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xecutives who seek urban-chic luxury and an architecturally distinctive home will not want to miss out on this stunning upscale duplex in vibrant Marda Loop. This unique 2,050-sq.-ft. two-storey home, designed by Richard Davignon from award-winning Davignon Martin Architecture, is masterfully crafted as part of the Hannon Richards brand of signature inner-city boutique residential homes boasting aesthetically pleasing and sophisticated living. “This is a compelling inner-city luxury home that goes well beyond your design expectations,” says Michael Freiter, Re/Max Real Estate (Central). “The architect has fused traditional design elements with a strong modernist aesthetic to create interplay between old and new that can only be described as ‘modernism evolved.’
“A conscious decision was made to build the home on two floors instead of three, in order to heighten floor-toceiling elevations to those reminiscent of large Parisian apartments. Both the main and upper levels have 10-ft. ceilings and the basement has nine-ft. ceilings – a design feature that is unique to this home and almost unheard of in its class,” he says. “This residence is designed with the professional couple, with tangent lives and entertaining in mind,” Freiter says, noting that it makes a bold, modernist statement, yet is totally functional and finished in warm, rich dark tones that make it inviting. The home’s design defies current trends by creating distinctive living areas. “Specific attention has been given to