How a dryer fire became the catalyst for a house-wide rethink in this Roncesvalles home

You have more space in your space than you think. Yes, you, over there in that downtown Victorian semi-detached. You just haven’t found the right person to chisel it out.

Architect Francesco Martire and interior designer Nadia Cannataro, co-founders of large [medium] design office, found Mary Smith, her wife and their two children gobs and gobs of space. And, while they were at it, they found them ceiling height and more natural light. And they even managed to insert a wonderful, sculptural staircase to tie it all together.