http://www.pnwra.com Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:52:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Designed by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson http://www.pnwra.com/2008/03/30/ballard-library-in-seattle/ It's amazing how many people are searching for Pacific Northwest architecture. Here's some monthly pageview stats for pnwra.com over the past 11 months: http://www.pnwra.com/2008/03/30/stats-we-got-stats/ Overlooking the Strait of Juan de Fuca in the Gonzales neighbourhood of Victoria, BC is this house that is really maximizing the views. http://www.pnwra.com/2008/03/09/big-beams-big-windows/ This great example of West Coast architecture is located in Lund, BC. Designed by Open Space Architecture. http://www.pnwra.com/2008/03/01/the-shoji-residence/ This is a new house in a small development just outside of Sooke, BC. http://www.pnwra.com/2008/02/24/northwest-contemporary-home/ Canyon Ridge is a 200 acre development in Golden, BC. These are some photos of one of the show homes. Very nice post and beam timber framing on this house. http://www.pnwra.com/2008/02/14/canyon-ridge/ With lighting by MP Lighting http://www.pnwra.com/2008/02/09/northwest-house-interior/ Located at the Memorial Hospital in Surrey, BC. http://www.pnwra.com/2008/02/05/covered-walkway/ Designed by Hughes Condon Marler Architects *click for larger version* http://www.pnwra.com/2008/02/01/aquatic-centre-in-west-vancouver-bc/ Thanks to Danson for sending in this photo of the Gonzales House. I posted about the Gonzales House back in April '07 - Click Here to read that post. http://www.pnwra.com/2008/01/28/gonzales-house-street-view/ Lynn Canyon in North Vancouver, BC has a cafe at the entrance Via His extreme Gordness on Flickr http://www.pnwra.com/2008/01/20/lynn-canyon-cafe/ Alex Yale from Myhre Group Architects sent in these images of the marina club house at a new waterfront village community in eastern Oregon that they are working on. I'm loving the post and beam work that allows big windows to both provide great views of the water ... http://www.pnwra.com/2008/01/08/marina-club-house/ Abstract Developments has been doing some great award winning work in Victoria, BC. This is The Jazz, a townhouse development in the neighbourhood of James Bay. All photos by Vince Klassen http://www.pnwra.com/2007/12/20/the-jazz/ Fook Weng Chan from FWC Architecture sent me these photos of this Vancouver waterfront home they designed. *click for larger version* http://www.pnwra.com/2007/12/10/vancouver-waterfront-home/ Designed by Finne Architects *click for larger version* http://www.pnwra.com/2007/12/07/house-in-mazama-washington/ Designed by Eric Rojo http://www.pnwra.com/2007/12/06/west-vancouver-house/ An icon of West Coast Modernism, the Graham house in West Vancouver, designed by architect Arthur Erickson in 1962, will be torn down because its owner wants to build a larger house. *click for larger photo* http://www.pnwra.com/2007/11/30/arthur-erickson-house-to-be-demolished/ Located in Bamfield, BC is the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre Designed by de Hoog & Kierulf Architects *click to see larger version* http://www.pnwra.com/2007/11/26/bamfield-marine-sciences-centre/ John from BC Mountain Homes sent me these photos of a recently built home in Nelson, BC *Click the pictures for a larger version* http://www.pnwra.com/2007/11/22/nelson-house/ A new tourist attraction in northern BC near the Alaska/Yukon border www.yukonsuspensionbridge.com Designed by Scott M Kemp Architect http://www.pnwra.com/2007/11/20/the-yukon-suspension-bridge-building/ http://www.pnwra.com/2007/11/17/brentwood-bay-house/ A house on San Juan Island in Washington State Designed by George Suyama http://www.pnwra.com/2007/11/10/dar-baraka/ Build is an architecture and construction management company in Seattle Here's a small sample of their work http://www.pnwra.com/2007/11/08/build-architecture-construction/ 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 ... http://www.pnwra.com/2007/11/03/horizon-at-semiahmoo/ The Brentwood Skytrain station in Burnaby, BC Designed by Busby, Perkins & Will http://www.pnwra.com/2007/10/31/brentwood-skytrain-station/ Here's some examples of the work of Vancouver architects Osburn/Clarke http://www.pnwra.com/2007/10/24/the-architecture-of-osburn-clarke/ This is a fire station in West Vancouver, BC Designed by Omicron http://www.pnwra.com/2007/10/22/gleneagles-public-safety-building/ This is a house under construction in West Vancouver, BC http://www.pnwra.com/2007/10/19/westcoast-post-and-beam/ Nancy's Bakery in Lund, BC, has some great post and beam framing. Thanks to Flickr member luckyfish for the photo. http://www.pnwra.com/2007/10/16/nancys-bakery/ Lynne, a garden designer in Vancouver, BC, sends us this picture of a recently built modern shed in her backyard. http://www.pnwra.com/2007/10/13/modern-shed-with-west-coast-style/ This is a modern tree house in the Ten Mile Point neighbourhood of Victoria, BC. http://www.pnwra.com/2007/10/13/modern-tree-house/ You can find this building in Seattle's South Lake Union neighborhood. Designed by Miller Hull Architects http://www.pnwra.com/2007/10/11/pavillion-in-the-park/ 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 ... http://www.pnwra.com/2007/10/07/the-mcbeath-house/ I spotted this West Coast Contemporary house on Travers Ave in West Vancouver, BC. http://www.pnwra.com/2007/10/01/travers-ave-house/ ...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, ... http://www.pnwra.com/2007/09/28/wallace-drive-house/ Seattle architects Balance Associates have done some great work.  Here's some examples: http://www.pnwra.com/2007/09/26/balance-associates/ 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 http://www.pnwra.com/2007/09/23/tofino-renovation/ The Squamish Lil'Wat Cultural Centre is being built in Whistler, BC, and when finished will serve as a centre for education, promotion, and celebration of the region's Aboriginal culture. Designed by Alfred Waugh Architect It's about time Whistler got some more iconic West Coast Architecture.  I look forward to visiting this building ... http://www.pnwra.com/2007/09/20/squamish-lilwat-cultural-centre/ Tanglewood Beach Homes is a development in Parksville, BC Designed by Helliwell & Smith http://www.pnwra.com/2007/09/18/tanglewood-beach-homes/ 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 ... http://www.pnwra.com/2007/09/17/really-really-old-pacific-northwest-architecture/ 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 http://www.pnwra.com/2007/09/15/ucluelet-house/ The Cactus Club Cafe in Coquitlam, BC, has an outdoor area that is covered by an excellent post and beam roof. http://www.pnwra.com/2007/09/14/post-and-beam-excellence/ 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. http://www.pnwra.com/2007/09/12/sunslates-roofing-tiles/ TQ Construction in Vancouver did this excellent renovation a few years ago. Here's what it looked like before: ...and here's what it looks like now: http://www.pnwra.com/2007/09/09/a-west-coast-home-renovation/ I think this project is still in the planning stages, but it looks great. Another excellent example of modern West coast architecture for Tofino, BC. Designed by Eleven Eleven Architects http://www.pnwra.com/2007/09/08/tofino-point-lodge/ Robert Oshatz has done some amazing work, mostly around Portland, Oregon. Some great examples of what can be done with modern wood architecture. http://www.pnwra.com/2007/09/04/the-architecture-of-robert-oshatz/ Waterfront Place is an office building in West Vancouver, BC Designed by architect Karl Gustavson http://www.pnwra.com/2007/08/29/waterfront-place/ This is the Black Rock Resort, currently under construction in Ucluelet, BC Designed by Ron Lea of VIA Architecture who also designed the Brentwood Bay Lodge http://www.pnwra.com/2007/08/23/black-rock-resort/ Here's another Bainbridge Island house design by Matthew Coates http://www.pnwra.com/2007/08/21/another-matthew-coates-design/ This is a development currently awaiting approval by the District of Saanich on Vancouver Island.  It is to be built in the neighbourhood of Cadboro Bay.  It's a good example of the kind of West Coast contemporary architecture I think we'll be seeing more of for low-rise condos. http://www.pnwra.com/2007/08/17/cadboro-bay-condos-townhouses/