Ipeak House is a bold, brilliant postmodern home surrounded by 100 wooded acres in the Caledon countryside, just an hour from Toronto. Kariouk Architects designed the residence as a forest retreat in the spirit of Wright’s Organic Architecture.
The design’s primary focus is its long, tent-angled steel roof, shaping the interior volumes and circulation path towards a view of the forest.
The asymmetric steel frame construction is clad in slate (mirrored on several interior walls) to echo the rock outcrops on the grounds. Wood ceilings and timber beams warm the vast great room with its enormous skylight, gas fireplace with a polished granite surround—just off a two-story deck with a white oak tongue-and-groove ceiling and ipe wood floor.
The open-concept kitchen has a lounge with an elevated, open fireplace. The children’s bedrooms are suspended like a cocoon above the main floor from a 40-foot steel beam and accessed by a catwalk.
The lower level is dedicated to entertainment and relaxation, with a movie theater, gaming room, infrared sauna, family room, and guest bedroom.
Transom windows infuse the space with natural light and bring in the views of the surrounding forest, meadows, and ponds.