyder designed the off-grid house for a remote part of Manitoulin Island that doesn t have access to hydro, and therefore had to be self-sufficient, said Solares Architecture supervising architect Christine Lolley. The home on Manitoulin Island is off-grid because there are no services in the remote area. It is off-grid by necessity, there is no grid for them to tie into on that road, said Lolley. ....
By Stacey McLachlan / Photos by Nanne Springer – February 12, 2021 After escaping over the years to Lake Huron’s Manitoulin Island, a pair of painters tap Solares Architecture for a sustainable pine-clad cabin. It turns out paradise is just a six-hour drive from Toronto at least that’s how Donna Creed and Oliver Girling see it. When the couple first visited friends on Lake Huron’s Manitoulin Island 15 years ago, they stumbled upon dramatic water views, spectacular stars against a dark sky, and peace and serenity among a forest of cedars. Immediately, it felt like something special; it felt like home away from home. ....