Whistler Forest Chalet

Located as high as permitted on Whistler mountain, the materials and plants for this site were selected to blur the distinction between the native and constructed landscape. Much of the natural iron-veined rock face encompassing the property is highlighted in the design and emulated in the corten weathered steel structures. Mature mountain hemlock, Serbian spruce and black pines give scale to the home, yet ensure the garden will not be overgrown in the decades to come.

A dusting of trembling aspens throughout bring verticality and brilliant autumn colour as the leaves shimmer in the mountain wind. The primarily evergreen understory planting palette will surface as the garden emerges from long winters.

Small features on the site were designed with an astute attention to detail, such as board-formed lines in the poured concrete and jagged hardscape edges echoing the rugged rock forms.