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Built on a property full of family history and remnants of Muskoka’s logging past, this contemporary cottage was designed with lots of room for kids, grandkids, relatives, dogs… and everyone’s friends.

Situated on the original Chandos Estates property, the Chandos Lake Cottage replaced an old single storey cottage that was hidden from view by a large perimeter hedge.

Situated on a heavily treed, west facing property on Chandos Lake, this year-round home replaced the family’s 1950’s cottage…

Now under construction is our Scarcliffe Cottage, located right on the shoreline of Lake Muskoka, in Port Carling Ontario. When the clients approached Altius to design and building them a new cottage, they did not yet have a property.  After spending months searching the area, Altius principal Graham Smith and the clients found a property located right on the water…

Tory Crowder and Shawn Thomas are not indoor people. The couple and their three children spend most of their time in the backyard swimming, entertaining, relaxing, eating and sharing family time — their outdoor space is a home, cottage, playground and lounge all in one cosy spot.

When Sean Nakamoto decided to build a cottage in Huntsville, Ont., in 2016, his wish list was unusual for the area…

Faced with a tricky lot that was both narrow and “unusually flat and low,” Toronto–based firm Altius decided to flip this cottage’s floor plan, clustering the bedrooms on the ground floor and locating shared living spaces up top…