A Toronto home of both function and whimsy

The Globe and Mail · Alex Bozikovic · 2026-11-05 13:00 UTC

The two-storey addition engages with the older building, but nothing about it is ordinary

The building on Jones Avenue was trying to disappear. A 1950s doctor’s office, it had been converted to apartments, carelessly clad with siding and vinyl windows. But the building found people who could see its inherent beauty, and add to it. Architect Anne-Marie Armstrong of AAmp Studio and her husband, graphic designer Todd Temporale, noticed handsome limestone window surrounds and a wall of glazed yellow brick. These things signalled a gem worth polishing.

And Ms. Armstrong revels in such a task. “There’s a belief that Toronto can feel a bit beige,” she says. “And yet there are these wonderful moments hiding in some of these buildings. Finding those excites me.”

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