{"id":126087,"date":"2026-05-05T13:20:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T11:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usa.santacole.com\/?post_type=project&#038;p=126087"},"modified":"2026-09-13T20:57:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T18:57:22","slug":"copper-house","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/usa.santacole.com\/en\/project\/copper-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Copper House"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-845d20ba wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--md);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--md);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--md)\">\n<div class=\"block-header align wp-block-santacole-block-section-header\">\n\n    \n                <div class=\"max-w-max-width mx-auto text-center \">\n\n                                        <div class=\"py-sc-spacing-padding-sm flex flex-wrap items-center justify-center gap-2 border-b border-sc-color-ring mb-sc-spacing-padding-md\">\n                                                                        <button class=\"sc-btn sc-button-sm sc-button-link\" type=\"button\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/usa.santacole.com\/en\/projects\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"w-full h-full flex items-center justify-center\">\n                                <span class=\"flex align-items-center lowercase\">\n                                    View all Projects                                <\/span>\n                            <\/a>\n                        <\/button>\n                        \n                                                \n                                            <\/div>\n\n                                        <div class=\"w-full lg:max-w-[960px] mx-auto pb-2\">\n                        <h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title text-h3 !font-medium !mb-0\">\n                            Copper House                        <\/h2>\n                    <\/div>\n\n                                        \n                                        \n                                                                <div class=\"w-full lg:max-w-[960px] mx-auto mx-auto py-sc-spacing-padding-sm mt-2\">\n                            <p class=\"text-lead !font-suisseWorks !mb-0\">\n                                Globo Cesta at Copper House, a copper-clad guesthouse in Toronto&#039;s Sunnybrook Park designed to age like the trees around it.                            <\/p>\n                        <\/div>\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n                \n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group scroll-fade-in is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-62d0db27 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--md);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--rythm-sm);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--md)\"><div class=\"block-image group w-full relative !bg-sc-color-border !w-auto h-[auto] overflow-hidden aspect-16\/9 flex justify-center items-center\" style=\"\">\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1800\" src=\"https:\/\/usa.santacole.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/10-Copper-House-Fabrication-Studio-2025-Alex-Lesage-3-GLOBO-x2400.jpg\" class=\"w-full h-full object-cover\" alt=\"Copper House, Toronto. A 600 sq ft garden suite by Fabrication Studio.\" sizes=\"100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/usa.santacole.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/10-Copper-House-Fabrication-Studio-2025-Alex-Lesage-3-GLOBO-x2400.jpg 2400w, https:\/\/usa.santacole.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/10-Copper-House-Fabrication-Studio-2025-Alex-Lesage-3-GLOBO-x2400-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/usa.santacole.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/10-Copper-House-Fabrication-Studio-2025-Alex-Lesage-3-GLOBO-x2400-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/usa.santacole.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/10-Copper-House-Fabrication-Studio-2025-Alex-Lesage-3-GLOBO-x2400-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/usa.santacole.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/10-Copper-House-Fabrication-Studio-2025-Alex-Lesage-3-GLOBO-x2400-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/usa.santacole.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/10-Copper-House-Fabrication-Studio-2025-Alex-Lesage-3-GLOBO-x2400-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>                    \n       \n            <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group scroll-fade-in is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8d3b4fe6 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--md);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--rythm-md);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--md)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-af7bb6d1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-01c362ca wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-535e61ec wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-suisse-works-font-family has-md-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-weight:500\">Toronto,<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-suisse-works-font-family has-md-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-weight:500\">Canada<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6ea2389e wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-suisse-works-font-family has-md-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-weight:500\">Design:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-suisse-works-font-family has-md-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-weight:500\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zooco.es\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/zooco.es\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fran\u00e7ois Abbott &amp; Fabrication Studio<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6ea2389e wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-suisse-works-font-family has-md-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-weight:500\">Photography:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-suisse-works-font-family has-md-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-weight:500\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/alexlesage__\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/alexlesage__\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alex Lesage<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group scroll-fade-in is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-cb65ebb3 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--md);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--rythm-lg);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--md)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8ede1e22 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"is-style-indent-md has-lg-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The clients wanted an additional space in their home, a place where their children could visit them while maintaining privacy and independence, yet still staying close on the same plot. To achieve this, they commissioned architect Fran\u00e7ois Abbott and the local studio Fabrication Studio, which specializes in this type of accessory dwelling. Together they conceived Copper House, a small independent guesthouse in the garden of the family home, on the outskirts of the peaceful Sunnybrook Park neighborhood in Toronto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-indent-md has-lg-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Copper was chosen because it registers time. Present throughout the neighborhood, it is installed in vertical channels across the facade and the roof overhang. Bright and reflective at first, it ages quietly: gradually taking on brown and green tones, softening through exposure to weather, rain, and sunlight, settling into the landscape like the trees that line the plot. Abbott added wood to the fa\u00e7ade for the same reason: a warm, natural finish that deepens the argument for belonging in the garden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-indent-md has-lg-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The single-story structre of 60 m\u00b2 (645 sq ft) is raised off the ground on helical piles to protect the tree roots. This way, air and water can circulate freely beneath the house, and the elevated base casts shade below, giving the volume a sense of lightness. Inside, a monolithic wooden core houses the services: kitchen, bathroom, and storage. On one side, the living area opens onto the garden through folding glass doors, while on the other lies the bedroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-indent-md has-lg-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The furnishings are light and flexible: ceiling tracks let curtains shift, benches tuck under the table when more space is needed. Above the dining area, a pair of Globo Cesta lamps by Miguel Mil\u00e1. No frame, no structure: just an opal white glass globe, the Cesta family in its most essential form. A piece as discreet and precise as Copper House itself.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group scroll-fade-in is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-cb65ebb3 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--md);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--rythm-lg);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--md)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-75f02a6e wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center h-full is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-411c4ead wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center scroll-fade-in is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"block-image group w-full relative !bg-sc-color-border !w-auto h-[auto] overflow-hidden aspect-4\/3 flex justify-center items-center\" style=\"\">\n                        <a class=\"w-full h-full\" href=\"https:\/\/usa.santacole.com\/en\/lighting\/pendant-lamps\/globo-cesta-cespa01\/\" target=\"_self\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/usa.santacole.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/26-Copper-House-Fabrication-Studio-2025-Alex-Lesage-19-x2400-1280x853.jpg\" class=\"w-full h-full object-cover\" alt=\"Copper House, Toronto. A 600 sq ft garden suite by Fabrication Studio.\" sizes=\"113vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/usa.santacole.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/26-Copper-House-Fabrication-Studio-2025-Alex-Lesage-19-x2400-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/usa.santacole.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/26-Copper-House-Fabrication-Studio-2025-Alex-Lesage-19-x2400-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/usa.santacole.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/26-Copper-House-Fabrication-Studio-2025-Alex-Lesage-19-x2400-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/usa.santacole.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/26-Copper-House-Fabrication-Studio-2025-Alex-Lesage-19-x2400-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/usa.santacole.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/26-Copper-House-Fabrication-Studio-2025-Alex-Lesage-19-x2400-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/usa.santacole.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/26-Copper-House-Fabrication-Studio-2025-Alex-Lesage-19-x2400.jpg 2400w\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>                    \n       \n                    <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"bg-sc-color-primary-foreground px-2.5 py-1.5 text-center !mt-0\">\n        <p class=\"text-sc-color-foreground text-xs\">Globo Cesta 1962, Miguel Mil\u00e1.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:var(--wp--preset--spacing--rythm-xl)\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer hidden md:block\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f3fc70e6 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--lg)\"><div class=\"block-image group w-full relative !bg-sc-color-border !w-auto h-[auto] overflow-hidden aspect-5\/4 flex justify-center items-center\" style=\"\">\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"939\" src=\"https:\/\/usa.santacole.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/11_Copper-House_Fabrication-Studio_2025_Alex-Lesage_4_GLOBO-1280x939.jpg\" class=\"w-full h-full object-cover\" alt=\"Copper House, Toronto. 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