Robert Gordon

08/20/2026

28 Beechwood - 1966

There's a particular kind of charm that only a stone Georgian can deliver. Graceful proportions, beautiful natural materials, and details that have only improved with age make this one a true Hogg's Hollow classic.

Explore more remarkable homes from the neighbourhood:
https://lifeofluxury.ca/most-interesting-homes-in-hoggs-hollow/

08/17/2026

There’s a very different feeling that comes from watching a house you’ve imagined on paper finally take shape.

By the time the custom windows arrived at Saint Leonards, the proportions came alive, the rooms filled with light, and I could finally see the home I had imagined. Then came the finishing touches, staging, and ultimately, the real test: putting it on the market.

Selling on the first day was wonderful. Setting a new benchmark for price per square foot in Lawrence Park was even better.

But the most important thing Saint Leonards gave me wasn't the sale.

It gave me conviction.

Conviction that thoughtful architecture had value. That restraint could outperform excess. And that the different worlds I had spent my career moving between could finally become one.

That's why, all these years later, I still think of Saint Leonards as The House That Changed Everything.

👉 Read Part Three, the final chapter:
https://lifeofluxury.ca/the-house-that-changed-everything-part-3/

08/17/2026

08/12/2026

By the time Saint Leonards came along, I had spent nearly twenty years designing, building and managing projects for other people.

This time, I would be the client.

I bought an ageing house on a good piece of land in Lawrence Park and decided to put everything I had learned to the test. I would finance it, design it, build it and ultimately sell it myself.

It was exciting, occasionally terrifying, and the beginning of something that would shape much of what came next.

Part Two of The House That Changed Everything is the story of Saint Leonards and what happened when I finally decided to take the leap:
https://lifeofluxury.ca/part-two-the-house-that-changed-everything/

08/11/2026

Sometimes the projects that change your life aren’t part of the plan.

For me, it began with a beautiful Georgian home, an unusually large property, and the realization that there might be an opportunity hiding beneath the surface. What followed planted a bug that would eventually change the direction of my career.

In Part 1 of Looking for Exceptional: Stories of Architecture, Homes, and a Life by Design, I go back to the house that started it all:
https://lifeofluxury.ca/part-one-the-house-that-changed-everything/

08/06/2026

Toronto is constantly building, demolishing, reinventing, and negotiating with itself.

Whether we always get it right is certainly debatable, but watching the city evolve remains endlessly fascinating.

08/03/2026

There is a difference between complexity and complication.

Projects like this remind me that thoughtful architecture often comes down to restraint: a limited palette, careful proportions, natural light, and materials that age gracefully.

The result feels calm, timeless, and remarkably livable.

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07/30/2026

Beaux-Arts architecture represents architecture at its most composed and deliberate. Symmetry is paramount, proportions are carefully ordered, and every element is part of a larger, balanced whole.

These are homes designed not just to be lived in, but to present themselves with a certain confidence.

→ Learn more about Toronto’s architectural history on my blog;
https://lifeofluxury.ca/what-homebuyers-need-to-know-about-torontos-distinct-architectural-history/

07/28/2026

Yorkville still rewards people who walk it. The brick buildings, mature trees, hidden courtyards, and human scale are very much still here if you slow down enough to notice them.

But neighbourhoods evolve, and not every change affects them equally.

In my Condo Chronicles: Reflections on Yorkville's Changing Landscape, I examine one particular project at 188 & 200 Cumberland and ask whether it truly contributes to the qualities that made Yorkville special in the first place:
https://lifeofluxury.ca/condo-chronicles-reflections-on-yorkvilles-changing-landscape/

07/23/2026

I'm delighted to share that this beautiful home has officially found its next owners.

This sale was particularly rewarding because I had the privilege of representing both the sellers and the buyers. Helping one chapter come to a close while another begins is one of the most rewarding parts of what I do.

Congratulations to my clients, and thank you for your trust throughout the process.