Surreal Estate: Lawrence Park’s famous Bézier Curve House is on the market for $10.9 million

Neighbourhood: Lawrence Park Price: $10,895,000 Size: 7,600 square feet Bedrooms: 4+2 Bathrooms: 7 Real estate agent: Cailey Heaps

The place

An award-winning six-bedroom, seven-bathroom home known as the Bézier Curve House, designed by architect Tania Bortolotto and tucked away on a sleepy street in Lawrence Park. Wild aesthetic aside, the place is meant to be a functional family home. It’s a short walk to some of the city’s best public and private schools as well as Lawrence station, Sherwood Park and the Granite Club.

The history 

The original owner, Farhad Kazmian, asked Bortolotto for a house that would be the antithesis of the glass box: warm materials and a sculptural form with nods to nature (the roof’s shingles are meant to evoke fish scales). Construction began in 2019 and took a year. The property was listed this past July for $12.9 million before dropping to its current price this week. 

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The tour

The famous façade is defined by its namesake curved roof, massive picture windows and barn-board siding. There’s a heated concrete driveway out front along with dense greenery for privacy. 

Everything inside is designed to drop jaws. Here’s the living room. Slightly raised, it comes with 24-foot vaulted ceilings, gallery lighting and a view of the front yard. Both the flooring and that giant twisting ceiling feature are made of engineered oak. 

This is the family room, which takes up the majority of the 3,000-square-foot open-concept main level. Its floor is heated large-slab porcelain.

The family room partition is made of slate and holds the TV, custom shelving and a double-sided fireplace. 

The kitchen is equipped with Miele appliances, including an induction cooktop, a speed oven, a convection oven and a built-in coffee machine as well as a camouflaged dishwasher, fridge and freezer.

Turn around to take in the dining area, with wall-to-wall sliding glass doors leading to the backyard and a dry bar with walnut and velvet accents.

Another look at the kitchen showcases the black marble counter and backsplash, hand-crafted cabinets and sleek pendant lighting.

Walking up the spiral staircase reveals the second-floor landing.

Here’s what the living room looks like from the second floor. As if the giant window weren’t enough, there are two skylights above. 

The main bedroom has an ensuite bathroom, a walk-in closet and a custom built-in headboard with side tables and shelving.

Here’s that ensuite bathroom. It has a marble rainfall shower and a soaker tub as well as two toilets and two vanities.

Down the hall is this secondary bedroom.

All of the secondary ensuite bathrooms have glass showers and heated floors. Note the funky wall tiles.

Downstairs is a full 2,400 square feet for the kids, plus another laundry room, two bedrooms and two bathrooms. 

Returning to the front, the garden is designed to conceal the in-ground pool and waterfall from passers-by. The owner placed the pool here to save the huge backyard for large parties. 

Sliding doors frame the family room as if it were a painting. 

Finally, a look at the backyard—ideal for dinner parties, birthdays and maybe even a wedding.

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