Courtenay
Courtenay — UDI 2024 Award winner. A dramatic hillside residential development in West Vancouver by RWA Group Architecture, where two wings bridge a bedrock outcropping revealing forested slopes and sweeping ocean views.
Architecture, Architect, Architectural Practice, Urban Planning, Residential Architecture, Multi-Family, High Rise, Mid-Rise, Institutional, Campus Design, Civic Architecture, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canadian Architect, Canada
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About This Project

Courtenay

3101 Burfield Place, West Vancouver

Project Description:  62 units | 8 storeys

Client:  British Pacific Properties

Status:  Completed 2023

Team:  Doug Ramsay | Allan Seppanen | Andrea Bolin | Connely Farr

Photos \ Video:  Sama Jim Canzian

This unusually steep hillside development incorporates architectural elements inspired by early West Coast architecture. Strong horizontal proportions reference the local mid-century vernacular. Generous balconies and deep, sheltering overhangs respond to the rainy climate and increasing desire for shade. The overall form response to the shape of the adjacent mountainside: two wings are linked at a central glazed bridge located above a large bedrock out cropping. This central opening reveals the forested slope and provides a place for residents to experience the connection between the mountain, forest and spectacular ocean and city views to the south.

Category
Mid-Rise