Red Gable
A steep timber gable with one deep window, built for snow and long views.
Location
Squamish, BC
Type
New home
Floor area
165 m²
Status
Completed 2024
Project lead
Jun Okafor
The brief
A weekend house for two that sheds a metre of snow and costs little to heat.
Approach
Photography
Ilse Varga
Builder
Harrow & Pine Builders
Structural engineer
Calder Timber Engineering
The 52 degree roof sheds snow without help. Vertical boards in stained fir run from ground to ridge with no trim.
One window, set deep behind timber fins, frames the Chief and keeps the low winter sun out of the loft.
