![A modern brick home with a partially covered balcony that has a Japanese soaking tub.](https://ad-c.org/wp-content/plugins/wp-fastest-cache-premium/pro/images/blank.gif)
Batay-Csorba Architects has designed a home in Toronto, Canada, that takes advantage of the small 65’x20’ pie-shaped corner lot, and includes a sheltered outdoor balcony.
![A modern brick home with a partially covered balcony that has a Japanese soaking tub.](https://ad-c.org/wp-content/plugins/wp-fastest-cache-premium/pro/images/blank.gif)
The sloping roof partially covers the balcony, with an opening above the Japanese soaking tub.
![A modern brick home with a partially covered balcony that has a Japanese soaking tub.](https://ad-c.org/wp-content/plugins/wp-fastest-cache-premium/pro/images/blank.gif)
The home’s exterior is clad in old historical buff yellow brick in varying banded coursing patterns that feature across the facades.
![The exterior of this modern home is clad in old historical buff yellow brick in varying banded coursing patterns that feature across the facades.](https://ad-c.org/wp-content/plugins/wp-fastest-cache-premium/pro/images/blank.gif)
The front entry and third-floor deck are carved from brick with contrasting black sintered stone panels.
![The front entry and third-floor deck of this modern home are carved from brick with contrasting black sintered stone panels.](https://ad-c.org/wp-content/plugins/wp-fastest-cache-premium/pro/images/blank.gif)
The interior is a casual and affordable palette of natural materials for an anti-museum aesthetic, with recycled strip plank wood flooring, Baltic birch paneling, terrazzo, and concrete.
![The interior of this home is a casual and affordable palette of natural materials for an anti-museum aesthetic, with recycled strip plank wood flooring, Baltic birch paneling, terrazzo, and concrete.](https://ad-c.org/wp-content/plugins/wp-fastest-cache-premium/pro/images/blank.gif)
![The interior of this home is a casual and affordable palette of natural materials for an anti-museum aesthetic, with recycled strip plank wood flooring, Baltic birch paneling, terrazzo, and concrete.](https://ad-c.org/wp-content/plugins/wp-fastest-cache-premium/pro/images/blank.gif)
Corridors and stairwells are minimized, and there are no walk-in closets, pantries, or unused bonus rooms.
![Corridors and stairwells are minimized in this modern home, and there are no walk-in closets, pantries, or unused bonus rooms.](https://ad-c.org/wp-content/plugins/wp-fastest-cache-premium/pro/images/blank.gif)
The home is focused around a dramatic central three-story wood-clad lightwell, functioning as both a light monitor, a ventilation chimney that cools the home, and vertical circulation.
![This modern home is focused around a dramatic central three-story wood clad lightwell, functioning as both a light monitor, a ventilation chimney that cools the home, and vertical circulation.](https://ad-c.org/wp-content/plugins/wp-fastest-cache-premium/pro/images/blank.gif)
![This modern home is focused around a dramatic central three-story wood clad lightwell, functioning as both a light monitor, a ventilation chimney that cools the home, and vertical circulation.](https://ad-c.org/wp-content/plugins/wp-fastest-cache-premium/pro/images/blank.gif)
![This modern home is focused around a dramatic central three-story wood clad lightwell, functioning as both a light monitor, a ventilation chimney that cools the home, and vertical circulation.](https://ad-c.org/wp-content/plugins/wp-fastest-cache-premium/pro/images/blank.gif)
![A modern home with a partially covered balcony that has a Japanese soaking tub.](https://ad-c.org/wp-content/plugins/wp-fastest-cache-premium/pro/images/blank.gif)
The bedrooms are compact with space-saving built-in furniture and wardrobes, laundry is built in off the circulation hall, and every square inch of space is thoughtfully designed and utilized.
![A modern bedroom with built-in closets.](https://ad-c.org/wp-content/plugins/wp-fastest-cache-premium/pro/images/blank.gif)
![A small office accessed by custom designed ladders.](https://ad-c.org/wp-content/plugins/wp-fastest-cache-premium/pro/images/blank.gif)
Tucked into the roof peak, above the children’s bedrooms, are hidden reading lofts accessed by custom access ladders, while overlooking the primary bedroom is a small office and music studio.
![A small reading loft accessed by custom designed ladders.](https://ad-c.org/wp-content/plugins/wp-fastest-cache-premium/pro/images/blank.gif)
![A small wood-lined music room.](https://ad-c.org/wp-content/plugins/wp-fastest-cache-premium/pro/images/blank.gif)
Photography by Doublespace Photography
Source: Contemporist