The home's main feature is a composition white and steel-wrapped cabinets that continues from the kitchen and soars up to the second-floor mezzanine as a bold gesture linking the two spaces.

The dining table occupies an especially lofty location with over 20 foot ceilings and generous amounts of daylight flooding in from the windows above.

When the bedroom bifold doors and the powder room pocket door are closed, they all align perfectly to close off the private zones of the house from the common spaces of the ground floor.

This project seeks balance through a play of contrasts between old and new; open and closed; starkness and coziness.

A new stair is divided from the entry by a wood privacy screen and winds upstairs to the mezzanine, and then further up onto the roof terrace above. The original brick wall is left exposed along this wall and was stained to a soft, muted grey colour. Storage for bikes and luggage is clever tucked...

Below the mezzanine, the master bedroom is a cozy, warm retreat that stands in contrast to the lightness and whiteness of the rest of the home. Steel beams and the wood decking are exposed on the ceiling above to maximize the available height, and the bed is tucked into a wall of millwork that...

Tucked away, an efficient powder room acts as a guest bathroom and shower, but disappears completely when not in use.

The kitchen and dining room occupy bright lofty spaces while the bedroom is tucked under the warmly lit mezzanine floor.

In winter months, the wood-burning fireplace serves as the focal point for the room. steel-lined shelves in the adjacent millwork are a durable and convenient place for firewood storage.

In summer months, the roof terrace, and mezzanine work in tandem as an indoor-outdoor space for entertaining and lounging, with a view of the sky.

The material palette pairs an understated simplicity with touches of rough industrial textures, carefully detailed within a modern language. In the kitchen, this plays out through a geometric backsplash tile which mediates a dialogue between the stark white cabinetry with minimalist integrated...

A small shower niche is carved out of the side wall to provide a ledge for soaps and shampoos.

Every material is thoughtfully selected, and every juncture between materials is carefully and deliberately considered. The millwork wall is composed of an interlocking combination of white and cold-rolled steel custom wrapped doors with a waxed finish; where they pull apart, the backsplash tile is...