Kite Surfer's Dream House Project Detail

Featured in torontohomemag.com • Design Autumn 2013

Homeowner had a long wish list. It all came true.

Blurring the line between interior and outdoor space was central to the concept that avid kite surfer Cameron Sturgess presented to the team designing his lakeside home on Lake Simcoe in Keswick.

Kite-Surfer's Dream: Top quality Interor Design and Architecture combined with highest quality materials results in a sustainable house in harmony with it's surroundings. The deck offers the kite-surfer’s peak moment: blue sky, lake waves and bracing crosswinds on Lake Simcoe, with fellow enthusiasts plying the waters.

Cameron, a technology executive, interior designer Dragana Maznic and architect Ali Malek-Zadeh of Urbanscape Group in Toronto embarked on a collaboration that culminated in a 2,800-square-foot home that pushed their design, engineering and architectural boundaries.

“I wanted a location that faced the sunsets, which are simply incredible out here. There’s a lot of glass facing west, and when all the doors are open, there’s a crossflow of air throughout the house thanks to the breeze coming off the lake. The idea was that nowhere in the house did you not feel part of the lake. Top Residential Interior Design by Dragana Maznic.”

“I designed this house to be a ‘barefoot luxury’ home,” says Dragana. “That was because Cameron lives what appears to be a very casual life of bare feet, shorts and T-shirt, but it’s also a very high quality life of enjoying all the highest quality materials, design, architecture and setting,” says Dragana Maznic, Interior Designer.

Top Residential Interior Design by Dragana Maznic.

Dragana points out that the walnut cabinets are unstained, making this kitchen chemical-free and consistent with Cameron’s commitment to sustainability. “This is someone who routinely composts his organic materials and uses it in his garden. There are no plastic bags in his house, and rather than use paper towels, he uses cloths and washes them after use.”

The double-glazed argon windows are purposely bereft of covering, at least until a specific time in the late afternoon, depending on the seasons, when the sunlight is blinding. With one touch of the remote, blinds emerge from a pencil-thin recess in the ceiling joists and just as easily do a disappearing act at sunset.

The fluidity of an open concept on the main level, from kitchen to dining room to living space, facilitates a brand of casual entertaining that suits owner’s style of “barefoot luxury

Cameron and his daughter live what appears to be a very casual life of bare feet, shorts and T-shirt, but it’s also a very high quality life of enjoying all the highest quality materials, design, architecture and setting, Says Dragana Maznic, Top Interior Designer form Toronto.