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WHAT: Manor House
WHERE: Toronto
OWNER: Drake (Rapper)
BUILDER AND DESIGNER: Ferris Rafauli
WEBSITE: discover
CLASSIC, HISTORICAL STYLE AND OVERWHELMING HIGH LUXURY.
WHAT ELSE WE KNOW ABOUT DRAKE's HOMETOWN MANSION?
NUMBERS
ULTRA LUXURY PROPERTY IS VALUED AT $100 MILLION,
AND SITS ON OVER TWO ACRES OF LAND.
RAPPER PURCHASED THE LAND FOR $6.7 MILLION AND HIRED CANADIAN DESIGNER
AND BUILDER FERRIS RAFAULI, TO MAKE HIS CUSTOM HOME DREAMS COME TRUE.
VISION
“BECAUSE I WAS BUILDING IT IN MY HOMETOWN, I WANTED THE STRUCTURE TO STAND FIRM FOR 100 YEARS.
I WANTED IT TO HAVE A MONUMENTAL SCALE AND FEEL.
IT WILL BE ONE OF THE THINGS I LEAVE BEHIND, SO IT HAD TO BE TIMELESS AND STRONG.”
DRAKE TOLD ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST.
STYLE
"IN FORM, MATERIALS AND EXECUTION, THE STRUCTURE IS A PROPER 19TH-CENTURY LIMESTONE MANSION.
BUT THE EXTERIOR PROFILES ARE MORE MINIMAL AND THE LINES ARE A BIT CLEANER."
SAYS RAFAULI ABOUT MANSION's STYLE.
"IT IS A MARVEL OF OLD-WORLD CRAFTSMANSHIP,
CONSTRUCTED OF LIMESTONE, BRONZE, EXOTIC WOODS, AND OTHER NOBLE MATERIALS.
EVERY DETAIL OF THE SPRAWLING PROPERTY HAS BEEN METICULOUSLY CONCEIVED AND EXECUTED."
WE READ AT ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST.
WE LOVE ELEGANT GARDEN WITH POOL AND BEAUTIFUL RELAX ZONE.
ARCHITECTURE, MATERIALS, FORM, THE STRUCTURE - EVERYTHING IS
EXTRAVAGANT, ELEGANT AND BREATHTAKING.
YOU CAN SEE INTERIORS OF THIS INSANE MANSION HERE.
BEAUTIFUL HOME