Batchelor Bay
Project Details
Location
West Vancouver
Consultants
- Architecture - Zacharko Yustin Architects
- Structural - Ennova Structural Engineers
- Interior Design - Zacharko Yustin Architects
- Landscape - Zacharko Yustin Architects & Free Form Landscapes
Coastal Setting
A large-scale renovation and new landscape on the West Vancouver waterfront, on a site adjacent to Whytecliff Park. The architecture, interiors, and landscape were authored by Zacharko Yustin Architects as a single coordinated work, with Free Form Landscapes collaborating on the grounds and Ennova on the structural envelope.
Carried in Wood
The interiors are organized around a single material: rift-cut white oak, matte-finished, running floor-to-ceiling across walls and millwork through every room of the house. Integrated reveals where oak meets ceiling, recessed bases where oak meets floor, and a stair lined in oak panelling alongside steel stringers carrying floating treads. Floors move between wide-plank white oak and tile depending on the room.
Oriented Out
The exterior is finished in red cedar shingles with a fire-rated clear stain, weathered into a varied tonal pattern that ties the building into the rocky coastal site. A covered exterior soffit of tongue-and-groove cedar carries the wood vocabulary outside. The waterfront frontage is the project's organizing fact; every primary room reads to the water.
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