Pacific Northwest Regional Architecture

Build is an architecture and construction management company in Seattle

Here’s a small sample of their work

Horizon is a housing development in Semiahmoo, Washington.
They plan to build 650 homes on 200 acres overlooking Birch Bay.

Normally I wouldn’t be very interested in featuring a single family housing development, because they’re always full of the most dissapointingly tacky architecture, but this development caught my attention because it’s completely the opposite. The developers have hired Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects to design 9 houses that you can choose from, and they certainly delivered some remarkable results. This might be the best looking single family housing development I’ve ever seen.

Here are a few of the house designs:

Here’s some examples of the work of Vancouver architects Osburn/Clarke

This is a house under construction in West Vancouver, BC

Lynne, a garden designer in Vancouver, BC, sends us this
picture of a recently built modern shed in her backyard.

This is a modern tree house in the Ten Mile Point neighbourhood of Victoria, BC.

A new house under construction in the Eagle Harbour neighbourhood of West Vancouver, BC.  This one is going to be stunning when it’s finished.  It’s already amazing to see the post and beam work and large windows that overlook the ocean.

Designed by Helliwell & Smith Architects

This is everything a modern wood house should be.

I spotted this West Coast Contemporary house on Travers Ave in West Vancouver, BC.

…and suddenly, it became a trend. I’m seeing more and more of this style being built all the time now. I really hope we’re looking at the beginning of a major new trend in house design.

This is a house being built in a cul-de-sac off of Wallace Drive, close to Brentwood Bay, near Victoria, BC.

Seattle architects Balance Associates have done some great work.  Here’s some examples:

This used to be a 1970s cabin in Tofino, BC, until a few years ago, when the owners started working with Zebra Design and Coastal Construction on a major renovation.

The updated west coast architecture and construction is so well done that it’s nominated for a CARE Award

Tanglewood Beach Homes is a development in Parksville, BC

Designed by Helliwell & Smith

This is a photo looking north down Main Street in Vancouver, BC from the year 1889 (that’s 118 years ago for those of you too lazy to do the math)

Although the small wood house with a shed roof is a little plain, you can see how today’s houses and buildings are just the evolution of an architectural style with a long history in the Pacific Northwest.

This house was featured in the September issue of BC Business Magazine as part of an article about development in Ucluelet, BC.

The photographer is Nik West

Most of the solar panels I’ve seen on people’s houses are big bulky things that look very out of place on top of their roof.  I recently came across this company that produces roofing tiles called Sunslates that are also solar panels.  Looks much better.