El Ray is one of five beach houses located to the east of the huge and brooding Dungeness, a nuclear power station on England’s Kentish coast. The house started life as a converted railway carriage, and now sits inside a contemporary timber structure.
Sneeoosh cabin in Washington’s Puget Sound is a light filled structure that invites the surrounding woodland inside, while imposing a minimal footprint on the site.
A unique environmentally guided design by Patkau Architects nestled in Whistler valley extricates the challenging aspects of cold climate design utilising the inherent flexibility of timber framing.
The construction detailing captures the beauty of natural materials through craftsmanship. Structure and materials are revealed and the form reduced to essential elements.
Balanced on the spine of a rocky ridge, the 300 square metre linear house threads through a grove of strawberry trees. At the entrance, the beautifully timbered roof form is a common gable. All rooms are accessed off a central hallway.