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Dark board-and-batten ranch with timber-truss gables, stone base and triple garage at dusk

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Modern board-and-batten ranch

A long, low ranch in dark board-and-batten, with vaulted living spaces, a bright working kitchen and white-oak built-ins. Explore the finished rooms, exterior details and construction photographs.

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Bright kitchen with large island and pendant lighting — Working kitchen & island

Vaulted living room opening to a walkout — Vaulted living, walkout to grade

White-oak built-in shelving — White-oak built-ins

Rear elevation at dusk with the great room lit — Dusk, rear elevation

Glassed-in steam shower with a soaker tub inside and freestanding tub beside it — Steam shower & soaker tub

Bath with white-oak double vanity matching the home's millwork — White-oak bath, matching millwork

Vaulted great room with gable glazing and sliders opening to the deck — The great room, to the prairie

White-oak kitchen with navy island and brass hardware — White oak & navy, in the kitchen

Plaster hood over the range with brass pot filler and quartz backsplash — Range wall & pot filler

Primary bath with white-oak double vanity, twin mirrors and black fittings — Primary vanity, twin towers

Freestanding tub under a frosted window beside the white-oak vanity — Soaker tub, primary bath

Floor-to-ceiling wardrobe wall in warm white with brass knobs, bath beyond — Dressing wall, floor to ceiling

Black freestanding tub and open grey-tile shower on the walkout level — Walkout-level bath, black & grey

Covered patio under the deck at sunset, looking over the prairie — Under the deck, at sunset

ICF walls and roof trusses going up on the ranch — ICF walls, trusses on

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Custom Home

Modern lakefront custom home

A grey-brick and black standing-seam home on a rock-cut lakefront lot: in-slab radiant heat over an engineered drainage plane, inside a high-performance envelope. Documented across four seasons.

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In-slab radiant tubing laid over sub-slab insulation and drainage plane — In-slab radiant over the drainage plane

Aerial of the foundation slab being finished — Slab pour, from the air

High-performance envelope going up with taped exterior insulation — High-performance envelope

Framed and wrapped house under winter snow — Built through the winter

Finished kitchen with black island and white subway tile — Finished kitchen

Kitchen window framing the natural rock cut — Kitchen window, rock-cut view

Primary bathroom with marble shower and black fixtures — Primary bath, marble & matte black

White-oak walk-in closet leading to the ensuite — White-oak walk-in

Completed two-storey home in summer — Completed home

Finished lakefront rear elevation with glass-railed deck and stone base

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Custom Home

Board-and-batten lakefront walkout

A dark board-and-batten home with a natural stone base and a glass-railed walkout over the water. Built on a Nudura ICF foundation for a warm, dry, airtight lower level, documented from the poured basement through framing to the finished elevations.

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ICF foundation walls over a sub-slab gravel plane — ICF foundation & sub-slab plane

Framing rising on the ICF foundation beside the lake — Framing on the ICF base

Aerial of the framed structure — Structure, from above

Aerial of the roofed structure in winter — Roofed-in through winter

Finished front elevation with twin garages and stone base — Finished front elevation

Finished lakeside elevation with stone base and board-and-batten — Lakeside elevation

Finished blackened-cedar modern home lit from within at dusk

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Custom Home · High-Performance

Charred-cedar modern home

A blackened-cedar modern home wrapped in a true high-performance envelope: ZIP System air barrier, continuous exterior insulation on a ventilated rain screen, and an all-electric heat-pump plant.

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House wrapped in green ZIP System structural sheathing — ZIP System sheathing & air barrier

Continuous exterior Isolofoam insulation with wood rain-screen strapping — Continuous insulation & rain screen

Framed interior with large windows over a clean gravel floor — Framing & the drainage plane

Mechanical room with twin Daikin heat pumps and heat-recovery ventilator — Heat-pump mechanical room

Daikin VRV outdoor heat-pump unit beside charred siding — Daikin VRV, all-electric

Finished charred-cedar home lit from within at dusk — Charred cedar, finished

Finished dark A-frame with screened porch and timber posts at golden hour beside the lake

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Custom Home

Steel-frame lakefront A-frame

A steel and stick-framed A-frame rising from a rock outcrop over the lake, wrapped in a fully taped, vapour-open envelope and finished in dark standing seam with a screened porch on the water. Documented from the waterproofed foundation, through the insulated radiant slab, to golden hour on the finished home.

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Foundation with waterproofing membrane and drainage board on engineered gravel — Waterproofed foundation on gravel

Board-formed concrete walls with wood-grain texture over waterproofed base and gravel plane — Board-formed concrete, stripped

Drone view of the timber A-frame structure rising on a lakefront rock outcrop — Structure on the rock outcrop

Steel and timber frame with glazing and taped envelope wrap — Steel, timber & glazing

Rebar and radiant tubing over insulated sub-slab forms, ready for the pour — Slab prep: insulation, rebar & radiant

Freshly poured concrete floor between insulated foundation walls — The floor, poured

Aerial of the A-frame in cladding stage at sunset beside the lake — Cladding the shell, at dusk

Aerial looking down the finished dark standing-seam ridge toward the lake — Down the ridge, to the water

Street side of the home with garage and stone-paved courtyard in autumn — Arrival court & garage

Completed white board-and-batten farmhouse with black standing-seam roof

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Custom Home

Timber-frame lakefront farmhouse

Board-and-batten on the water, under a standing-seam steel roof, with an exposed timber-frame entry over a stone base. Built in ICF from the footings to the roofline for a warm, quiet, airtight shell, documented from the first excavation to the finished great room.

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Exposed timber-frame entry with stone base and red door — Timber-frame entry & stone base

Great room with exposed timber beams and stone feature wall — Great room, exposed timber structure

Finished bath with glass shower, floating double vanity and heated towel rail — Primary bath, heated towel rail

ICF walls rising in winter — ICF to the roofline, through winter

Finished white board-and-batten farmhouse with black steel roof, from the drive — Front elevation, from the drive

Aerial view of excavated foundation footprint — Excavation & foundation footprint

White kitchen with long island under a wall of windows

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Renovation

Bright modern farmhouse

Light-filled and clean-lined: a wall of windows over wide-plank floors, a honed-marble fireplace, and two working kitchens rebuilt around long islands. Simple materials, precisely detailed.

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Kitchen with white Café appliances, maple cabinetry and black island — Café appliances, maple & black

Honed marble fireplace surround — Honed-marble fireplace

White staircase with black metal spindles and wood accents — Stair, steel & white oak

Open kitchen with black island, wishbone stools and floor-to-ceiling maple cabinets — The working kitchen, wall to wall

Galley view between black cabinets to a white French-door fridge set into maple — Down the galley

Black and brass pro-style faucet at the island sink — Black & brass at the sink

White and navy chef's kitchen with marble island and pendant lighting

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Whole-Home Renovation

Neoclassical estate renovation

A grand columned estate taken back to the studs: a white-and-navy chef's kitchen, book-matched marble baths, a restored curved stair, and custom walnut dressing rooms, with fully modern services behind the heritage character.

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Rear of the estate with a two-storey glazed stairwell and new black-frame windows — The glazed stair, from the garden

Kitchen range wall with navy hood and gold hardware — Range wall, navy & gold

Restored curved staircase under a crystal chandelier — Curved stair, restored

Bath wrapped floor to ceiling in marble with freestanding tub and backlit mirror — Marble primary bath

Guest bath with dark stone tile, glass shower screen and brass accents — Stone & brass guest bath

Custom walnut dressing room with marble floors — Walnut dressing room

Dressing suite vanity with backlit mirror and marble floor, tub beyond — Dressing suite, backlit

Navy island and brass faucets under black grid windows to the garden — Chef's kitchen, to the garden

Granite-topped double vanity with brass faucets and backlit mirror — Granite & brass vanity

Open-plan white kitchen with navy island and brass cone pendants

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Renovation

Full-home transformation

A dated family home taken to the studs and reimagined as a warm, open-plan main floor: a white kitchen with a navy island and brass pendants flowing into a dry-stacked stone fireplace great room, plus a spa-grade primary bath in navy, marble, and matte black. New layout, new services, same footprint.

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Primary bath with navy double vanity, marble floors and freestanding tub — Primary bath, navy & marble

Walk-in shower in marble hex tile with a blue arabesque niche — Hex-tile walk-in shower

Great room with a dry-stacked stone fireplace open to the yard — Stone-fireplace great room

Built-in shiplap reading nook with flanking shelves — Built-in reading nook

Powder room with live-edge vanity, glass vessel sink and floral art — Powder room

Detail of marble hex tile and glossy blue niche with black fixtures — Tile & fixture detail

Freestanding tub beneath a backlit ocean mural in a marble bath

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Renovation

Spa-grade bath renovation

A primary suite rebuilt as a spa, and the renovation carried through the main floor: marble tile, a freestanding tub beneath a backlit ocean mural, a frameless glass shower, a tiled fireplace wall under new skylights, and a re-imagined entry.

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Marble bath with globe pendants and lit double vanity — Double vanity, globe pendants

Frameless glass shower in marble tile beside the freestanding tub — Frameless glass shower

Living room with polished tile fireplace wall under a row of new skylights — Fireplace wall, under skylights

Tiled fireplace surround on maple base, gallery wall beyond — Tile & maple, fireplace detail

Vaulted dining room with painted brick accent wall and gable window — Vaulted dining, brick accent wall

Front entry with white-oak slat screen and large-format tile floor — Entry, oak slat screen

Finished two-storey board-and-batten addition with full-width cedar deck

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Addition · Renovation

Two-storey rear addition

A two-storey addition across the back of a brick two-storey: the aging sunroom removed, new footings and drainage cut in tight to the existing foundation, and a board-and-batten volume with a full-width cedar deck opening the house to the yard.

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Original brick house with aging white sunroom before construction — Before: the back of the house

Excavation with footing forms tight to the existing foundation — Midway: footings & drainage

Renovated body shop exterior with new glass bay doors and steel cladding

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Commercial · Renovation

Body shop & warehouse renovation

A working dealership and warehouse renovated in place: new glass-front offices, showroom, and boardroom rebuilt within the existing steel shell, and warehouse space converted to bright, finished suites.

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New paint booths and prep stations inside the working shop — Paint booths, in production

Warehouse shell gutted to the block with new bay doors and fresh slab — The shell, stripped & re-slabbed

Finished shop exterior in dark steel cladding with covered entry — The shop, re-clad & finished

Warehouse hall converted to a bright finished space with new lighting — Warehouse, converted & finished

New reception with white service desk and full-wall graphic — Reception, rebuilt

Client waiting area and service counter inside the new entry — Waiting area & service counter

Completed board-and-batten clinic addition behind the limestone heritage house

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Commercial · Addition

Medical clinic & student residences

A limestone heritage property extended with a purpose-built addition: twelve medical exam rooms with three student apartments above, on an engineered ICF foundation over a full drainage plane.

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