White Rock House / Omar Gandhi Architect
At the end of a long and winding driveway through the forest, White Rock House is perched above a steep rocky incline overlooking the north bank of the Gaspereau River Valley.
Nova Scotia
OG House, Halifax, Nova Scotia / Omar Gandhi Architects
Located in the vibrant, historic North End of Halifax, Nova Scotia on a narrow and abandoned lot. In the decades prior, the adjacent property was the site of a neighbourhood African Nova Scotian barbershop.
Smith House by Mackay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects
Smith House is a vacation home located on the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia, adjacent to the architect’s farm (Shobac). The home consists of three pavilions on a two-acre site spanning from a salt pond on the east to bold oceanfront on the west.
Back Bay Joinery Shops / Peter Braithwaite Studio
The Back Bay Joinery Shops are located in the culturally rich community of Terence Bay, Nova Scotia. The shops provide a creative space for our firm to test, develop and construct design ideas. In collaboration with our design team, our skilled carpenters and cabinet makers use these shops to develop architecture models
Back Bay Studio, Nova Scotia / Peter Braithwaite Studio
Situated along a rocky outcropping that overlooks Back Bay, the Back Bay Studio is sited within the culturally rich community of Terence Bay. This small fishing community, located along Nova Scotia’s eastern shore, is made up of rocky cliff faces and rolling hillsides that extend down to the ocean’s edge.
Enough House, Steel-Clad Cabin in Nova Scotia by MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects
The latest addition, Enough House, provides accommodation for an intern architect to work closely with MacKay-Lyons. The cabin is an essay in economy: space, budget, schedule and aesthetic. It shares the same minimalist ethic as the adjacent, 1830’s schoolhouse.
Sluice Point House by Omar Gandhi Architect
Sluice Point house is located on the southern tip of Nova Scotia within the Argyle Municipality of Yarmouth County. The site is located on a forested high point, adjacent to long, low-lying views of marshland, small islands, and the waters of the Tusket River off the Gulf of Maine.
Lockeport Beach House by Nova Tayona Architects
Despite its dramatic location on an expanse of shoreline, the clients also were drawn to the internal, cozy character of the site, and so, Lockeport Beach House is an oxymoron. Scraggly tamarack and spruce trees covered in Old Man’s Beard are very particular to some areas of Nova Scotia and thrive in the 10 cm of shallow soil here.
Fernbrae House / RHAD Architects
The unusual form of Fernbrae House is derived from the historic siting of the original barn on the site and the more modern urban condition of the subsequent suburb that was built afterward.
Single Family Summer Getaway in Nova Scotia
Rabbit Snare Gorge is a single family summer getaway set in the rugged terrain of Inverness, on the coast of rural Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. The form is generated by the vertical transformation of the traditional gable, a way to get above the trees and view the landscape.
Mirror Point Cottage by MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects
Mirror Point Cottage is a vacation home for a local fisherman’s daughter, her Dutch minimalist husband, and their two young children, on a lake near Annapolis Royal in Nova Scotia.
South End Residence by Peter Braithwaite Studio
South End Residence by Peter Braithwaite Studio is a bungalow house located in the historic South End of Halifax, Nova Scotia, near the cities largest municipal park.