Address: | 904 Kildonan Drive |
Original Use: | Dwelling |
Constructed: | 1959 |
Architects: | Ernest Smith |
Firms: | Smith Carter Searle Associates |
Contractors: | Fuji Builders |
This home was designed by Ernest Smith for his growing family of five. The site is heavily treed and the main entrance extends off of Kildonan Drive. The land where the house sits is located behind the flood dike and therefore quite low. The high risk of flood to the site required that main living spaces be elevated to the height of the street. Filling the site would have destroyed existing trees on the lot, so it was decided that the main areas of the home would sit atop an at-grade walk-out basement. Kildonan Drive is elevated as a protective flood dike, allowing the main entrance to be on the second level, approached from the street via a level bridge.
Ernest Smith was a graduate of the University of Manitoba and The Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was a founding partner of Smith Carter Architects.
Roof: | Flat roof |
Materials: | The house was originally finished in vertical Western red cedar siding but has been replaced by concrete panel |
Size: | 1,880 square feet |
Suburb: | Kildonan Drive |
Garage: | Double attached garage |
Frontage Direction: | South east |