Studio Leckie complemented the Digicam Home within the mountains of British Columbia with dramatic home windows and skylights that are supposed to body the encompassing panorama as a digicam lens.
The only-story home is clad in darkish wooden planks, which the studio mentioned helps it mix into its lush forest setting.
The constructing’s steep roofline is strategically oriented for skylights that body numerous views of the encompassing mountains.
The distant construction is positioned within the Pemberton Valley, about three hours away from Vancouver. The world is near Whistler, a well-liked ski resort within the Canadian Rockies.
Leckie Studio, an structure and inside studio based mostly in Vancouver, was commissioned by a younger household to create a second residence away from the town.
“The scheme known as for 2 bedrooms and a flex room, with the understanding that the household would spend lengthy durations of time residing on the home in the course of the summer season months,” defined Leckie Studio.
“The pincer views alternate between being particular (Owl Ridge) and summary (treetops/sky),” Leckie Studio defined.
“Inside areas have been sculpted with sloping ceilings to channel each gentle and sight traces.”
The home is separated into private and non-private rooms by an extended, central hall.
“This system is organized linearly alongside the autumn line of the slope on two ranges, with non-public areas positioned on the excessive aspect of the densely forested slope and parallel public areas beneath,” mentioned Leckie Studio.
Frequent areas, together with the kitchen and eating room, are accessed through a small step. A monolithic concrete fire separates these areas from the lounge.
On the kitchen finish, full-height sliding glass doorways open to a deck and pool.
Three bedrooms are organized alongside the hall within the elevated a part of the home. Along with the master bedroom and two kids’s bedrooms, there’s a flex area that may accommodate company.
Leckie Studio selected a lightweight palette for the interiors, with polished concrete flooring that play off the considerable pure gentle coming in from the home’s skylights and casement home windows.
The identical materials is present in different accents such because the textured fire and an extended bench within the kitchen. This contrasts with the darker outer materials.
“The vast majority of the undertaking is clad in lower and brushed western purple cedar, completed with a darkish stain,” mentioned Leckie Studio.
“The darkish tone of the plywood permits the structure to recede into the panorama.”
Leckie Studio was based by Michael Leckie in 2015. He has accomplished a number of residential tasks in Vancouver and the encompassing areas, together with a courtyard home that was clad in pale wooden paneling and a penthouse condo in a BIG skyscraper in Vancouver.
The picture is by Ema Peter.