Fir Grove House - Florian Jungen Architect

The guest suite overlooks a private entry couryard and the main house below tucked up against a mature grove of fir trees.

Detail of the rammed earth masonry heater.

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Rusted steel shelving being installed next to the site-built rammed earth masonry heater with it's heated reading bench.

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Open concept kitchen/dining space with exposed heated concrete floors.

Custom rain scupper detail showing the fir soffit material harvested from the property.

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Detached guest suite and garage.

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Large format commercial aluminium lift and slide doors open onto a private rear courtyard.

Fir Grove House

A private outdoor courtyard overlooking Shuswap Lake is tucked between the main house, a grove of mature fir trees, and the red guest house above. The careful arrangement of buildings on the lot forms a series of protected and intimate outdoor spaces. Fir harvested on site is used throughout the building. Sand from the lot is used in the layered textures of a rammed earth masonry heater. Geothermal energy heats and cools the house.