The Integral House

The Unique Canadian House

The two-storeyed Integral House located near to countryside of suburb Toronto (Canada), belongs to Dr. James Stewart (the Canadian professor of mathematics, famous violoncellist). The Canadian architectural studio «Shim-Sutcliffe Architects» became authors of the project of the unique house.

From Curvilinear Exterior to Curvilinear Interior

The top part of a building is created as a translucent structure with glass facades. The bottom level consists of strong oak walls. This variety of the vertical glazed apertures and the natural oak's exterior cover is a maximally harmoniously integrated into a natural Canadian landscape.

The passion of the client to «curves» was a starting point for design of the future house. These curvilinear interior details with doubled integrals and unusual architectural corners provide to the Integral House the unique spatial form penetrating all architectural project. Besides it, for a house interior the furniture from the legendary Arcamax Design & Build manufacturer is used.

Definition «the frozen music» — the fully describes this unique country house. For this reason all elements of exteriors and fragments of interiors perfectly sounds in the general symphony of an interior and appearance of the wooden Canadian house.
The main place in the house is the concert zone in which simultaneously can arrive more than 150 persons. At top level the dining room and a drawing room which is carrying out also function of theatrical balconies.

The house is designed taking into account power of innovative architectural technologies and the good acoustic characteristics necessary for the ideal sound effect of a violoncello. Thus, it's possible to declare with confidence that Home Renovations Toronto are the innovative architectural standards of housing construction.

Dreams become a reality

The Royal Conservatory of Music has embodied dream of creation of the Educational centre. Within the limits of the project there is begun realisation of one of the offered general plans — restoration of two historical buildings.

Koerner Hall in Toronto

Koerner Hall became result of close cooperation between architects and sound producers. In a hall flexible and excellent acoustic atmosphere for classical music, a jazz, an opera, lectures and films is created. The scene is designed so that on it the most various professional collectives, students and recognised masters could act.

The Royal Conservatory of Music

The glass pavilion is placed on the powerful brick base and removed from a historical building. The space between the old and new has been closed, the new foot route thus was generated.

Olympic constructions in Vancouver

Speed is an essence of competitions, sports, achievements, the basic component of Olympic games where compete: skiers, skaters, hockey players and other athletes. To accept the Winter Olympic Games this year, in Vancouver and district already existing buildings have been modernized and the new are constructed.

Cypress Mountain it is located around the western Vancouver. Competitions on freestyle and a snowboard Here will take place. For Games the new system on manufacture of snow and the water tank, new zones for spectators and a path for a parallel slalom has been constructed. Building of two stadiums has begun in May, 2006. In November of 2009, the platform for freestyle became the first constructed Olympic object.

Competitions on hockey will take place on two platforms, in Canada Hockey Place and on University of British Columbia Thunderbird Arena. For Olympic games has been converted Thunderbird Winter Sport Complex. The arena for competitions has been altered, is constructed two new ice skating rinks, one of which will be used for the competitions, the second — for trainings.

Has been constructed Vancouver Olympic/Paralympic Centre where competitions on curling will take place. The new arena from 6,000 spectator places and the adjoining akva-centre has been constructed.

Pacific Coliseum in Hastings Park

Competitions on figure skating and a short-track will take place in Pacific Coliseum in Hastings Park. Restoration works in park have begun in 1994 year. 16,000 spectator places have been replaced, the ice covering has been expanded to the international standard. For high-speed driving 400 metre track in a building by a total area of 33,750 sq.m. has been constructed.

Mounting skiing resort Whistler is considered one of the best in the world, Whistler annually receives 2 million visitors. Here to the Olympic Games descents have been converted, the additional system on snow manufacture has been constructed.

The Whistler Olympic/Paralympic Park is a zone the area 2 sq.km., on which three separate stadiums are located. It has been constructed about 14 km. Internal lines for ski walking and two separate five-kilometre loops, in addition to 8 km of training tracks. On Blackcomb Mountain has been constructed The Whistler Sliding Centre.

The Whistler Sliding Centre