Architect: Patkau Architects
Project Team: John Patkau, Patricia Patkau, David Shone, Luke Stern, Marc Holland,
Edward Kim, Michael Thorpe, Michelle de Jong, Sebastian Elliot, Nicole Sylvia
Consultants
Structural: RJC Structural Engineering
Lighting: Margot Richards Lighting
Landscape: Haven Garden Design, Red Door Landscape Services
Arborist: Talbot Mackenzie & Associates
Energy: Adapt Energy Advising
Builder: Rannala Freeborn Construction
Images
James Dow / Patkau Architects (1-11)
Patkau Architects (12, 17)
Sustainable Design
Optimized building envelope performance exceeding energy step code compliance
Deep overhangs for rain and solar shading
Retractable glass walls and operable skylights for daylighting and natural ventilation
Geothermal energy coupled with high efficiency ground source heat pumps
Rooftop photovoltaic system comprised of sixty 335W solar panels
EV charging and backup battery storage
Excess solar power generation directed to the grid via net metering
Well water and large storage cisterns for landscape irrigation and emergency backup
Recognition
2024 Architectural Record Houses
Description
Intertwining landscape, light, and family life, Arbour House is a loosely knit fabric of spaces that overlook Cadboro Bay in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Its rooms share passages, views, and breezes rising up from the sea. The variously scaled spaces are unified by a rhythmic pleated ceiling, syncopated by daylight. This intricate wooden arbour, suspended below arrays of operable skylights, is a singular architectural invention that coheres and activates the whole interior. The house opens to the verdant landscape as sunlight threads into the life of the house, its gracious views, its intimate indoor-outdoor living.
Certifications
Description
Intertwining landscape, light, and family life, Arbour House is a loosely knit fabric of spaces that overlook Cadboro Bay in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Its rooms share passages, views, and breezes rising up from the sea. The variously scaled spaces are unified by a rhythmic pleated ceiling, syncopated by daylight. This intricate wooden arbour, suspended below arrays of operable skylights, is a singular architectural invention that coheres and activates the whole interior. The house opens to the verdant landscape as sunlight threads into the life of the house, its gracious views, its intimate indoor-outdoor living.
Location
Size
Client
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
557 sq m / 6,000 sq ft
Confidential
Description
Intertwining landscape, light, and family life, Arbour House is a loosely knit fabric of spaces that overlook Cadboro Bay in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Its rooms share passages, views, and breezes rising up from the sea. The variously scaled spaces are unified by a rhythmic pleated ceiling, syncopated by daylight. This intricate wooden arbour, suspended below arrays of operable skylights, is a singular architectural invention that coheres and activates the whole interior. The house opens to the verdant landscape as sunlight threads into the life of the house, its gracious views, its intimate indoor-outdoor living.
Intertwining landscape, light, and family life, Arbour House is a loosely knit fabric of spaces that overlook Cadboro Bay in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Its rooms share passages, views, and breezes rising up from the sea. The variously scaled spaces are unified by a rhythmic pleated ceiling, syncopated by daylight. This intricate wooden arbour, suspended below arrays of operable skylights, is a singular architectural invention that coheres and activates the whole interior. The house opens to the verdant landscape as sunlight threads into the life of the house, its gracious views, its intimate indoor-outdoor living.
Description
Intertwining landscape, light, and family life, Arbour House is a loosely knit fabric of spaces that overlook Cadboro Bay in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Its rooms share passages, views, and breezes rising up from the sea. The variously scaled spaces are unified by a rhythmic pleated ceiling, syncopated by daylight. This intricate wooden arbour, suspended below arrays of operable skylights, is a singular architectural invention that coheres and activates the whole interior. The house opens to the verdant landscape as sunlight threads into the life of the house, its gracious views, its intimate indoor-outdoor living.