SE Oakville Custom Home Architecture
SE Oakville is a neighbourhood in the Toronto suburb of Oakville.
During the neighbourhood's early European settlement history in the 19th century, it was primarily farm land, with several orchards, remnants of which can still be found n the few remaining pockets of agriculture along Winston Churchill Boulevard, and several of the old farmhouses were preserved during the period of suburbanization. During the early 20th century, most of the waterfront land was bought up for multi-acre estates. Large scale suburbanization mainly began in the early 50s, and most of the neighbourhood was developed by the late 60s. The most common style of home built during this period was probably suburban ranch homes, although you also had some Cape Cod style homes, Colonial style homes, split levels, a bit of late Tudor Revival and other styles typical of the 50s-60s, as well as a small number of homes with unique modern designs. The last hold-outs of farmland were developed in the 1970s in the style typical of that decade. Over the next few decades, little change occurred but this did allow mature trees to grow on the large lots. Approximately 20 years ago however, as the Toronto real estate boom began to heat up, it began to be a highly desirable location for the construction of custom homes, thanks to its large lots that were (by Toronto standards) rather "underbuilt", proximity to Lake Ontario, high quality commuter rail service, mature tree canopy, charming historic downtown and good public schools. As a result, approximately half (if not more) of the original housing stock has been torn down and rebuilt into custom homes for affluent suburbanites. Over the course of those 20 years, the architecture of the homes built spanned several architectural trends, so there's a decent bit of variety, between the remaining original homes and the new ones. |
The most significant new architectural trends in SE Oakville is modern architecture. There's been some of that in the initial 50s-60s suburban development, and a few custom homes here and there, but it really took off in the last 5 years to the point where I'd say about half of the homes being built right now are in that style.
https://i.imgur.com/NAAj6LW.jpg https://i.imgur.com/eJSTxTR.jpg https://i.imgur.com/yaLlBOA.jpg https://i.imgur.com/Why23rP.jpg https://i.imgur.com/oc3xI94.jpg |
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https://i.imgur.com/CWKxyr9.jpg https://i.imgur.com/g6hS71t.jpg https://i.imgur.com/n8CuuSa.jpg (not sure if the last one would count as modern or something else) |
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Custom and yet cookie cutter at the same time.
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bit of a prairie style thing going on for some, not bad.
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Oakville is one of the better-planned suburbs, incorporating many New Urbanist principles, thinking a lot ahead, a strong and cohesive top-down approach, but it's nice to see some individualism and bottom-up approach to design as well, which is also lacking in suburbs.
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Btw, I like the houses in your latest post the most, from a pure aesthetic standpoint, especially that third house. These houses are bit more traditional or old-fashioned or something. Maybe I'm not as big a fan more modern style in the earlier pics. |
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A few more. Some of these are trying a little too hard... but I do like how the first one integrates the garages into the design of the house by matching the garage doors with the house windows.
https://i.imgur.com/tVcTXtN.jpg https://i.imgur.com/b0A9AKv.jpg https://i.imgur.com/cbwtNXU.jpg https://i.imgur.com/ksIpNDh.jpg https://i.imgur.com/do3g6i3.jpg |
In the last two posts, I like that last house the most, the way the 2nd floor portrudes and overhangs the front door and without diverting attention away from the door, the way they achieve balance without symmetry, the least flashiest design but still the most inviting.
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