General Project Information
Architectural Credit:
Patkau Architects
Project Substantial Completion Date: 10/3/2023
Program type(s): Residential - Single-Family Detached
Total Site Area (gross sq. ft): 27,383 ft2
Total Building Area (gross sq. ft): 6,000 ft2
Project substantial completion date: 10/3/2023
Climate zone: 3A
Project site: Previously developed land
Project team: Architect: Patkau Architects
Engineer - Structural: RJC Structural Engineering
Lighting: Margot Richards Lighting
Landscape: Haven Garden Design, Red Door Landscape Services
Energy Modelling: Adapt Energy Advising
Arborist: Talbot Mackenzie & Associates
Geotechnical: Ryzuk Geotechnical
Builder: Rannala Freeborn Construction
Project Overview:
Intertwining landscape, light, and family life, Arbour House is a loosely knit fabric of spaces that overlook Cadboro Bay in
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
The design harnesses the virtues of its coastal site with inland breezes, sloping topography, temperate climate and
abundance of sunshine.
A rhythmic pleated ceiling is a singular architectural invention that coheres and activates the interior.
This intricate wooden arbour, suspended below arrays of operable skylights, alternates between greater and lesser
porosity. The rhythms of the sun play within the house evoking the feeling of dappled light beneath a canopy of Garry
Oaks.
Submission portfolio
Arbour House
Category
Architecture Awards
Description
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