[URBAN NOTE] The National Post on the sale on Toronto's Integral House

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The National Post's Jake Edmiston describes how this Rosedale architectural landmark was put on sale. Beautiful photos of the house can be found via the Post's link.

Integral House, one of the most storied accomplishments in Canadian architecture, has finally found a buyer after 18 months on the market.

It was the vision of the mathematician and musician James Stewart, built with reverence to both those passions. The 18,000-square-foot house is complex, with curved glass and oak overlooking a ravine in Toronto’s Rosedale neighbourhood and a state-of-the-art concert hall that seats 150.

Stewart spent 15 years on it and $34 million. When it was finished in 2009, Glenn Lowry, director of New York’s Museum of Modern Art, hailed it as “one of the most important private houses built in North America in a long time,” during an interview with the Wall Street Journal.

The property was originally listed at $28 million in the spring of 2015, then dropped to $23 million months later. It was reduced again to $19.5 million last month and has now been acquired by one of two interested buyers for an undisclosed price, Sotheby’s International Realty Canada said Friday.

The house was known as a philanthropic hub in the city, where Stewart frequently hosted fundraisers and benefit concerts.

After his death in 2014, his family started the arduous process of finding the right buyer — one who would to continue his legacy.