Urban Toronto’s Isaac Khouzam puts it perfectly: “A laneway house requires a laneway; a feature that is common in the city’s older “streetcar suburbs” near the core, but which many post-war suburban neighbourhoods lack. Garden housing, on the other hand, can be built almost anywhere, bringing the benefits of contextually sensitive intensification to a wider swath of this city.” Despite its similarities to laneway housing, garden housing presents its own unique challenges and opportunities. Khouzam explores these differences in his article featuring Lanescape’s Co-founder, Craig Race.
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