A kitchen under timber.

A timber pergola frames the outdoor kitchen and bar, giving shade by day and a warm, defined room at night.

The timber frame is sized as a room, not as decoration over a leftover patio. Posts set the corners of the kitchen and bar. By day the structure itself is the shade. At night the lights stay inside that footprint, so the yard beyond goes dark and the room reads clearly. The bar faces the seating, which keeps the person making drinks in the same space as everyone else.

Outdoor living · Toronto and York Region