Home of the Week: Architect combines light, art and landscape to make magic for Toronto couple
Hariri made a return visit to one of his earliest residential projects, where designing a new Forest Hill residence for a Toronto couple was also a summons to meet that aspiration.The clients were veteran real estate developer Jerry Shear and his wife, Eleanor.The couple shared six sons in a blended family, says Mr. Shear, but the children had all moved on in 1996, when he and his wife purchased a teardown bungalow on a steeply sloping lot.Mr. Shear had retired from the development business by that time, but a son who worked in the industry told him about the emerging talent of Mr.
- ▪Hariri made a return visit to one of his earliest residential projects, where designing a new Forest Hill residence for a Toronto couple was also a summons to meet that aspiration.The clients were veteran real estate developer Jerry Shear a
- ▪Shear, but the children had all moved on in 1996, when he and his wife purchased a teardown bungalow on a steeply sloping lot.Mr.
- ▪Shear had retired from the development business by that time, but a son who worked in the industry told him about the emerging talent of Mr.
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ShareSave for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free Account36 Millbank Ave., TorontoAsking Price: $6,695,000Taxes: $26,640.63 (2025)Lot Size: 45 by 148 feetAgent: Robin Farb-Eckler, Harvey Kalles Real EstateOpen this photo in gallery:The family room has a lift-and-slide door that opens the back wall to the garden, an innovative feature in the 1990s.SuppliedThe backstoryFrom the early days of his practice, Siamak Hariri has been contemplating ways to create architecture that resonates with the human soul.“We are all spiritual beings with a body attached,” the architect says in describing the emotional lift people experience when they engage with music, art and poetry.Today, Toronto-based Hariri Pontarini Architects places that tenet at the centre of the firm’s designs…
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