Timber and steel

The House 23.2 is a family home located in the outskirts of Vancouver
among an idyllic setting.  Salvaged timber beams where the starting point
for the complex triangular design which was recently shortlisted for the
World Architecture Awards. The property is situated between two large
old-growth forests and constructed mainly from 100-year-old Douglas fir
beams reclaimed from demolished warehouses. The client's brief for the home
was open, with only a couple of stipulations: that it should utilise the
reclaimed beams, be on one level and have a strong connection with the
landscape.To maximise the ambiguity between interior and exterior, the
architect removed one significant corner of each room by pulling the
structure back from the corner itself - using sloping steel columns in some
cases - and introducing an accordion door system, so that the entire facade
on both sides could retract and completely disappear.