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The Cool Hunter recently featured Toronto's Integral House, the stunning Toronto residence of millionaire Math professor Dr. James Stewart. Designed by architectectural firm Shim Sutcliffe, Stewart's 18,000-square-foot home--located in Toronto's Rosedale neighbourhood--boasts  "a multitude of seductive curves, massive amounts of floor to ceiling glass, a spectacular staircase" and 150-seat concert hall.

"The house exudes a patina, a classic semi-Scandinavian simplicity that makes it seem older, more established and mature than a brash, brand-new house. There's a lovely sense of dynamism as well, as if the building were in motion, rolling along ever so slowly, or perhaps just coming to stillness after a long architectural journey."

"The fantastic staircase is really a commissioned work of art, a collaboration between the architects, glass artist Mimi Gellman, and structural engineer David Bowick. It is constructed of hand-blown blue glass rectangles that are supported by cast bronze clips and stainless steel cables."

"The house has already been on the Architectural Digest annual Toronto tour and it has become a part of the city's must-see architecture. In a Wall Street Journal article, Glenn D. Lowry, director of New York's Museum of Modern Art, was quoted as saying: "I think it's one of the most important private houses built in North America in a long time."

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