The sanctuary is new to sale and is a striking modern house in Crumpit Woods, Squamish, a development of new houses that are carved into a slope in British Columbia. The battery -based architects based by Vancouver is designed for about an hour north of the downtown Vancouver and about 45 minutes from the expansive ski paths and facilities at Whistler.
View from the living room in the sanctuary
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Sanctify
The location is impressive, with far-reaching views over the valley to the Stawamus Chief Mountain, a 700 m summit that rises beyond the Howe sound. Dambled into the slope, with granite bodies forming part of the terrace and the subtle height thanks to the clever civil engineering through natural balance, the sanctuary serves as a framework for the constantly changing spectacle of nature.
The house is set in the granite hill
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Inside, the architects have arranged almost 4,000 square meters of accommodations as a number of volumes that reveal themselves around a new Vista at every level. The focus was also on the well -being of the inmates, with a design assignment rejected by humans and synthetic materials in favor of natural solutions.
The kitchen and the dining area in the sanctuary
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According to the architects, “every material for its effect on both body and the environment was considered.” This includes halogen lighting, which are specifically calibrated on daylight cycles, and an advanced air and water system that uses passive cooling.
Even the bathroom has a spectacular view
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No detail was too small, from the way the porcelain tiles were not sealed, to the calming palette of natural materials, including white oak generation, ceilings that were reduced with hemlock areas, stone floors and linen.
The sanctuary has a tailor -made carpentry
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The house, which was completed in 2019, is described by the original customers as a sanctuary. For them, life in the house could be divided into a number of simple rituals, from growing herbs and vegetables to cooking to the use of the pizza oven outdoors or the salt water tub and the shower. There is even a meditation room.
The rear terrace shows how the house is anchored in the rock
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The sanctuary is located on a steep quarter -hectare location, whereby the landscape design of battery showats is carried out by its own design team. Many of the supplied furnishings were specially developed for the project, including the sofa by fabric studio and the lighting of Davide Groppi. David Battersby and Heather Howat set up their studio in 1996. It has won a number of national design prices, with the focus on private residences and cultural spaces.
The main staircase in the sanctuary
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The sanctuary, BC, from battery show
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The sanctuary is for sale via West Coast Modern, 6,850,000 US dollars, West coastmodern.caPresent @WestcoastmodernhomesPresent Battersbyhowat.comPresent @Battersby showat