The brief was to add a new living room space, kitchen and accompanying dining room. Our inspiration for the project lay in the established backyard which sat slightly sunken from its surroundings. We wanted to have the living room feel like a pavilion in the garden, however as much as it needed to be connected to the garden, we saw this as an enclosed and protected space. Our solution was a brick wall that enveloped the upper level, suspended above glass doors and windows below. At the northern ...
Modified: March 19, 2018On a rocky, granite cliff overlooking the Atlantic Ocean near Ketch Harbour, Nova Scotia, this 5,000 sq ft house is a series of angled glass and raw concrete pavilions that capture the dramatic landscape in each direction. Crowned by gently curving zinc roofs, each pavilion frames views of a historic lighthouse, the sea lanes to Halifax and a World War II Allied bunker. Set along a linear entry hallway, the ...
Modified: March 06, 2017A Dense Neighborhood’s “Glass House”: Introducing the PAVILION HOUSE Construction has completed on Pavilion House, a clever response to the need for both privacy and openness, by award-winning Waechter Architecture. Construction has completed on Pavilion House. Award-winning Waechter Architecture was tasked ...
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