{"id":6209,"date":"2026-04-09T17:00:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T17:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/?p=6209"},"modified":"2026-04-10T15:17:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T15:17:34","slug":"omar-gandhi-architects-cascades-cedar-lake-house-down-canadian-hillside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/2026\/04\/09\/omar-gandhi-architects-cascades-cedar-lake-house-down-canadian-hillside\/","title":{"rendered":"Omar Gandhi Architects cascades cedar lake house down Canadian hillside"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Toronto-based studio Omar Gandhi Architects<\/a> has completed a lakefront<\/a> house out of a series of rotated, cedar<\/a>-clad volumes that respond directly to the orientation of the site and its trees. <\/span><\/p>\n

Known as Cedar’s Kin, the 465-square-metre (5,000-square-foot) programme is spread over a steep, wooded slope.<\/p>\n

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A series of rotated blocks make up Cedar’s Kin in Canada<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Omar Gandhi Architects<\/a> imagined the project as a descent through the landscape from the top of the hill in the forest canopy to the shoreline, letting it be shaped by its environment and responding to light shifting through the forest.<\/p>\n

“The architecture is organized as a sequence of stepped volumes that frame this transition, with each space oriented toward distinct views as users circulate through the home,” the studio told Dezeen, explaining that each form was positioned to minimise site erosion and preserve existing vegetation.<\/p>\n

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The cedar-clad volumes step down the hilly site<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The main house is broken into three volumes. A bridge leads into the entry and primary suite located on the uppermost level. This descends via a custom-turned stairwell to the shared social areas of the living, kitchen and dining room, which open onto a large deck.<\/p>\n

The deck connects the main house to a guest cabin with two secondary suites in a nearby, but private area.<\/p>\n

At the lowest level, which is partially embedded into the hillside, a game room and a secondary suite connect to storage and service spaces at an angle.<\/p>\n

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A bridge gives access to the main home<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Further down the slope, a beach hut follows the same design language, allowing for direct access to Lake Huron.<\/p>\n

To connect each of the rotated forms and establish continuity throughout the site, the studio clad the whole design in eastern white cedar, which will weather to silver over time and blend into the surrounding tree trunks.<\/p>\n