Wednesday, March 14, 2018

The Khyber Ridge House in Whistler, British Columbia


Made up of five levels, the lower level, a guest house is embedded in the rock for maximum privacy. Its green roof blends in with the landscape. In contrast the main living volume is formed by a cantilevering roof with a suspended floor projecting out of the slope. The cantilever is anchored by four 3 foot deep steel beams drilled directly into the rock face; its floor is suspended by four, 1 inch diameter stainless steel rods. With its glass enclosure, the effect created is of a floating open platform, revealing when occupied the full impact of the surrounding mountains. One is literally suspended in space and surrounded by the foliage of trees. The upper level bedrooms retreat back along the contours of the mountain producing discreet relationships to the surrounding views. As the inhabitants navigate these volumes, they continuously weave in and out of the terrain.





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  1. LLMarch 14, 2018 at 8:42 AM

    Though this place is larger, the White Wolf Mine shack has a similar CONCEPT design with a "walk-out" lower floor. As with this house, mine is set to a hillside where we had to blast out bedrock and set the floor in steel and concrete buttressed into the side of the mountain. The idea is that the lower floor (guest floor) has a great view of the valley, covered in pines. It seems that they have the garage on the bottom, where mine is on the top.

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  2. Gorges SmytheMarch 14, 2018 at 9:38 AM

    I can't imagine the cost to heat it.

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    1. c w swansonMarch 14, 2018 at 10:13 AM

      Yep, I'd be curious to know how they set the heater up. Gas, electric, what? Separate system for each level?

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  3. did it once upon a timeMarch 14, 2018 at 12:40 PM

    Flat roof in an area noted for enormous quantities of snow?

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  4. BrigMarch 14, 2018 at 12:43 PM

    It is too cold and unfriendly for my taste. So not what I would want had I the funds.

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  5. GregNMarch 14, 2018 at 1:00 PM

    Should be an interesting ride down the mountain side when the quake hits. That part of BC is on a pretty significant seismic fault and is due anytime real soon now. See https://globalnews.ca/news/3981536/tsunami-earthquake-canada-the-big-one/
    The house will probably will end up in the soon to be created "What de Fuca" straight.

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  6. ruralcounselMarch 14, 2018 at 1:06 PM

    Five levels? Hope it has an elevator. Or the residents have good knees.

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  7. KlausMarch 14, 2018 at 4:51 PM

    Inspired by Frank Loyd Wright would be my guess.

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  8. EasyCompanyMarch 14, 2018 at 5:03 PM

    City people!

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  9. FjordMarch 14, 2018 at 5:22 PM

    Doesn't Ferris Buyehler's friend send his dad's Ferrari out that back window?

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  10. ravenMarch 15, 2018 at 7:16 AM

    It has everything except the most necessary thing- a sense of shelter.
    Living in a glass box like that you have no more sense of privacy and shelter than a lab rat.

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