Pacific Northwest Regional Architecture

John from Victoria sent in these pictures of the Brentwood Bay Lodge

I love this building, it’s just beautiful to look at from every angle, and fits so well into the waterfront overlooking Brentwood Bay. Very classy and contemporary, the Brentwood Bay Lodge is an absolute gem of an addition to an already charming little pocket of Vancouver Island.

The hotel opened in May 2004

Designed by architect Ron Lea of Via Architecture

Modern Wood Architecture

This building has gotten a lot of attention and has earned the title as the most environmentally friendly building in Canada as a result of being the first building awarded a LEED platinum rating by the Canada Green Building Council.

Designed by Larry McFarland Architects

It was featured in the Fall 2006 issue of ArchitectureBC (click here to read - 8mb PDF)

If you want to see some great historical photos of Pacific Northwest architecture (mostly from the 1950s), check out the Phyllis and Robert Massar photograph collection of Pacific Northwest Architecture

Here’s a couple of new houses built in 2006 on Lochside Drive in North Saanich

Nice simple modern Pacific Northwest house design

I found this house at 2868 West King Edward Ave, Vancouver, BC

If anyone knows who the architect is, email me and let me know - dave@pnwra.com

A very nice modern Pacific Northwest home design

Toward a New Regionalism: Environmental Architecture in the Pacific Northwest

I’ll admit that I initially mainly bought this book because of the great pictures of houses and buildings, but once I got into reading it, I discovered that the author has really done his homework. The book has a great explanation of the unique environment that inspires Pacific Northwest Regionalism, as well as the history of this architectural style, and the environmental challenges that architects are typically trying to address through their work.

I learned a lot about the historical roots and goals of Pacific Northwest Regionalism from this book, and would recommend it to anyone interested in the subject.

The book is written by Dave E. Miller from the Miller Hull architectural firm in Seattle.

I was driving down to Locarno Beach in Vancouver and spotted this house under construction on West 2nd Avenue. Looks like Don Stuart is the architect and it’s being built by Briar Construction. I took these pictures in December 2006, so it’s probably finished by now.

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A very nice modern Pacific Northwest home design

I like the Northwest Regionalism style of architecture, so I decided to create a blog about it.

I’m not an architect, and I don’t claim to know what I’m talking about, but I’ll try to post lots of pictures of Westcoast contemporary houses and buildings.