New House Bjorn

Architect Mark Johnson has long been inspired by the texture produced by traditional Indigenous canoe carving. The design team worked with Jim Barker at British Columbia woodworking studio Barker Manufacturing, to produce Ken and Joan’s cedar door. Its texture was produced using a CNC adze.

Bollbacken, as the retreat is named, features an asymmetrical, peaked roof.

Jardin Impressions holds German artist Thomas Rösler’s Lounge Stones—a seating area that blends in with its surroundings.