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nationalpost.com NATIONAL POST SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2019 Find your home at nationalpost. com/homes Beaux-Arts architecture is timeless because it’s classical but not too fussy. — RICHARD WENGLE, WHO RUNS AN EPONYMOUS THE SUITE LIFE ARCHITECTURAL FIRM IN TORONTO The plan behind the Randall Residences was to bring a touch of Paris — and a lot of luxury, with interiors by Drake’s designer — to Oakville style popularized in Europe in the IRIS BENAROIA latter half of the 19th century. That’s why, when it came to designing the f you’re a tourist in Paris, Old Randall Residences, opened this World architecture rewards past fall in southeast Oakville, Wen- the act of looking up. Scrolled gle turned to Paris — and Le Petite iron balconies, cornices jut- Trianon, a small château near the Iting off walls, arched windows Palace of Versailles — as an inspira- fronting chic apartments — such tion. flourishes, extraordinary to most The proportions felt right: lux- North American visitors, are to the urious and low-pitched, the Ran- French the norm. dall, built by Rosehaven Homes, “Their buildings have substan- contains 36 units, starting at $2.4 tial detailing,” says the architect million and ranging from 1,807 to Richard Wengle, who runs an 2,586 square feet. All but nine have eponymous architectural firm in To- been spoken for. ronto. “Beaux-Arts architecture is time- Our contemporary steel-and- less because it’s classical but not glass approach, he says, has noth- too fussy,” says Wengle. ing on Beaux-Arts, the architectural See RANDALL on PH2 INSIDE Holmes What It Went For Looking ahead at the next decade Stunning Mississauga home in home building goes for $2.25 million Page PH3 Page PH8 PH2 nationalpost.com NATIONAL POST, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2019 onthemap PHOTOS: RANDALL RESIDENCES Celebrity designer Ferris Rafauli brought his A-game to the interiors at the Randall Residences.
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