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Flag House / studio mk27

Susanna Moreira — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 07:00:00 +0000

The main challenge of this project was to create a strong connection between internal and external spaces, typical of studio mk27 project in tropical climate, but in this case, in Whistler, a ski station in Canada where winters are harsh.

Whistler Treetop House / Evoke International Design

Valeria Silva — Sat, 20 Jan 2024 15:00:00 +0000

This house is 3,900 ft2 over three levels in Whistler, BC. The owners are an active family of four and relocated from Vancouver to make Whistler their home. The primary focus was to develop a design that would support the outdoor activities and lifestyle of the family while ensuring that a sense of permanent - rather than recreational - home was created. The site was heavily sloped and there was also a desire to connect indoors and outdoors on multiple levels. Southern exposure was to be utilized on the upper floor, to bring much-needed sunlight deep into the space on long winter days.

Audain Art Museum / Patkau Architects

Rayen Sagredo — Sun, 17 Oct 2021 13:00:00 +0000

The form and character of the Audain Art Museum are deliberately restrained to provide a quiet, minimal backdrop to the art within and the surrounding natural landscape. The simple form of the exterior is clad in an envelope of dark metal which recedes into the shadows of the surrounding forest. Where this envelope is opened, to provide access in the entry porch or view from the glazed walkway to the galleries, the dark metal is overlaid by an inviting luminous wood casing. Public spaces in the interior, which are visible from the exterior, continue this warm luminous materiality.

The Rock House / Gort Scott

Paula Pintos — Tue, 10 Aug 2021 16:00:00 +0000

The Rock is a new private house in the Canadian mountain resort of Whistler, designed by London-based architectural practice Gort Scott. Rooted in the landscape, the building comprises a six-bedroom house and a two-bedroom guest house linked by an external terrace. Concrete blades rise from the rocky outcrop, enclosing open-plan living spaces between the dense concrete and a finely crafted timber structure above.

Whistler Ski House / Olson Kundig

Andreas Luco — Sun, 26 Jan 2020 20:00:00 +0000

Set in the Coast Mountains of western Canada, Whistler Ski House is a family retreat built to withstand the harsh mountain environment. Elevated ten feet above grade, the main level provides a sense of occupying the tree canopy while also floating above snowdrifts and flood prone lake shore. Due to the nature of the deep soft soil on the lake shore and the home’s location in a high seismic risk zone, the house is supported on a continuous 2-foot thick raft slab on densified soil, created by a series of vibro-densified rock columns that extend 60 to 68 feet deep into the ground. The raft slab “floats” on the densified soil which allows the house to remain stationary during a seismic event that would cause un-densified soil to slide into the lake.

Drifter Way / Stark Architecture

Pilar Caballero — Mon, 30 Apr 2018 17:00:00 +0000

What a project, and what a set of clients! Mitch and Foz are two infectiously happy and chilled people with two young kids. They had purchased this 1970's Whistler cabin which had a huge lot, but the building itself needed a lot of TLC. Rather than knock down the building which is so common in Whistler, we set about planning to renovate the existing building and tie it into a new two storey modern warehouse / industrial extension. The zoning of the site allowed for an additional auxiliary building to the east of the site.

Whistler Cabin / Scott & Scott Architects

Florencia Mena — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 09:00:00 +0000

Built as a weekend retreat for a family of snowboarders the cabin is situated on a steeply sloping rock bluff in a quiet residential area north of Whistler village. The neighbourhood is made up of similar sized A-frame and Gothic arch cabins and chalets dating from the 1970s. In contrast to the more recent larger scaled residences in the region the cabin was designed around the owners’ and architects’ desire to work with the original scale of the early structures in the area.

Hadaway House / Patkau Architects

Daniel Sánchez — Thu, 19 Mar 2015 10:00:40 +0000

This snow country house is located on a northwest slope overlooking a panoramic view of Whistler valley in southwest British Columbia. The site is a difficult wedge shape which offers just enough room for a garage and narrow entrance on the street side at the top of the slope.

Whistler Residence / BattersbyHowat Architects

Kritiana Ross — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Khyber Ridge / Studio NminusOne

Nico Saieh — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0000

The Khyber Ridge house was commissioned by a professional snowboarder. The strategy takes its cue from the intimate engagement of a shredder following the line of a mountain; it is one of maximum engagement with the site. The house is distributed along a steep slope, developing diverse tactical relations to the landscape, the surrounding views and the internal functions or program of the house.