Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) home with 100% hidden connections. The cabin had to be built above the flood plane with resilient material so the above grade basement is constructed out of concrete and the carport is completed with a steel frame.

Architectural Collaborator (Little) Paul Davies

The LOTN House, located in Ucluelet, is a small single family hand crafted home constructed by the owner Nic Teichrob of LOTN Creative. It is a two story split level timber framed and post and beam home on isolated concrete footings to allow the forest floor to reclaim the space below the house. It has a roof top garden on the lower roof and is highlighted by the lookout tower over the bedroom and study level. Completion is estimated for the end of 2020, and more pictures will follow then…

Architect: Deutscher Architecture

Contractor: Nic Teichrob

Picture Credits: LOTN Creative

Das Burkehaus is a custom home in West Vancouver, constructed on a concrete 1/2 basement platform with a 30' clear span planter beam over the garage entrance. The main house is timber frame with steel beams as required to achieve the cantilevers and clear spans requested by the Designer/Owner with the minimal floor plate thickness.

With Jon Choo Design and DN+A

The Maple Bay House on Vancouver Island is a large three story single family home constructed by the coast. It has a full height concrete basement, with timber framed walls and floors utilizing engineered timbers where required. It is completed with a heavy timber truss roof detailed and fabricated by the folks at Kettle River Timber Works.

Completion in the Summer of 2020 - more pictures to follow then.

Architects: dHKa, Lynn Gordon-Findlay

Contractor: K2 Construction

The Cavas House is a 3 level "conventional" timber home with partial concrete section at the double garage entrance, including the suspended slab and beam and shear walls. The feature folded metal plate stairs really accentuate the futuristic feeling of this home. The glazing and skylight system give the illusion of a home split into 4 quadrants yet it was designed for all sections to work as one in the event of an earthquake with thoughtful and well detailed systems.

with Jon Choo Design

Descartes Place is a home built up against the side of a small rock cliff face. A timber framed building with featured glulam balconies at the front, and partial concrete retaining walls on the back and the sides.

with Northern Concepts and DN+A

The Zongshen House is a beautiful modern single family home located on the South West Corner of Bowen Island. Due to the open plan and large openings combined with the thin floor and roof plate requirements, the house was designed in steel for gravity, but with plywood and lightweight steel stud shear walls for the lateral resistance system. Included in the structural scope where all the ancillary buildings, the pool shell, and the landscape retaining walls and courtyard reflection pool.

With Mark Blackwood and Julian Carnrite of Ekistics and DN+A