Prentiss Balance Wickline Architects

Cortes

Cortes

Cortes

Prentiss + Balance + Wickline Architects

STATUS
Built

SIZE
1000 sqft - 3000 sqft

YEAR
2011

LOCATION
Strathcona, BC, Canada

TYPE
Residential › Private House

Cortes

English description provided by architects.

Located at the south end of Desolation Sound on Cortes Island, British Columbia, the site is formed of natural granite bedrock.

Cortes
Cortes

The site contains a dramatic peninsula and cliff which serve as a windbreak for Cortes Bay and the Seattle and Vancouver yacht clubs.

The sea front side of the house is elevated up off of the bedrock with steel columns and exposed wood floor beams and cantilevered decks.

Cortes
Cortes
Cortes

The entry side of the house is grounded to the bedrock with concrete forms that visually anchor the house to the site.

The central great room includes living, dining, and kitchen and is flanked by a guest suite and study to the west and a master suite to the morning sunlight of the east.

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