The Bridle Path stained and leaded glass dome is one of our most artistically impressive and technically challenging stained and leaded glass ceilings in our portfolio. It was designed for a foyer of a private residence in Toronto and installed in 2012.

I just found this spectacular residence was recently sold and it was one of the most expansive houses on the market in that area - 14 800 000 dollars. Here is a link to the house presentation by a sales team.


I had previous experience working with this client and we designed and fabricated small triple leaded glass flat skylight in 2006. In 2009 the client called me and informed that a new house is under construction (waiting for building permit) and there will be our large stained and leaded glass dome. We were motivated by high expectations and wanted to surpass. In 2010 we started design development.
The building and design team set up a goal to create stained and leaded glass dome inspired the Palm Court ceiling at the Plaza Hotel in New York. The Plaza Hotel was opened on October 1,1907. The leaded glass dome over the Palm Court was designed and built based on production technologies existing at that time, which were not advanced comparatively to current time and technical limits led to glass design limitation as well. Transparent glasses were used for the dome production which allowed a lot of light in. Over a long period of time high raised buildings were built around The Plaza and skylight was shadowed. Moreover, time, gravity and heat damaged the stained and leaded glass skylight. It demanded a lot of restoration and maintenance work to be done by that time and it was completely removed in 1943 to allow for central air conditioning and more space for private functioning above it. New owners of the Plaza decided to restore the leaded glass ceiling in its original appearance with new metal frame work and glass panels. In 2007-2008 the leaded glass dome was fabricated and installed by Botti Studio .

