Glenmore family lot, midday
The L-plan from straight up
Bedroom wing, living bar and pool court reading as one figure from directly overhead, neighbours close on either side.
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0From Above, Across the Valley
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Upper Mission lakeshore, dusk
Dock and pool at the water
The house steps down the bank to a private dock, the lap pool lit between deck and lake at last light.
Lakeshore point, blue hour
On the point
The long low roofline wrapped by water on three sides, every room lit, the pool a warm slot at the tip.
Wilden benchland, first snow
White roof on white ground
Snow all the way to the shoreline, the house and cleared deck the only warm thing, tracks down to the frozen edge.
Kettle Valley, autumn
Larch and lake
Golden larches around the court, the pool bright against them, the valley falling away to the water.
Wilden benchland, dusk
Teal pool after dark
Rooms glowing amber and the pool lit teal, snow still in the shadows, the lake going purple beyond.
Lakeshore bluff, golden hour
Perched over the water
The house on its shelf of rock, pool right at the drop, the whole lake turned copper below.
Upper Mission, dusk
Terraced to the lake
Raised planters and a lap pool stepping down the slope, the rig in the port, the lake filling the far edge.
Upper Mission lakeshore, evening
Your own dock
A private dock and boat off the terraced yard, the house set back under pines, the lake glass-calm.
Wilden benchland, morning
A row on the bench
Several of the plan built along the ridge, each with its own court and view, the lake beyond the last roof.
Downtown infill, midday
Courts from overhead
Two homes reading as folded roof planes and green inner courts, tight to the lane, from directly above.
Glenmore family lot, midday
The whole lot at once
House, court and pool as one white figure on the parcel, the setback and yard legible from straight up.
Street to Door
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Glenmore family lot, dusk
The gable at the curb
A low cedar gable and lit clerestory behind a rock-and-grass yard, the door glowing at the end of the path.
Downtown 40' infill, day
Two storeys on a narrow lot
A stacked wood-and-black infill filling its 40 feet, tuck-under garage, xeriscape to the sidewalk.
Downtown 40' infill, day
The wood front
Vertical cedar and deep glass over a single garage, grasses and a young tree softening the approach.
University Heights, blue hour
Down the street
The plan built along the block, warm windows against the dusk, the lake a band at the end of the road.
Wilden benchland, first snow
Carport in winter
The rig under a deep carport, snow banked to the walk, the clerestory lit against a grey sky.
Glenmore family lot, day
Off the grassland
A long low elevation behind native grass, deep eaves and a run of glass, the drive curling in from the right.
On the Water, Upper Mission
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Upper Mission bluff, golden hour
Above the lake
The house cantilevered off the rock with the rig in the port, the whole Okanagan opening up past the rail.
Lakeshore cliff, day
Pool at the edge
A lap pool run right to the drop, the water and the far shore filling everything beyond the coping.
Upper Mission, morning
Deck to the water
A wide wood deck and pool off the great room, glass folded fully open, the lake a step past the rail.
Lakeshore meadow, golden hour
In the tall grass
A glass-and-white pavilion low in the meadow, the rig tucked under, the lake catching the last sun behind.
Upper Mission bluff, day
Off the cliff
The living wing thrust out over the slope on slender columns, the lake straight down, pines holding the edge.
Lakeshore, blue hour
Stone, glass and water
A fieldstone core and lit glass wings mirrored in the black pool, the lake going to dusk beyond.
Beyond the Great Room
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Ready for the baby
The nursery
A low crib and a rocker in the corner, wood ceiling overhead, morning light down the glass to the pines.
Room for two
The kids' room
Twin beds under bright art, a cubby wall of colour, the yard and grasses right outside the glass.
Head-down space
The study
A walnut desk set into the glass corner, the valley for a backdrop, a single lamp for the early dark.
Train at home
The gym
A rack and rings against warm wood, mats on the floor, sliding glass open to the bench and pines.
The unglamorous room, done well
The laundry
A stacked washer and dryer in walnut casework, a folding counter, a window to the lavender instead of a wall.
Where the rigs live
The garage
A sports car and a wall of four-season gear behind the glass, terracotta running right out to it.
The long walk
The gallery hall
A lit corridor hung with work, terracotta underfoot, the view waiting at the far end.
For the good bottles
The wine nook
A built-in rack of bottles beside the sofa, a single warm globe, the lake going dark past the glass.
Movie night
The media room
A drop screen over a deep sectional, the family piled in, blackout glass and low light.
Everything stocked
The walk-in pantry
Floor-to-ceiling walnut shelving and glass jars, a prep counter, terracotta floor off the kitchen.
First thing
The coffee bar
An espresso setup in a walnut niche, mugs on the shelf, a plant reaching for the window light.
Glass on four sides
The breezeway room
A steel-framed pavilion open to the valley on every side, a lounge chair, the mountains going blue at dusk.
The Warm House, Room by Room
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Wilden benchland, sunset
The bluff pavilion
The glass box cantilevered off the rock, warm rooms lit, bunchgrass and pine holding the foreground at last light.
Wilden benchland, afternoon
The pool wing
White planes and deep glass over the lap pool, lavender and cedar decking, the lake a band beyond.
Wilden benchland, dusk
The long side
The clerestory wing running out to the view, deck and lavender below, first lamps on inside.
Wilden benchland, first snow
Winter dusk
Snow on the deck and pool surround, the rooms glowing amber, tracks across white to the glass.
Downtown 40' infill, day
The street face
A low gable and carport off the lane, xeriscape and grasses, the rig tucked under deep eaves.
Glenmore family lot, day
The orange door
A low bungalow bar behind the lap pool, a bold door, pines closing the far edge.
The heart of the plan
The atrium courtyard
A single pine and a low bench in gravel, glass walls all around, the house wrapped tight to it.
Above the cloud
Morning on the terrace
Coffee at the rail as the valley fog burns off below, the house floating over the inversion.
Wilden benchland, dusk
The fire pit
A sunken conversation lounge around the flame, the pool lit beside it, pines going to shadow.
Room to grow
The backyard
A cedar play set and cornhole on the lawn, the dog mid-run, the lake bright behind.
Wilden benchland, night
The yard after dark
String lights over the play set and lawn, the dog out for one more lap, windows warm behind.
Grow your own
The kitchen garden
Raised cedar beds and a potting bench off the court, the dog on the gravel, greens coming up.
Cook outside
The pool kitchen
A built-in grill and wood-fired oven beside the pool, counter set, the lake going pink.
End to end
The great room
Kitchen to living in one open run, the far wall all glass, the lake filling the frame.
Fire against the blue
The living room
A low sofa around the hearth, a steel hood overhead, sliding glass to the dusk pool and lake.
One warm house, day
The green sectional
A long low sofa on terracotta, glass to the yard, the cat claiming the warm end.
One warm house, at night
Dinner at the round table
Four at the walnut table under a single globe, the whole far wall glass to the dark lake.
One warm house, morning
Cooking together
Globe pendants over the island, a parent and child at work, the glass wall open to the light.
Walnut and stone
The working kitchen
A butcher-block island and full-height pantry, terracotta floor, everything within a step.
Warm light, close work
The kitchen wall
Hanging copper and herbs along the walnut, a small window throwing gold across the counter.
The four-season door
The mudroom
A wall of boots and gear on the spine to the door, tiled bench, terracotta ready for wet season.
Everything in its place
The wardrobe
An open walnut dressing room, folded bins and hung clothes, daylight down the glass end.
A place to read
The window seat
A built-in walnut nook with a green cushion, glass on two sides, the valley past the sill.
Corner to the view
The main bedroom
A low bed in green, walnut shelving, two walls of glass catching the last of the day.
Terracotta and walnut
The main bath
A double walnut vanity and tiled counter, a big window to the pines, warm floor underfoot.
Snow past the glass
The soaking bath
A sunken tub and walk-in shower under wood, winter white framed in the corner window.
Farnsworth House, at Twilight
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Mies' 1951 glass pavilion — on a Glenmore creek lot, one blue hour
The house at twilight
One glass room floating on eight white columns, warm within against a deep-blue dusk, mist off the creek.
Mies' 1951 glass pavilion — on a Glenmore creek lot, one blue hour
Across the creek
The full glass box parallel to the water, its lit interior and white slabs mirrored in the still creek.
Mies' 1951 glass pavilion — on a Glenmore creek lot, one blue hour
The approach
The two floating travertine steps up to the terrace and the main floor, the white planes in sequence.
Mies' 1951 glass pavilion — on a Glenmore creek lot, one blue hour
Under the floating floor
The white underside overhead, the row of columns marching away, warm light spilling down between them.
Mies' 1951 glass pavilion — on a Glenmore creek lot, one blue hour
Living area
Inside looking out to the dusk meadow: Barcelona chairs, a low daybed, the wood core, one warm floor lamp.
Mies' 1951 glass pavilion — on a Glenmore creek lot, one blue hour
Sleeping area
The zone behind the core: a low platform bed, a warm lamp, the glass wrapping the corner to the dusk.
Mies' 1951 glass pavilion — on a Glenmore creek lot, one blue hour
Bathroom
Inside the wood-and-travertine core: a round mirror, a travertine vanity, a glass shower, a blue slot window.
Mies' 1951 glass pavilion — on a Glenmore creek lot, one blue hour
The pool
A slim black lap pool holding a mirror of the lit house, loungers, native grasses, mist on the creek.
Mies' 1951 glass pavilion — on a Glenmore creek lot, one blue hour
Landscaping and the fire
The terrace with a steel fire bowl, people gathered, native bunchgrass, a gravel path into the meadow.
Mies' 1951 glass pavilion — on a Glenmore creek lot, one blue hour
On a budget
The same idea value-engineered: a raw galvanized frame, concrete piers, standard glass, a poured deck.
Mies' 1951 glass pavilion — on a Glenmore creek lot, one blue hour
Kitchen, in the core
The compact galley in the wood core, glass and dusk meadow beyond the end of the run.
Warm Modern at Blue Hour
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One warm MCM house — inside and out, at dusk
Pool courtyard, blue hour
The glazed rear wall glowing over the covered lanai, lanterns lit inside, the house mirrored in the turquoise pool.
One warm MCM house — inside and out, at dusk
From above
The L-plan gables wrapped around the atrium and pool, warm rooms glowing, Okanagan Lake a sliver beyond.
One warm MCM house — inside and out, at dusk
The street face
Low cedar gable and deep overhangs, a bold glowing door, the carport wagon, lavender and fieldstone.
One warm MCM house — inside and out, at dusk
Open plan, end to end
Kitchen to dining to living under the beams, a row of paper globes, the whole far wall glass to the pool.
One warm MCM house — inside and out, at dusk
Living room
Low sofa and Eames lounge under the paper lantern, walnut credenza, sliding glass open to the dusk pool.
One warm MCM house — inside and out, at dusk
Fireplace core
A freestanding brick hearth with a steel hood, a sunken sectional and sheepskin, fire against the blue.
One warm MCM house — inside and out, at dusk
Dining
A walnut oval table under a run of Nelson bubble pendants, the glass wall right at your elbow, pool beyond.
One warm MCM house — inside and out, at dusk
Kitchen
Warm walnut cabinets, a butcher-block peninsula and stools, a vintage range, open to the courtyard pool.
One warm MCM house — inside and out, at dusk
Bedroom
A low platform bed, a warm globe lamp, the wood ceiling overhead, glass sliding open to the pool and first stars.
Icons on Okanagan Lots
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The Stahl House (CSH #22)
Koenig's 1960 steel and glass pavilion, cantilevered over a University Heights view lot above the city.
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Sheats-Goldstein
Lautner's coffered concrete roof with a rooflight in every coffer, set into a University Heights bench.
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The Elrod House
Lautner's petal dome, 1968, with the site's own granite left bursting through the floor. University Heights.
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Lovell Health House
Neutra's 1929 cable-hung steel frame, stacked three storeys down a University Heights view lot.
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Frey House II
Frey's one room house built around a boulder, 1964, on a Wilden outcrop above the lake.
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Kappe Residence
Kappe's 1967 concrete towers and laminated timber beams, bridging a Wilden cross-slope.
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Chemosphere
Lautner's 1960 octagon on a single pedestal, with the funicular, on a steep Wilden hillside.
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Eames House (CSH #8)
The 1949 black steel frame and colour panel grid, rebuilt on a flat Glenmore family lot.
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Case Study House #18
Ellwood's fine white steel frame and brick end walls, 1958, on a Glenmore family lot.
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Breuer House II
Breuer's 1951 cable-hung cantilever in cypress and fieldstone, on a flat Glenmore lot.
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Neutra VDL Research House II
The 1966 narrow city house, balconies and louvres, filling a 40 foot downtown Kelowna lot.
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Eichler Atrium Model
A Jones and Emmons atrium plan, 1962, on a 40 foot downtown lot between two 1950s bungalows.
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Schindler Chace House
Schindler's 1922 tilt-slab walls and courtyard wings, rebuilt on a 40 foot downtown infill lot.
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Kaufmann Desert House on Wilden
Neutra's 1946 pinwheel plan and louvred gloriette, stepping down a Wilden benchland lot.
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Miller House on a Glenmore Lot
Saarinen's 1957 pavilion on cruciform columns, sited on a level Glenmore lot under Dilworth.
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Case Study House #21 Downtown
Koenig's Bailey House, 1958, floating in its reflecting pools on a 40 foot downtown infill lot.
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Fallingwater
Wright's 1935 stacked terraces, cantilevered over a creek drop on a Wilden benchland lot.
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Sea Ranch Condominium One
MLTW's 1965 eaveless cedar sheds, sited on a windward Wilden bench above the lake.
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Sculptured House (Sleeper)
Deaton's 1963 curved white shell, perched on a bare rock knoll in Wilden.
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Farnsworth House on a Glenmore Lot
Mies, 1951: one glass room on eight white columns, lifted above a creekside Glenmore yard.
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The Glass House
Johnson's 1949 glass box and brick cylinder, sitting on a level Glenmore lot.
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Walker Guest House on a Glenmore Lot
Rudolph, 1952: red counterweight balls lifting the flap shutters open on all four walls.
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Esherick House
Kahn's 1961 stucco block with its deep T shaped openings, on a 40 foot downtown lot.
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Case Study House #20 (Bass)
Buff and Hensman's 1958 plywood barrel vaults, rebuilt on a 40 foot downtown infill lot.
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Case Study House #16 Downtown
Ellwood's 1953 steel frame and screened entry court, on a 40 foot downtown Kelowna lot.
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Silvertop
Lautner's 1963 sweeping concrete shell and cantilevered drive, on a University Heights bench.
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Singleton House
Neutra, 1959: spider leg columns and a reflecting pool, on a University Heights crest.
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Rose Seidler House
Seidler's 1950 white box on posts with its mural sun deck, above a University Heights slope.
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Stahl House at Night
The Shulman shot, rebuilt: the glass corner lit over the Kelowna grid from a University Heights lot.
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Kaufmann Desert House at Twilight
Neutra at dusk on a Wilden bench, the pool holding the house, first stars over the mountains.
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Chuey House
Neutra, 1956: a deep roof plane over glass, blue hour after rain on a University Heights ridge.
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Villa Tugendhat
Mies, 1930: the onyx wall lit at dusk behind a retracting glass wall, above the Kelowna bench.
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Ennis House
Wright's 1924 textile block temple on a Wilden outcrop, storm light breaking across the face.
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Villa Mairea
Aalto, 1939: birch pole screens and the floating studio, soft mist morning on a Wilden slope.
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Casa das Canoas
Niemeyer's 1951 free-form slab curving around the site's own boulder, golden hour through smoke.
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Case Study House #9 (Entenza)
Eames and Saarinen, 1949: the quiet steel box, late raking light across a Glenmore lawn.
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Villa Savoye
Le Corbusier, 1931, floating on pilotis over dry Glenmore grass in high summer haze.
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Jacobs House I
Wright's first Usonian, 1937, in first snow on a 40 foot downtown lot. Carport, not garage.
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Casa Gilardi
Barragan, 1976: pink, magenta and yellow light behind a blank street wall on a downtown lot.
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Robie House
Wright, 1910: Prairie cantilevers and Roman brick on a downtown corner, wet autumn street.
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Casa Malaparte
Libera, 1937: the red block and its great stair, on a rock point above Okanagan Lake.
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Can Lis
Utzon, 1972: rough sandstone pavilions and unframed window openings on an Upper Mission bluff.
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Vanna Venturi House
Venturi, 1964: the split gable and floating lintel, on a Kettle Valley street of porches.
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Moore House at Orinda
Moore, 1962: a plain barn with two lantern temples inside, doors thrown open, Kettle Valley.
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Fisher House
Kahn, 1967: two cypress cubes turned 45 degrees to each other, above Mission Creek.
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Palmer House
Wright, 1950: a triangular-module Usonian half buried in the trees on a Lower Mission creek lot.
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Gwathmey Residence
Gwathmey, 1965: pure cedar solids cut into each other, on a Lower Mission creekside lot.
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Gehry Residence
Gehry, 1978: a plain bungalow left standing and wrapped in raw metal, plywood and chain-link. The infill argument, exactly.
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Maison de Verre
Chareau, 1932: a wall of glass block glowing between two bungalows on a 40 foot downtown lot.
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Melnikov House
Melnikov, 1929: two white cylinders and a honeycomb of hexagonal windows, downtown in winter.
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Casa Estudio
O'Gorman, 1932: red and blue boxes on pilotis joined by a roof bridge, fenced by living cactus.
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Shulman House
Soriano, 1950: the thinnest possible steel frame, built for the photographer, on a Glenmore lot.
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Taliesin West
Wright, 1937: desert masonry and tilted redwood trusses, rebuilt on a Wilden bench.
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Bavinger House
Goff, 1955: a stone spiral hung from one mast, pods floating inside, dusk over the lake.
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Tremaine House
Neutra, 1948: a concrete beam grid running straight out through the glass, Wilden benchland.
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Tucson Mountain House
Rick Joy, 1999: rammed earth lift lines and weathering steel, set softly on a Wilden slope.
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Barcelona Pavilion
Mies, 1929: onyx and marble planes sliding past each other on a rock shelf over the lake.
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Muuratsalo Experimental House
Aalto, 1953: fifty brick patterns around a courtyard fire, one square opening cut to the water.
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Azuma House
Ando, 1976: a blank concrete wall to the street and an open-air slot cut through the middle.
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Curtain Wall House
Shigeru Ban, 1995: two storeys of corner left open behind a billowing white curtain.
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Maison Tropicale
Prouve, 1951: bolted aluminium panels and blue glass portholes, dropped on a Glenmore lot.
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Marie Short House
Murcutt, 1975: two lifted corrugated sheds behind timber louvres, above Mission Creek.
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House in White
Shinohara, 1966: one pure white pyramid holding a single room, on a Kettle Valley street.
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Arango House
Lautner, 1973: a concrete shell over an open terrace, its water edge meeting the horizon.
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Maison a Bordeaux
Koolhaas, 1998: a dark box floating on one column, cantilevered over a University Heights bench.
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Hollyhock House
Wright, 1921: battered walls and a cast flower frieze, catching low light on a Wilden slope.
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Villa Ottolenghi
Scarpa, 1978: nine banded stone columns under a green roof, pressed into the Wilden hillside.
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Lovell Beach House
Schindler, 1926: five concrete frames standing on the shore, the house slung between them.
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Le Cabanon
Le Corbusier, 1952: one small log room at the water. The smallest house on this page.
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4x4 House
Ando, 2003: a four metre tower on the rock, its top cube shifted off axis to frame the lake.
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Berkowitz-Odgis House
Steven Holl, 1988: an exposed timber rib cage stretched low along an Upper Mission shore.
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Von Sternberg House
Neutra, 1935: a curved aluminium prow wall and a moat, on a flat Glenmore lot.
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Noyes House
Noyes, 1954: two stone-walled pavilions with the outdoors running straight between them.
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Rudin House
Herzog and de Meuron, 1997: the child's-drawing house, cast in concrete and lifted on a plinth.
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Zumthor House
Zumthor, 1986: silvered larch battens at absolute regularity, on a Kettle Valley street.
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Moriyama House
SANAA, 2005: one house broken into ten white boxes with the garden running between them.
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Douglas House
Meier, 1973: five white storeys dropped down a wooded bank straight into Okanagan Lake.
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Schroder House
Rietveld, 1924: De Stijl planes and primary lines, hard against a 1950s bungalow downtown.
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Casa de Vidro
Lina Bo Bardi, 1951: a glass box on thin blue pilotis with the forest running underneath.
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Umbrella House
Rudolph, 1953: a slat parasol floating over the whole house and pool, Kettle Valley.
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Schminke House
Scharoun, 1933: the nautical white house with its skewed steel sun deck, on a Glenmore lot.
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Kentuck Knob
Wright, 1956: a hexagonal-module Usonian in sandstone and cypress, hugging a Wilden crest.
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Geller House
Breuer, 1945: the bi-nuclear plan under a butterfly roof, the family-lot original.
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Casa del Puente
Amancio Williams, 1945: the whole house carried on one concrete arch over Mission Creek.
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Koshino House
Ando, 1981: two concrete bars sunk into the slope with a stair running down between them.
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Villa Busk
Sverre Fehn, 1990: one long stone spine wall across the rock, timber volumes hung off it.
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Wiley House
Johnson, 1953: a glass pavilion sitting on a solid stone base cut into the bench.
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Gropius House on a Kettle Valley Lot
Gropius, 1938: white boards, glass block and a steel spiral stair, on a street of porches.
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Casa Luis Barragan
Barragan, 1948: the rooftop room open only to the sky. Pink, ochre, white, nothing else.
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House NA
Fujimoto, 2011: twenty one platforms at twenty one levels, all glass, on a 40 foot lot.
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Tange House
Kenzo Tange, 1953: a light timber house lifted clear of the ground over Mission Creek.
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Silver Hut
Toyo Ito, 1984: seven aluminium vaults on a light steel lattice over an open courtyard.
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Stone House at Tavole
Herzog and de Meuron, 1988: a concrete grid infilled with dry-stacked local fieldstone.
Icon-Inspired, Built Warm
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New build — icon-inspired, ~$1.2M all-in
The Atrium
Glenmore, golden hour
an Eichler-lineage home built warm: cedar post-and-beam wrapping an open-air atrium and a Japanese maple, glowing from within — not a cold glass box
New build — icon-inspired, ~$1.2M all-in
The Sheds
Wilden lakeshore, dusk
a Sea Ranch-lineage cluster of cedar shed-roof forms, rugged and cozy, warm windows over the lake, framed for a fourth wing
New build — icon-inspired, ~$1.2M all-in
The Courtyard
Okanagan bench, golden hour
a Cliff May-lineage ranch wrapping a private courtyard and pool, deep timber-beam loggia, string lights, wood everywhere
New build — icon-inspired, ~$1.2M all-in
The Koenig
Knox bluff, blue hour
a Koenig-lineage timber pavilion cantilevered over the valley lights, warm cedar and glowing glass, a plunge pool and a framed pad for the next module — not a cold glass box
New build — icon-inspired, ~$1.2M all-in
The Kaufmann
Okanagan bench, golden dusk
a low-horizontal Kaufmann-spirit home in warm cedar, a still reflecting pool mirroring the lit rooms, a framed bay waiting for a future wing
New build — icon-inspired, ~$1.2M all-in
The Frey
Knox granite outcrop, dusk
a Frey-lineage house built around a giant Okanagan boulder that pierces the roofline, warm timber and wood everywhere, framed to grow
New build — icon-inspired, ~$1.2M all-in
The Saarinen
Lakeview bench, golden hour
a Saarinen/Miller-spirit warm cedar pavilion over a mirror pond and clipped hedge garden, deep timber loggia, a slab pad set for the next room
New build — icon-inspired, ~$1.2M all-in
The Neutra
Okanagan bench, golden hour
a Neutra-lineage low-horizontal home with slender spider-leg steel outriggers reaching past the glass, warm cedar and white stucco, a glowing interior open to the lake, a floating carport and a framed pad already prepped for the next module — not a cold glass box
New build — icon-inspired, ~$1.2M all-in
The Lautner
Okanagan bluff, blue hour
a Lautner-lineage home under a bold sweeping cantilevered roof of exposed timber beams, warm cedar and white stucco, a glowing fireside great room open to the lake, a floating carport and a framed pad flagged for the next addition — drama built warm, not a cold glass box
New build — icon-inspired, ~$1.2M all-in
The Schindler
Okanagan bench, golden hour
a Schindler-lineage home of interlocking volumes, board-formed concrete married to warm redwood, clerestory slot windows and an L-plan wrapping a firepit courtyard, a floating carport and a slab pad flagged as the expandable wing — raw materials, warm rooms, not a cold glass box
New build — icon-inspired, ~$1.2M all-in
The Ellwood
Okanagan bluff, golden hour
an Ellwood-lineage Case Study pavilion of precise exposed steel post-and-beam, the frame infilled with warm cedar and white stucco, floating roof planes over a reflecting-pool entry courtyard, a floating carport and a slab pad marked the future addition site — steel precision built warm, not a cold glass box
New build — icon-inspired, ~$1.2M all-in
The Soriano
Okanagan bench, golden hour
a Soriano-lineage light steel-tube pavilion under deep flat roof overhangs, fully glazed garden rooms with native planting spilling in, the frame infilled with warm cedar and white stucco, a floating carport and a slab pad flagged for modular expansion — a transparent garden house built warm, not a cold glass box
New build — icon-inspired, ~$1.2M all-in
The Wexler
Okanagan bench, golden hour
a Wexler/Krisel-lineage desert-modern home under a bold folded butterfly roof, clerestory glass under the upswept wings and a decorative breeze-block screen, warm cedar and white stucco, a floating carport and a framed opening + slab pad marked the modular expansion wing — butterfly-roof precision built warm, not a cold glass box
New build — icon-inspired, ~$1.2M all-in
The Harris
Kelowna infill lot, golden hour
a Harris-lineage redwood post-and-beam home with a low-pitched wide-eave roof and glowing redwood ceilings, warm cedar and white stucco, dropped onto a narrow 45-ft neighbourhood lot between the neighbours, a floating carport and a framed pad for the future wing — an attainable infill build, warm not a cold glass box
New build — icon-inspired, ~$1.2M all-in
The May Cluster
Kelowna infill lot, golden hour
a Cliff May-lineage low ranch cluster of connected cedar-clad wings under stepped shed roofs, warm cedar and white stucco, a floating carport and an X-braced framed bay + slab pad for the future wing, dropped onto a narrow 45-ft neighbourhood lot between the neighbours — a warm attainable infill ranch, not a cold glass box
New build — icon-inspired, ~$1.2M all-in
The Breuer
Kelowna infill lot, golden hour
a Breuer-lineage bi-nuclear split-form with a rough fieldstone wall anchoring the low wing and a bold cantilevered cedar box floating over the entry, warm cedar and white stucco, a slatted carport and a framed bay + slab pad for the future wing, dropped onto a narrow 45-ft neighbourhood lot between the neighbours — the cantilever built warm, not a cold glass box
New build — icon-inspired, ~$1.2M all-in
The Rudolph
Kelowna infill lot, golden hour
a Rudolph-lineage composition of bold stacked and shifted cedar planes over two storeys with a deep cedar brise-soleil sunscreen across the upper glass, warm cedar and white stucco, a beamed carport and a framed opening + slab pad for the future wing, dropped onto a narrow 45-ft neighbourhood lot between the neighbours — sculptural massing built warm, not a cold glass box
Hidden Icons — Built Warm
13
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The Edris
Kelowna hillside, lake view
E. Stewart Williams' lesser-known Edris House reimagined in the Okanagan — stacked ledgestone in long horizontal courses, a wide butterfly roof lifting to the lake and vineyards, full-height glass and a stone hearth, built warm with cedar and a floating carport
Lesser-known MCM master, built warm — Okanagan
The Boulder House
Kelowna hillside, boulder house
Albert Frey's lesser-known Frey House II reimagined in the Okanagan — a huge natural boulder pierces the roofline and juts into the glowing living room beside the hearth, a thin flat roof and full-height glass over the lake, built warm with cedar and a floating carport
Lesser-known MCM master, built warm — Okanagan
The Wave House
Kelowna infill, undulating roof
Walter S. White's lesser-known Miles Bates Wave House reimagined in the Okanagan — a signature undulating sine-wave roof of curved glue-laminated timber rippling over the whole home, warm cedar and full-height glass, a cozy hearth, built warm with a floating carport
Lesser-known MCM master, built warm — Okanagan
The Rainbow House
Kelowna hillside, lake view
John Lautner's lesser-known Garcia House reimagined in the Okanagan — a sweeping curved arched roof lifted on slender angled stilts over the slope, a wall of rainbow coloured-glass panels glowing at dusk, warm cedar and a green-roof carport, built warm over the lake
Lesser-known MCM master, built warm — Okanagan
The Sunnylands
Kelowna infill, pyramid roof
A. Quincy Jones' lesser-known Sunnylands reimagined in the Okanagan — a broad low pyramidal hipped roof with a glowing clerestory and radiating timber beams, deep overhangs and an open glass pavilion, built warm with cedar and a floating carport
Lesser-known MCM master, built warm — Okanagan
The Kappe
Kelowna hillside, stacked decks
Ray Kappe's lesser-known Kappe Residence reimagined in the Okanagan — split-level stacked redwood platforms and cantilevered glass decks bridging the slope on slender concrete towers, deep timber beams and a glowing hearth over the lake, built warm
Lesser-known MCM master, built warm — Okanagan
The Loewy
Kelowna infill, pool-through-glass
Albert Frey's lesser-known Loewy House reimagined in the Okanagan — a swimming pool that flows from the terrace straight through the open glass wall and into the glowing living room, a thin flat roof and a boulder at the water's edge, built warm with cedar and a floating carport
Lesser-known MCM master, built warm — Okanagan
The Liljestrand
Deep-eave lanai pavilion
Vladimir Ossipoff's Liljestrand House rebuilt warm on a Kelowna lot, a very deep floating eave with exposed rafters shading a full-width lanai, cedar and white stucco, carport tucked beside
Lesser-known MCM master, built warm — Okanagan
The Havens
Inverted-gable redwood
Harwell Hamilton Harris's Weston Havens House brought to Kelowna warm, the upside-down V roof folding into a central valley on exposed redwood trusses, cedar and stucco, carport alongside
Lesser-known MCM master, built warm — Okanagan
The Grossman
Cantilever on steel legs
Greta Magnusson Grossman's hillside houses rebuilt warm above the lake, a flat-roofed cedar box flying out over the fall on slim steel legs, carport at the uphill end
Lesser-known MCM master, built warm — Okanagan
The Seidler
Ramp to a lifted box
Harry Seidler's Rose Seidler House as a warm Kelowna build, a cedar box lifted a full storey on pilotis with a long open ramp to the door and the truck parked in the undercroft
Lesser-known MCM master, built warm — Okanagan
The Beadle
White steel frame, cedar infill
Alfred Beadle's Phoenix steel houses warmed for the Okanagan, a slender white post-and-beam grid infilled with cedar, the frame running past the house to roof the carport
Lesser-known MCM master, built warm — Okanagan
The Jacobsen
A village of gable pavilions
Hugh Newell Jacobsen's pavilion villages built warm in cedar, stepped knife-edge gables with no eaves strung together by glass links, the end pavilion left open for the truck, and room to add one more
Studies — Every Render
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Up Close — New $1.2M Builds
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New build — ~$1.2M all-in, expandable
The Wilden
forest lot, blue hour
cedar-and-white MCM glowing against the pines, the valley lights just below — a starter home framed to add a wing
New build — ~$1.2M all-in, expandable
The Tower Ranch
backing the fairway, golden hour
low-slope roof and clerestory band over the green, carport and pool, room on the pad for the next module
New build — ~$1.2M all-in, expandable
The Kirschner
terraced view lot, sunset
cedar and dark metal over a board-formed base, the truck and Cayenne under the carport, downtown in the distance
New build — ~$1.2M all-in, expandable
The Magic Estates
Knox bluff, blue hour
lit infinity plunge pool over the marina and downtown lights, a fenced pad already marked for future expansion
New build — ~$1.2M all-in, expandable
The Crawford
Upper Mission pine edge, dusk
charcoal panel and cedar at the forest's edge, an open framed bay waiting for the next room
New build — ~$1.2M all-in, expandable
The Clifton
hillside above the city, dusk
the whole home glowing warm over the valley lights, lit pool on the deck, built small and honest to grow later
$1.2M Builds — New MCM in Kelowna
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New build — ~$1.2M all-in, expandable
The Glenmore
established Glenmore cul-de-sac
a single-storey MCM on a normal lot, carport and a compact pool, sized to add a wing when the family grows
New build — ~$1.2M all-in, expandable
The Rutland
brand-new Rutland benchland
a just-completed cedar-and-white L-plan with clerestory glass, fresh sod and a stubbed foundation next door ready for the next module
New build — ~$1.2M all-in, expandable
The Black Mountain
terraced Kirschner view lot
a new two-storey MCM stepping down the hillside, a deck over the valley and a flat pad framed for a future garage wing
New build — ~$1.2M all-in, expandable
The Kettle Valley
walkable Upper Mission grid
a linear Eichler-spirit bungalow with deep eaves and a plunge pool, an open bay where a bedroom module bolts on later
New build — ~$1.2M all-in, expandable
The Quail Ridge
backing the golf fairway
a post-and-beam MCM opening to the green, carport and pool, with a slab pad set aside for a guest module
New build — ~$1.2M all-in, expandable
The University District
compact new-build grid near UBCO
an efficient two-storey starter box in cedar and charcoal, plunge pool, framed for an accessory suite as the budget allows
New build — ~$1.2M all-in, expandable
The Dilworth
bench lot over the whole valley
a wide low-roof Neutra-spirit home with a floating carport canopy and a pool aimed at the lake, an L-plan built to extend
New build — ~$1.2M all-in, expandable
The Lakeview Heights
West Kelowna vineyard slope
a warm cedar MCM above the vine rows with the bridge in the distance, a stubbed foundation waiting for the next wing
New build — ~$1.2M all-in, expandable
The Pandosy Infill
leafy Kelowna South street
a brand-new MCM dropped between the old bungalows, plunge pool and a spot framed for a laneway suite, walkable to the lake
Family Bungalows & Ranchers
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$1,596,520Okanagan original
The Black Mountain Shop House
Black Mountain
truck-and-gear lovers: oversize 3-car + workshop, on cheap land
1,800 ft²3 bedNo pool$450/ft²
$1,613,384After Frank Lloyd Wright Usonian houses
The Kelowna Usonian
Upper Mission
FLW Usonian — L-plan hugging a garden, the carport Wright invented
1,650 ft²3 bedNo pool$480/ft²
Floor plan · tap to enlarge
After Joseph Eichler
The Kelowna Usonian
Upper Mission
the brick-hearth heart — fire burning, cat on the bench, lake beyond
$1,651,346Okanagan original
The Glenmore Butterfly
Glenmore
value flat lot = most house + a real 3-car
1,750 ft²3 bedNo pool$475/ft²
$1,652,400After Marcel Breuer
The Ellison Split
Glenmore
split-level to zone the kids' wing from the adults'
1,900 ft²4 bedNo pool$455/ft²
Floor plan · tap to enlarge
After Joseph Eichler
The Ellison Split
Glenmore
Breuer bi-nuclear wings at dusk — granite chimney, rope swing
$1,660,360After Harwell Hamilton Harris
The Glenmore Redwood Bungalow
Glenmore
warm redwood post-and-beam single-level, rear-yard pool
1,750 ft²3 bedPool$460/ft²
Floor plan · tap to enlarge
After Joseph Eichler
The Glenmore Redwood Bungalow
Glenmore
all-redwood living room glowing honey, window seat to a zen garden
$1,673,580Okanagan original
The Quail Ridge Rancher
Glenmore
value flat lot — 2,000 ft², 4-bed, full 3-car
2,000 ft²4 bedNo pool$450/ft²
$1,677,790After Cliff May
The Rutland Rambler
Rutland
cheapest land, MAX house — 2,050 ft², 4-bed, full 3-car
2,050 ft²4 bedNo pool$445/ft²
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$1,679,680Okanagan original
The Black Mountain Long House
Rutland
cheapest land = biggest house, single-level, 4-bed
2,050 ft²4 bedNo pool$450/ft²
$1,692,000After Palmer & Krisel 'Alexander' homes
The Kelowna Alexander
Rutland
Palm Springs tract MCM — breeze-block, glass, a pool, easy to build
1,900 ft²3 bedPool$455/ft²
Floor plan · tap to enlarge
After Joseph Eichler
The Kelowna Alexander
Rutland
butterfly roof over the backyard pool at golden hour, breeze-block screen
New concept, inspired by Miller House
The Wilden Breezeway
Real 50' x 120' Kelowna subdivision lot
post-and-beam with an open-air breezeway connecting the house to a detached 2-car garage
Courtyard & Pavilion
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$1,601,228After Sea Ranch
The Kelowna Sea Ranch
Wilden
weathered timber + shed roofs that settle into the forest
1,600 ft²3 bedNo pool$475/ft²
Floor plan · tap to enlarge
After Sea Ranch
The Kelowna Sea Ranch
Wilden
shed roofs at dusk — silvered cedar against a prairie-gold sky, bluff meadow
$1,616,140After Edward Killingsworth
The Kettle Valley Pavilion
Kettle Valley
elegant tall-column entry pavilion with a reflecting-pool entry + rear pool
1,650 ft²3 bedPool$470/ft²
Floor plan · tap to enlarge
After Joseph Eichler
The Kettle Valley Pavilion
Kettle Valley
evening — slender white columns, entry reflecting pool, koi shadows
$1,660,000After Joseph Eichler
The Kelowna Eichler
Glenmore
the classic family MCM: post-and-beam with a private central atrium
1,800 ft²3 bedNo pool$470/ft²
Floor plan · tap to enlarge
The Kelowna Eichler
Living area looking out to the atrium courtyard
After Joseph Eichler
The Kelowna Eichler
Glenmore, flat street lot
street view — classic post-and-beam tract home, glazed atrium entry
The Kelowna Eichler
Atrium entry — glazed on all sides
After Joseph Eichler
The Kelowna Eichler
Glenmore, flat street lot
dusk street view — warm atrium glow, family arriving home
$1,663,400After Buff & Hensman
The McKinley Beach Pavilion
McKinley Beach
warm glass-and-wood walk-out pavilion by the lake, rear pool on the daylight side
1,700 ft²3 bedPool$470/ft²
Floor plan · tap to enlarge
$1,664,000After Pierre Koenig Case Study Houses #21 & #22
The Kelowna Case Study
Glenmore
the Case Study House look — wood-framed, buildable, an L-pool
1,700 ft²3 bedPool$480/ft²
Floor plan · tap to enlarge
After Joseph Eichler
The Kelowna Case Study
Glenmore
rear pool terrace at blue hour — steel frame doubled in the water
$1,669,160After Richard Neutra
The Upper Mission Glass Bungalow
Upper Mission
long low glass-and-stone view bungalow, rear pool on the view side
1,500 ft²3 bedPool$490/ft²
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$1,673,468After Joseph Eichler
The Glenmore Courtyard
Glenmore
flat lot that fits a house AND a pool (2-car + carport)
1,700 ft²3 bedPool$470/ft²
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$1,673,808After Craig Ellwood
The Kelowna Ellwood
Abbott
refined steel-look-in-wood on the heritage lakeshore corridor
1,450 ft²3 bedNo pool$490/ft²
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After Craig Ellwood
The Kelowna Ellwood
Abbott St, heritage lakeshore corridor
front view — steel-look-in-wood under mature trees
After Craig Ellwood
The Kelowna Ellwood
Abbott St, heritage lakeshore corridor
side/rear private garden courtyard off the kitchen, mature heritage trees
$1,674,448After Richard Neutra
The Kelowna Neutra
Upper Mission
the glass pavilion — reflecting pool, spider-leg roofline, lake view
1,550 ft²3 bedPool$490/ft²
Floor plan · tap to enlarge
After Joseph Eichler
The Kelowna Neutra
Upper Mission
spider-leg outriggers over the reflecting pool, rose-to-slate dusk
$1,676,740After Cliff May California ranch houses
The Kelowna Rancho
Lower Mission
the California courtyard ranch — long, low, indoor-outdoor
1,850 ft²4 bedNo pool$460/ft²
Floor plan · tap to enlarge
After Joseph Eichler
The Kelowna Rancho
Lower Mission
board-and-batten courtyard at supper — string lights, kids, the dog
$1,684,260After Craig Ellwood + A. Quincy Jones
The Kelowna View Bungalow
Lakeview Heights gentl
the smart single-level bungalow — Ellwood-refined, view + plunge pool
1,550 ft²3 bedPool$490/ft²
Floor plan · tap to enlarge
After Joseph Eichler
The Kelowna View Bungalow
Lakeview Heights gentl
view-side glazing lit like a vitrine at dusk, vineyard and lake below
$1,689,238After Craig Ellwood
The Wilden Walk-Out
Wilden
clean walk-out on a gentle view bench — pool in the rear yard, lake view
1,650 ft²3 bedPool$465/ft²
Floor plan · tap to enlarge
After Craig Ellwood
The Wilden Walk-Out
Wilden, view bench lot
front view — stepped-down cedar and steel massing, mountain backdrop
After Craig Ellwood
The Wilden Walk-Out
Wilden, view bench lot
rear walk-out level and pool with a lake glimpse beyond, family backyard
Okanagan Forest Modern
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Okanagan Forest Modern — original
The Forest Cantilever
Knox Mountain, forest infill
blackened-cedar box floating over board-formed concrete, backlit conifers, drive threading the walls
Okanagan Forest Modern — original
The Knox Mountain Perch
Knox Mountain slope, lake glimpse
charred-cedar cantilever over granite, morning fog and god-rays, breezeway framing the lake
The Knox Mountain Perch
Great room — glass corner to misty pines, wood stove, reading loft
Okanagan Forest Modern — original
The Green-Roof Walk-Up
wooded bench, Wilden
cable-railed walkway bridging to the glass entry, wild-grass roof, chimney smoke at dusk
Okanagan Forest Modern — original
The Wilden Descent
stepped Wilden hillside
stepped down the slope, black infinity pool at blue hour, sunken firepit, lake far below
Okanagan Forest Modern — original
The Big White Cabin
Big White foothills
snow-dusted charred cedar, woodsmoke from a black steel flue, warm glass in a cold forest
Okanagan Forest Modern — original
The Ponderosa Pavilion
pine clearing, lakeview
sliders open to a shaded lap pool, dappled pine light, a wedge of blue lake through the trunks
The Knox Mountain Perch
Kitchen — black-granite island, oak + blackened steel, forest glass, moka pot
The Knox Mountain Perch
Primary suite — glass corner to the fog, board-formed fireplace wall
Okanagan Forest Modern — original
The Forest Bathhouse
detached, pine slope
cedar sauna glowing, black-slate cold-plunge steaming, fairy lights, lake beyond at dusk
Okanagan Forest Modern — original
The Car Court
Knox Mountain, motor court
cantilevered carport at golden hour — Sierra AT4X, Cayenne, 911, sun shafts through the pines
Okanagan Forest Modern — original
The Knox Mountain Perch
aerial, Knox Mountain
blue-hour aerial — green roofs among the treetops, infinity pool, Kelowna lights across the lake
Okanagan Forest Modern — original
The Knox Mountain Perch
autumn, Knox Mountain
October gold — leaf-strewn drive, low raking sun, woodsmoke, pumpkins on the steps
The Knox Mountain Perch
Studio / office — oak desk under the forest glass, brass lamp, concrete shelves
Views & Walk-Outs
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$1,646,820After Ray Kappe
The Kelowna Kappe
Knox Mountain steep sl
post-and-beam volumes stepping down the slope on concrete piers
1,500 ft²3 bedNo pool$495/ft²
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After Ray Kappe
The Kelowna Kappe
Knox Mountain steep sl
redwood and glass floating on concrete towers, stepping down the forested slope
$1,676,068After Cliff May
The Lower Mission Rancher
Lower Mission
single-level flat-roof rancher on pricier near-lake flat land, rear-yard pool
1,700 ft²3 bedPool$470/ft²
Floor plan · tap to enlarge
$1,682,444After Joseph Eichler
The 50-Footer
Wilden
the realistic one — MCM on a normal 50-ft subdivision walk-out lot
2,050 ft²4 bedPool$418/ft²
Floor plan · tap to enlarge
After Joseph Eichler
The 50-Footer
Wilden, 50' frontage walk-out lot
blue-hour rear pool view, walk-out lower level, real lake-view backdrop
$1,685,908Okanagan original
The Kettle Valley Bench
Upper Mission
view lot, balanced — house + carport + a plunge pool
1,600 ft²3 bedPool$480/ft²
After Joseph Eichler
The Kettle Valley Bench
Upper Mission
rear walk-out elevation at last light — firepit gathering, lake below
$1,692,824Okanagan original
The Wilden Shed
Wilden
view lot = smaller house, carport for the truck, a plunge pool
1,500 ft²3 bedPool$490/ft²
$1,693,028After Joseph Eichler split-level + Craig Ellwood
The Kelowna Walk-Out
Upper Mission
the walk-out — main level up, daylight level down to a pool terrace
1,700 ft²4 bedPool$465/ft²
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$1,697,068Okanagan original
The Sarsons Bench
Upper Mission
view lot where the POOL wins — house + carport shrink to fund it
1,550 ft²3 bedPool$480/ft²
Street View — Elevated MCM
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Front-on street elevation — MCM masterpiece
The Neutra, Elevated
Front-on, above the street
A Neutra-spirit masterpiece raised above the street on board-formed concrete, a floating stair climbing to the glowing entry and a carport tucked below — warm cedar, steel glass and a low horizontal roofline
Front-on street elevation — MCM masterpiece
The Eichler, Elevated
Front-on, above the street
An Eichler-spirit post-and-beam home raised above the street with a glowing glazed entry atrium at the top of a floating stair, carport tucked below
Front-on street elevation — MCM masterpiece
Case Study #21, Elevated
Modest steel pavilion above the street
Koenig's Case Study House #21 rebuilt modest and attainable, raised above the street on a low concrete wall — a flat-roofed steel-and-glass pavilion, a floating stair up and a carport tucked below
Front-on street elevation — MCM masterpiece
Case Study #18, Elevated
Steel post-and-beam above the street
Ellwood's Case Study House #18 as a modest ~$1.2M build raised above the street, precise steel post-and-beam infilled warm with cedar, floating stair and carport below
Front-on street elevation — MCM masterpiece
Case Study #25, Elevated
Tall doors above the street
Killingsworth's serene Case Study House #25 rebuilt modest above the street — a tall slender full-height entry up a floating stair, a small reflecting pool, carport tucked below
Front-on street elevation — MCM masterpiece
Case Study #20, Elevated
Plywood vaults above the street
The Bass House / Case Study House #20 as a modest build raised above the street, a row of curved plywood barrel-vault domes, warm and attainable, carport below
Front-on street elevation — MCM masterpiece
Case Study #10, Elevated
Modest flat-roof above the street
Kemper Nomland's Case Study House #10 rebuilt as a modest attainable home raised above the street, a low flat roof, warm cedar and glass, floating stair and carport below
Icon Interiors — Built Today
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Icon living, built today — Okanagan
Stahl House, Reimagined
Great room over the lake
Case Study House #22's corner-glass cantilever, rebuilt today over the Okanagan — cedar-plank ceiling, floor-to-ceiling steel glass to the lake and vineyards, an Eames lounge and a stone hearth
Icon living, built today — Okanagan
Eames House, Reimagined
Double-height living room
Case Study House #8's double-height room with its ladder and colour-block panels, rebuilt today over the Okanagan with warm oak, steel glass to the lake and collected mid-century objects
Icon living, built today — Okanagan
Koenig CSH#21, Reimagined
Living pavilion by the pool
Koenig's steel-and-glass pavilion and reflecting pool, rebuilt today over the Okanagan — low profile, a wall of steel glass to the lake, an Eames lounge and a floating hearth
Icon living, built today — Okanagan
Kaufmann House, Reimagined
Living room to the water
Neutra's Kaufmann Desert House glass-and-outrigger living room, rebuilt today over the Okanagan lake with a full-height stone chimney and mid-century furniture
Icon living, built today — Okanagan
Lautner, Reimagined
Great room under the sweep
Lautner's organic board-formed concrete and timber great room, rebuilt today over the Okanagan — a soaring cedar ceiling, a wall of glass to the lake, sculptural furniture
Aerials Over the Okanagan
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Aerial — after the icon
The Cliff House
cliff edge, Okanagan Lake
Case Study #22 glass-and-steel wing cantilevered over the bluff, turquoise pool wrapping the point, the lake far below at golden hour
Aerial — Kelowna neighbourhood
Knox Mountain
the bluff over downtown Kelowna
a cluster of modern and forest-modern homes stepping down the granite hillside, the waterfront and floating bridge spread out below
Aerial — Kelowna neighbourhood
The Abbott Street Corridor
lakeside heritage district
modern mid-century builds under the mature chestnut canopy, running right along the City Park beach and marina
Aerial — Kelowna neighbourhood
Lower Mission Lakefront
Sarsons Beach
flat-roofed lakefront homes with infinity pools and private docks lined along the sandy beach, paddleboarders on calm water
Aerial — Kelowna neighbourhood
McKinley Beach
north-shore lake community
a hillside cluster of contemporary homes terracing down to a swimming beach and marina, the lake stretching south to the city
Aerial — Kelowna neighbourhood
Wilden at Dusk
forested hillside above Kelowna
forest-modern homes tucked into the ponderosa pines, warm windows glowing on as the valley lights come up at blue hour
Aerial — after the icon
The Desert Pinwheel
dry Okanagan bench
a Kaufmann-style pinwheel of low wings radiating from the core, long turquoise pool off the glass living wing, raking golden light
Aerial — after the icon
The Reflecting Moat
pine-ringed bench
Case Study #21 roof plane floating over shallow reflecting-pool moats, mirrored on all sides, warm interior glow at dusk
Aerial — after the icon
The Forest Courtyard
wooded bench
Ellwood-style steel-and-glass wings wrapping a private central courtyard, ponderosa pines pressing in on the roofs
Aerial — after the icon
The Parterre
manicured estate
a Saarinen-style white grid pavilion opening onto a clipped hedge parterre and reflecting pool, an allee of poplars to the lake
Aerial — after the icon
The Rooftop Pool
tight lakeview lot
a Neutra VDL-style roof deck with its shallow silver reflecting pool and louvered pergola, spider-leg outriggers, lake a block away
Aerial — after the icon
The Marsh Pavilion
riparian meadow
a Farnsworth-style white glass box floating on slender columns above a creek and golden grasses, mirrored in a still side-channel at dawn
Aerial — Okanagan Forest Modern
The Wilden Descent
steep forested slope
three stacked terraces of charred cedar and board-formed concrete descending the hillside, a black infinity pool over the drop
Aerial — after the icon
The Glenmore Eichler
quiet cul-de-sac
an Eichler-style gravel roof opening to a central atrium courtyard and Japanese maple, a kidney pool in the back, Dilworth behind
Aerial — Okanagan Forest Modern
The Big White Cabin
mountain forest, deep snow
a charred-cedar cabin dusted white under snow-laden pines, woodsmoke rising from the black flue, warm light on the shovelled path
Interiors
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Wilden Walk-Out
Great room to the pool
Kelowna Ellwood
Green-marble kitchen
Upper Mission Glass Bungalow
Living behind the Neutra glass wall
McKinley Beach Pavilion
Warm wood great room
The 50-Footer
The gear room + dog-wash
Glenmore Courtyard
Living onto the courtyard pool
Lower Mission Rancher
Open dining + kitchen
Wilden Walk-Out
Primary suite to the view
The 50-Footer
Kids' bunk room
The 50-Footer
Gear room + dog-wash — entry from garage
Kelowna Kappe
Redwood split-level living — exposed timber beams, glass to the forest
After Joseph Eichler
The 50-Footer
Wilden, 50' frontage walk-out lot
front made private with landscaping — concrete wall, native grasses, serviceberry screen
Famous Icon Recreations
106Stahl House
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Stahl House
Kitchen island — taco night, the lake beyond the glass
After Pierre Koenig / Case Study House #22
Stahl House
Peachland bluff, Okanagan Lake
cantilevered glass box over the lake, blue-hour cliffside pool
After Pierre Koenig / Case Study House #22
Stahl House
Peachland bluff, Okanagan Lake
true night — starry sky, glowing lap pool, lake lights below
After Pierre Koenig / Case Study House #22
Stahl House
Peachland bluff, Okanagan Lake
golden-hour dinner patio — mid-meal, string lights, dog waiting
Stahl House
Living room to the lake
After Pierre Koenig / Case Study House #22
Stahl House
Peachland bluff, Okanagan Lake
aerial site layout — bedroom wing, driveway, grade-beam foundation on the slope
After Pierre Koenig / Case Study House #22
Stahl House
Peachland bluff, Okanagan Lake
ground-level driveway approach — carport, entry, grade beams into the slope
Stahl House
Primary bedroom — cantilevered corner over the lake
After Pierre Koenig / Case Study House #22
Stahl House
Peachland bluff, Okanagan Lake
night hero — glass wing cantilevered over the lit pool, Kelowna lights far below
After Pierre Koenig / Case Study House #22
Stahl House
Peachland bluff, Okanagan Lake
bluff dusk — L-pool lit, lake going pewter below
After Pierre Koenig / Case Study House #22
Stahl House
Peachland bluff, Okanagan Lake
daylight — the L-plan glass pavilion wrapping the pool
After Pierre Koenig / Case Study House #22
Stahl House
Peachland bluff, Okanagan Lake
pool terrace at golden hour over Okanagan Lake
After Pierre Koenig / Case Study House #22
Stahl House
Peachland bluff, Okanagan Lake
aerial — the L wrapping the pool, carport uphill, glass wing over the drop
Stahl House
Glass-corner living room — Eames chair, Noguchi table, lake in two directions
Kaufmann Desert House
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After Richard Neutra
Kaufmann Desert House
Naramata benchland
the Shulman twilight pool shot — film grade, mirror-still water, first stars
After Richard Neutra
Kaufmann Desert House
Naramata benchland
long low concrete-and-cedar wing, rooftop gloriette deck, desert planting
After Richard Neutra
Kaufmann Desert House, Carport
Naramata benchland
open carport — bikes, paddleboard, real gear storage
Kaufmann Desert House
Window-bay reading nook
After Richard Neutra
Kaufmann Desert House
Naramata benchland
rooftop gloriette deck at sunset, vineyard and lake views
Kaufmann Desert House
Primary bathroom — concrete fins framing the vineyard
After Richard Neutra
Kaufmann Desert House
Naramata benchland
pinwheel plan — sandstone, aluminum louvers, boulder-lined pool
Kaufmann Desert House
Living room — sandstone walls, sliding glass dissolving to the pool terrace
Sheats–Goldstein Residence
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After John Lautner
Sheats–Goldstein Residence
Kelowna bluff, Okanagan Lake
coffered concrete roof cantilevered over the bluff, infinity pool spilling toward the lake
Sheats–Goldstein Residence
Living room — angled coffered ceiling, glass-studded skylights glowing over the lake wall
The Glenmore Eichler
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After Joseph Eichler
The Glenmore Eichler
Glenmore, flat street lot
classic post-and-beam tract home, glazed atrium entry court
After Joseph Eichler
The Glenmore Eichler, Siding Study
Glenmore, flat street lot
same house, three siding colors — cedar / charcoal / white
The Glenmore Eichler
Atrium entry
The Glenmore Eichler
Kitchen — lived-in
The Glenmore Eichler
Primary walk-in closet
The Glenmore Eichler
Primary suite — lived-in
After Joseph Eichler
The Glenmore Eichler, Siding Study
Glenmore, flat street lot
realistic buildable siding study — three options, real landscaping and context
After Joseph Eichler
The Glenmore Eichler
Glenmore, flat street lot
rear yard — atrium glow, pool, swing set, family backyard
Farnsworth House
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Farnsworth House
Galley kitchen — moka pot steaming, marsh mist through the glass
After Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Farnsworth House
Okanagan marsh pond
golden hour — plinth glowing amber, doubled in the still pond
After Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Farnsworth House
Kaleden, lakeside floodplain
white steel-and-glass pavilion raised on a plinth, misty morning
After Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Farnsworth House
Kaleden, lakeside floodplain
deep winter — snow, half-frozen lake, wood-stove smoke, warm glow inside
Farnsworth House
Open-plan living, fireplace core
Farnsworth House
Ensuite — soaking tub to the lake
Farnsworth House
Study & library nook — misty marsh view
Neutra VDL, Narrow-Lot
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Neutra VDL, Narrow-Lot
Primary bedroom — louvered morning light, mirrored wall
After Richard Neutra
Neutra VDL, Narrow-Lot
Kelowna city infill lot
rooftop reflecting pool at dusk — butterfly chairs, lake band beyond
After Richard Neutra
Neutra VDL, Narrow-Lot
North Glenmore, 40' frontage
three-story stacked massing squeezed onto a real city infill lot
After Richard Neutra
Neutra VDL, Narrow-Lot
North Glenmore, 40' frontage
backyard sauna + cold plunge in winter, snow and chimney smoke
After Richard Neutra
Neutra VDL, Side Yard
North Glenmore, 40' frontage
dog run + garden shed + raised veg beds
After Richard Neutra
Neutra VDL, Material Study
North Glenmore, 40' frontage
same house, three ways — cedar / white stucco / board-formed concrete
Neutra VDL, Narrow-Lot
Mudroom + gear room
Neutra VDL, Narrow-Lot
Laundry + utility room
Neutra VDL, Narrow-Lot
Coffee + wine bar — affordable finishes
Neutra VDL, Narrow-Lot
Staircase detail
Neutra VDL, Narrow-Lot
Home office / den
Neutra VDL, Narrow-Lot
Full kitchen
After Richard Neutra
Neutra VDL, Narrow-Lot
North Glenmore, 40' frontage
rear/side elevation at dusk, stacked massing lit from inside
Case Study House #21
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After Pierre Koenig / Bailey House
Case Study House #21
Kelowna infill lot
full night — the roof plane floating on its moat reflections
After Pierre Koenig / Bailey House
Case Study House #21
Kelowna South & Pandosy, 50' frontage
steel-frame, reflecting moat pool, wedged between two character homes
After Pierre Koenig / Bailey House
Case Study House #21
Kelowna South & Pandosy, 50' frontage
backyard pool at golden hour — chaise loungers, pool toys, string lights
After Pierre Koenig / Bailey House
Case Study House #21
Kelowna South & Pandosy, 50' frontage
xeriscape front yard — no lawn, river-rock swale, ornamental grasses, lavender
Case Study House #21
Living room to the courtyard pool
Case Study House #21
Powder room
Case Study House #21
Kid's bedroom
Case Study House #21
Ensuite shower — glass block window
Case Study House #21
Kids' bunk room
After Pierre Koenig / Bailey House
Case Study House #21
Kelowna South & Pandosy, 50' frontage
updated for privacy — board-formed wall, grasses, birch screen
Case Study House #21
Full kitchen — island to the courtyard
Case Study House #21
Primary bedroom opening to its own private courtyard
Eames House, Narrow-Lot
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After Charles & Ray Eames / Case Study House #8
Eames House, Narrow-Lot
Kelowna narrow city lot
blue hour — the grid glowing like a Mondrian between character homes
Eames House, Narrow-Lot
Double-height living room — steel grid, ladder, collected objects
Eames House, Narrow-Lot
Kitchen + dining bay — cherry-red counters, tulip table, jigsaw in progress
After Charles & Ray Eames / Case Study House #8
Eames House, Narrow-Lot
Rutland, 45' frontage
De Stijl color-panel steel grid, double-height glass bay
After Charles & Ray Eames / Case Study House #8
Eames House, Narrow-Lot
Rutland, 45' frontage
rear courtyard under a cottonwood tree, De Stijl color-panel facade
Case Study House #16
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Case Study House #16
Living room — corner glass to the reflecting pool, late sun
Case Study House #16
Galley kitchen — pool light rippling on the ceiling, Okanagan cherries
After Craig Ellwood
Case Study House #16, Entry Detail
Kettle Valley, 50' frontage
golden-hour entry sequence — reflecting pool, muddy shoes, helmet on the hook
After Craig Ellwood
Case Study House #16
Kettle Valley, 50' frontage
white steel corner glass, entry reflecting pool, board-formed concrete wall
After Craig Ellwood
Case Study House #16
Kelowna infill lot
rear garden at golden hour — dining pergola, built-in BBQ, family backyard
After Craig Ellwood
Case Study House #16
Kelowna infill lot
front street view at golden hour, real Okanagan streetscape
Ellwood Courtyard House
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After Craig Ellwood
Ellwood Courtyard House
Lower Mission, 50' frontage
exposed steel grid, walled front courtyard, privacy from the street
After Craig Ellwood
Ellwood Courtyard House
Lower Mission, 50' frontage
mid-autumn — pumpkins on the steps, vineyard hillside turning amber
After Craig Ellwood
Ellwood Courtyard House
Lower Mission, 50' frontage
winter night — snowfall, courtyard glowing, footprints to the gate
After Craig Ellwood
Ellwood Courtyard House
Lower Mission, 50' frontage
sunken conversation-pit fire terrace, xeriscape Okanagan landscaping
The Craig Ellwood Courtyard House
Dining area
After Craig Ellwood
Ellwood Courtyard House
Lower Mission, 50' frontage
updated — vine-covered privacy trellis, carport integrated into roofline
After Craig Ellwood
Ellwood Courtyard House
Lower Mission, 50' frontage
side elevation — steel grid meeting the vine-covered privacy wall
Ellwood Courtyard House
Open-plan kitchen & dining onto the pool courtyard
Walker Guest House
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After Paul Rudolph / 'Cocoon House'
Walker Guest House
Okanagan pine slope
cocoon mode — shutters down at dusk, lamplight leaking at the seams
After Paul Rudolph / 'Cocoon House'
Walker Guest House
Rutland, 45' frontage
butterfly shutter panels propped open on steel struts, warm cedar
Walker Guest House
Sunken conversation pit — fire bowl
Gropius House
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After Walter Gropius
Gropius House
Okanagan orchard bench
dusk — glass-block porch glowing like a paper lantern
Gropius House
Living room + study — ribbon window to the orchard, Bauhaus chrome
After Walter Gropius
Gropius House
Rutland, 45' frontage
spring blossom season — crabapple in bloom, orchard hillside behind
After Walter Gropius
Gropius House
Rutland, 45' frontage
vertical white siding, glass-block screened porch, cantilevered bay, spiral stair
After Walter Gropius
Gropius House
Kelowna infill lot
front porch entry — glass block, spiral stair to the roof deck
Miller House
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Miller House
Living room — walnut storage wall, honey-locust allee turning gold
Miller House
The sunken conversation pit — Girard cushions, hedge garden beyond
After Eero Saarinen
Miller House
Glenmore, 50' frontage
blue hour — colonnade uplighting, dinner being set
After Eero Saarinen
Miller House
Glenmore, 50' frontage
fieldstone base, steel-column grid, formal clipped-hedge garden
Miller House
Wine + bar nook
Miller House
Breezeway to the garage
Miller House
Piano + music corner
After Eero Saarinen
Miller House
Glenmore, flat street lot
rear terrace at blue hour — hedge parterre garden, firepit gathering
The Glenmore Butterfly
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The Glenmore Butterfly
3-car garage — Sierra AT4X, Cayenne, 911
The Glenmore Butterfly
Home gym — converted garage bay
3-car garage — dusk
The Glenmore Butterfly
Glenmore, flat street lot
3-car garage — Sierra AT4X, Cayenne, 911, warm integrated lighting
3-car garage — midday
The Glenmore Butterfly
Glenmore, flat street lot
3-car garage — Sierra AT4X, Cayenne, 911, basketball hoop, street context
The Glenmore Butterfly