Atelier RZLBD

Duncan Mill Road, Toronto, ON M3B 3J5, Canada

http://www.rzlbd.com/

"Atelier RZLBD is a boutique art & architecture practice based in Toronto founded by RZLBD*; un homme à tout faire whose répertoire tops up to making arts, crafting objects, designing buildings, curating installations, and publishing a zine called rzlbdPOST.

The practice is not just an ordinary operation that serves, rather like a positive virus, it contributes, communicates, challenges, and adapts itself to the needs of each project and its context. From a 17mm wedding ring to a 56km long housing proposal, the portfolio has been distinguished with numerous accolades; exhibited in many venues; and celebrated in more than 100 print publications." (Atelier RZLBD)

PROJECTS

The stacked volumes, reminiscent of a column of books, of the Stack House in Toronto

The Stack House is like a stack of books resized to human living proportions. Composed of horizontal platforms that make up a three-story structure plus a basement, the villa is a playful expression of horizontal volumes differentiated by finishing materials

Formal simplicity of Albers House as a remedy to a cluttered environment: an example of a home that inspires optimism

Serene yet audacious is the presence of Albers House on a typical residential street in Scarborough, Ontario. In its paradoxical behavior, it adapts and resists existing conditions, performing a very limited yet radical transformation of the existing space and neighborhood