Waterfront elevation at dusk with a cantilevered deck, lit interiors and stone steps down to the lawn

Canoe Cove

North Saanich · New Build · 2021

Low bank waterfront gives you the water and takes away the setback. The house sits a few steps above the tideline behind a poured seawall, on the point where Canoe Cove opens to the channel, so the principal rooms look two ways at once. Rock, arbutus and second-growth fir were kept and built around. Inside, honed porcelain, walnut and a single book-matched marble run the length of the plan. At low water the shelf in front of the lawn comes up bare, and the room is level with it.

Builder
Philco Construction
Interior Design
Mari Kushino Design
Aerial view from the water of a contemporary waterfront house behind a poured seawall, with a rock shelf exposed at low tide
Gated entry court at dusk with a slatted metal fence, glazed garage door and a lit fir entry beyond
Entry court at dusk with warm light from an office window and a backlit house number on the gate pier
Living room with a full height honed porcelain fireplace wall and corner glazing looking out to islands and a rock shore
Kitchen island in dark veined stone with a walnut dining table and clerestory glazing above
Kitchen, dining and living in one volume under clerestory windows, opening to a deck above the water
Kitchen island in dark stone with walnut cabinetry, integrated wine storage and a book-matched marble backsplash
Dining table in live-edge walnut beside a grey kitchen with a book-matched marble backsplash
Kitchen with walnut cabinetry, a tall wine cabinet, double ovens and a dark stone island seating four
Kitchen island sink in dark veined stone with walnut cabinetry and stainless ovens beyond
Ensuite with a freestanding tub set into a corner of glazing looking out to the shore and a walnut vanity
Covered deck with seating framed by an arbutus, looking across the channel to rocks and distant islands
Cantilevered deck above a stone terrace, with an arbutus leaning over the lawn and moored boats beyond
Lit stone path descending past Japanese maples toward the water at dusk, with a marina beyond
Waterfront elevation at dusk with a cantilevered deck, lit interiors and stone steps down to the lawn
Lawn and stone path leading to a firepit and dock at dusk, with the channel and forested shore beyond
Waterfront elevation at dusk seen from the air, with two levels of deck and a fully glazed living wall lit from within
Aerial view at sunset of a waterfront house on a forested point, with open water to one side and a sheltered cove to the other
Victoria, BC