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Peter Braithwaite Studio, who the thirteenth A+Awards Jury named Greatest X-Small Agency, operates on the intersection of structure, constructing and set up. This hands-on strategy dissolves the hole between drawing and building, streamlining the design-build course of right into a craft. Their work is grounded in ecological accountability, responding to the challenges of constructing alongside Canada’s rugged Atlantic coast.
Every undertaking displays a considerate reinterpretation of vernacular constructing strategies and supplies, typically together with the long-lasting gable types of Canada’s maritime provinces. Industrial detailing and exacting craftsmanship come along with a recent sensibility. This is likely one of the maritime studio’s most attribute traits — and, as their good-looking fashions make evident, this sensibility is embedded in each design from conception. Whether or not designing sculptural city houses or resilient coastal retreats, Peter Braithwaite Studio creates buildings which might be rigorously crafted with a pointy eye to creating resilient and landscape-responsive structure.
Lambkill Ridge
By Peter Braithwaite Studio, Terence Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada
Common Winner, Personal Home ( XS < 1,000 sq ft), twelfth Architizer A+Awards
Named after the resilient Sheep Laurel plant that grows abundantly in Terence Bay, Lambkill Ridge is a rigorously crafted retreat for a nature-loving younger household of 4. The design options two mirrored and staggered darkish wood-clad pavilions linked by a boardwalk that hyperlinks the entry highway with close by trails. Elevated among the many treetops, the pavilions supply panoramic forest and distant ocean views.
One pavilion is devoted to relaxation, tucked with a mechanical closet housing sustainable programs, a full bathtub and a lofted sleeping space; the opposite incorporates a white-oak kitchenette, a woodstove-centered dwelling area, and a visitor loft above. Fastidiously positioned home windows seize photo voltaic acquire and encourage passive air flow, whereas off-grid programs, together with rainwater assortment, filtration and an incinerating bathroom, assist self-sufficient dwelling.
The pavilions’ stark exterior contrasts with an inviting inside. It options domestically sourced rough-hewn hemlock that highlights typical light-timber framing practices discovered within the area. Black-metal conduits and fixtures punctuate the interiors, offering an industrial counterpoint to wooden’s uncooked nature and highlighting meticulous consideration to element.
The Sandbox
By Peter Braithwaite Studio, Bathhurst, New Brunswick, Canada
Particular Point out, Personal Home (S 1,000 – 2,000 sq ft), eleventh Architizer A+Awards
The Sandbox emerges from a website lengthy formed by climate and sea, on the sting of New Brunswick’s Bay of Chaleur. Earlier than the brand new house was designed, a weathered seasonal cottage stood on the location. But regardless of its scars, the cottage revealed the location’s enduring attract: the proximity of sweeping seashores and uninterrupted ocean views. The design facilities on connecting this dramatic coastal panorama to every day life, with rigorously positioned home windows framing the horizon.
Designed for a younger couple keen about meals and entertaining, the house incorporates a {custom} kitchen island as its centerpiece, with a master suite that captures panoramic vistas. Its compact, boxy kind outcomes from stacking areas vertically, permitting entry to a rooftop deck with prolonged coastal views above neighboring cottages.
Constructed on a modest funds, The Sandbox is clad in Japanese white cedar and Corten metal — supplies chosen for his or her sturdiness in harsh climates and their potential to mix with native traditions. By collaborations with regional trades and producers, the undertaking solid ties between the architect, consumer and neighborhood, grounding the home in each its cultural and bodily context.
Armcrescent Residence
By Peter Braithwaite Studio, Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada
The Armcrescent Residence is as a lot a daring architectural gesture as it’s a meticulous examine in craft. Its darkish wooden siding and board-formed concrete retaining partitions give the home a sculptural presence that firmly anchors it throughout the quiet streetscape of Halifax West Finish. Conceived as an architectural investigation into growing city density on the Halifax Peninsula, the design reimagines the neighborhood’s conventional architectural language, specifically, its gabled varieties, via a recent sensibility.
Inside, craftsmanship shapes each element. Millwork, furnishings, and fixtures have been designed, constructed, and put in by Peter Braithwaite Studio. From {custom} counter tops and lighting fixtures to {hardware}, box-jointed cabinetry, and furnishings, the house embodies a recent vernacular. Balancing trendy industrial tones with a deep respect for materials richness, the design creates individualized areas for gathering and retreat throughout 4 ranges, reflecting the varied wants of a multi-generational family.
Tide Gables
By Peter Braithwaite Studio, Indian Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada
Perched alongside Nova Scotia’s rugged shoreline, Tide Gables presents one other placing interpretation of the acquainted gabled kind, its cedar-clad silhouettes recalling the area’s conventional maritime vernacular whereas standing firmly within the current. Nature’s forces and the uncooked fantastic thing about the maritime coast formed each design determination. Elevated on engineered stilts, the home yields to storm surges, a resilience examined and confirmed when a hurricane struck mid-construction.
A poured concrete plinth anchors the house, doubling as each basis and cistern, with a rainwater assortment system making certain self-sufficiency regardless of the location’s constraints. Above, the dual gables unfold as finely crafted vessels, their readability of perform revealed in distinct dwelling and sleeping quarters, joined by a linking passage that organizes circulation and companies.
Caribou Level Studio
By Peter Braithwaite Studio, Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada
Set in rural Pictou County, Caribou Studios is a protracted, linear, single-story constructing that stretches throughout the terrain, providing steady views of the encircling pure panorama. This distinctive gabled construction serves as each a residence and studios for 2 artists. Every artist has a custom-designed studio tailor-made to their individuality at reverse ends of the constructing, whereas shared dwelling areas on the heart convey them collectively in every day life.
Uncovered concrete flooring anchor the construction, whereas {custom} wooden millwork infuses heat, carrying the pure fantastic thing about the panorama indoors. Vaulted ceilings and a central hallway reinforce the constructing’s linearity and sense of circulate, an impact intentionally interrupted by a breezeway that cuts via the shape to create a sheltered outside room. Constructed from sturdy, pure supplies, Caribou Studios is designed for each artwork and life, finely crafted but resilient sufficient to face up to the rugged northern local weather.
Martinique Seaside Home
By Peter Braithwaite Studio, Nova Scotia, Canada
This three-story house, situated close to Nova Scotia’s longest sandy surf seashores, is designed across the notion of “aging-in-place.” For the purchasers, unobstructed ocean views and daylight above the tree cover have been important. To satisfy this requirement, the house is organized vertically round a concrete circulation core containing each stairs and a one-person elevator. Service areas and a mudroom occupy the bottom flooring, and sleeping areas are on the second degree. The highest flooring is reserved for main dwelling and gathering areas, the place the views of the ocean take heart stage. Design and building targeted on preserving the panorama, making efforts to retain as many timber and native shrubs as attainable to attenuate environmental influence.
The winners of the thirteenth Architizer A+Awards have been introduced! Looking forward to subsequent season? Keep updated by subscribing to our A+Awards Publication.
