Rosedale ‘PARK’ is a detached garage and fence structure designed for a residential property in an old Toronto community rich in trees and preserved parkland. Located on a busy corner lot, the owner’s requirements for the project were two fold: 1) They wanted to manage views from passers-by into their private pool and entertainment areas while maintaining a connection to the ‘park-like’ public realm; and 2) They wanted to include a place to park their car that wouldn’t jeopardize the natural character of the property or spoil one’s experience of the place. The idea was to use the new garage, fence, hard and soft landscaping together with the existing house, pool and two large and ‘protected’ trees to create a setting and a particular sense of place for each of the anticipated activities including lounging by the pool, cooking, dining alfresco and entertaining large groups of friends. Using wood as the primary building material, the solution was to create a light, airy and luminous envelope around each component of the program that would provide separation without containment. The garage volume and fence structure, framed in structural sawn lumber and a variety of engineered wood products, are wrapped in a dark stained cedar skin that is at once solid and opaque and light and transparent. The fence, constructed of staggered horizontal wood slats was designed for privacy but also lets light and air pass through. At night, the fence becomes a large light fixture providing an ambient glow for both the private garden as well as the public sidewalk. Thin striations of light wrap around the interior and exterior of the property. The wall of the garage separating the pool area and the parked car is an assembly of wood framed windows clad in the same fence material. When illuminated, this poolside screen transforms from an edge into a nearly transparent lantern, casting a warm glow by the pool. The large overhang gives the area by the by the pool containment and sense of place. It edits out the view of adjacent properties and together with the pool in the immediate foreground frames a view back toward the home’s family room. Using the pool as a source of light and the soffit of the overhang a reflector, the bright and luminous water shimmers and reflects light off the warm cedar plane overhead. All of the peripheral storage within the garage is cantilevered off of the main structure and hovers over native grade to significantly reduce the footprint of the building and minimize the impact on existing tree roots. The natural character of the neighborhood inspired the extensive use of wood as the projects primary building material. The availability, ease of construction and cost of wood products made it possible to carefully craft this project. In the end, aside from its quiet, modern expression, it is well-detailed, allowing it to be a pragmatic storage box, an elevated roof 'garden', a lantern at night, a threshold and place of occupation poolside for the owners. Photo: Bryan Groulx

Dur-A-Flex Cobalt epoxy flooring & Custom designed Redline Garage Gear powder coated cabinetry. HandiSolutions Handiwall system

With a grand total of 1,247 square feet of living space, the Lincoln Deck House was designed to efficiently utilize every bit of its floor plan. This home features two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a two-car detached garage and boasts an impressive great room, whose soaring ceilings and walls of glass welcome the outside in to make the space feel one with nature.

Covered carport leading into two car garage

Garage Storage and Shelving. Holiday Storage. Ashley Dombrow, Organization Made Simple, Inc,

What is not to yearn for about designing and building a barn? Our client, sophisticated and educated about architecture, had a man cave/away type of place in mind when he commissioned us to design a barn to complement his family’s Vermont home. There would be room enough for dry storage for a pair of preserved Mercedes, a small utility tractor, all manner of garden and yard tools and equipment, along with a generous and reconfigurable woodworking shop. In the loft, accessed via a comfortable stairway, a craft studio is tucked within a shed dormer with fantastic mountain views, and a rustic lounge area is snuggled in by the warmth of a wood stove. “Just about perfect” we were told. Yearning fulfilled!

Strike a pose for this sleek garage door! This customer chose to update their black Raised Panel door to a Flush Panel door, which looks fantastic with the exterior of their home! Ready for an update? Contact us today for your free on-site estimate! You can reach us at (972)-422-1695 or at PlanoOverhead.com/contact-us/

Exterior post and beam two car garage with loft and storage space

Midcentury Modern new construction garage and workshop.

Garage organization, stroller storage, tool storage and entry way landing zone. Garage mudroom adds so much functional storage and looks beautiful!

This new construction features an open concept main floor with a fireplace in the living room and family room, a fully finished basement complete with a full bath, bedroom, media room, exercise room, and storage under the garage. The second floor has a master suite, four bedrooms, five bathrooms, and a laundry room.

Two 9x7 Model 5983 CHI Garage Doors Cedar Finish Clear Glass with Arched Stockton Design Spear Decorative Handles Steel Front - Steel Back Insulated