Every movement needs fuel. These are the houses that started ours: the mid-century icons, reimagined warm on Okanagan lots. Cedar instead of chrome, snow load instead of smog, lake light instead of laurel canyon. None of these are for sale. No plans, no cost bands, no promises. The catalog is where dreams get real; this page is where they get started.
The lineage, rebuilt warm.
17 studies · named for the architects who taught us
The AtriumAn Eichler-lineage home built warm: cedar post-and-beam wrapping an open-air atrium and a Japanese maple, glowing from within, not a cold glass box.The ShedsA Sea Ranch-lineage cluster of cedar shed-roof forms, rugged and cozy, warm windows over the lake, framed for a fourth wing.The CourtyardA Cliff May-lineage ranch wrapping a private courtyard and pool, deep timber-beam loggia, string lights, wood everywhere.The KoenigA Koenig-lineage timber pavilion cantilevered over the valley lights, warm cedar and glowing glass, a plunge pool and a framed pad for the next module, not a cold glass box.The KaufmannA low-horizontal Kaufmann-spirit home in warm cedar, a still reflecting pool mirroring the lit rooms, a framed bay waiting for a future wing.The FreyA Frey-lineage house built around a giant Okanagan boulder that pierces the roofline, warm timber and wood everywhere, framed to grow.The SaarinenA Saarinen/Miller-spirit warm cedar pavilion over a mirror pond and clipped hedge garden, deep timber loggia, a slab pad set for the next room.The NeutraA Neutra-lineage low-horizontal home with slender spider-leg steel outriggers reaching past the glass, warm cedar and white stucco, a glowing interior open to the lake, a floating carport and a framed pad already prepped for the next module, not a cold glass box.The LautnerA Lautner-lineage home under a bold sweeping cantilevered roof of exposed timber beams, warm cedar and white stucco, a glowing fireside great room open to the lake, a floating carport and a framed pad flagged for the next addition, drama built warm, not a cold glass box.The SchindlerA Schindler-lineage home of interlocking volumes, board-formed concrete married to warm redwood, clerestory slot windows and an L-plan wrapping a firepit courtyard, a floating carport and a slab pad flagged as the expandable wing, raw materials, warm rooms, not a cold glass box.The EllwoodAn Ellwood-lineage Case Study pavilion of precise exposed steel post-and-beam, the frame infilled with warm cedar and white stucco, floating roof planes over a reflecting-pool entry courtyard, a floating carport and a slab pad marked the future addition site, steel precision built warm, not a cold glass box.The SorianoA Soriano-lineage light steel-tube pavilion under deep flat roof overhangs, fully glazed garden rooms with native planting spilling in, the frame infilled with warm cedar and white stucco, a floating carport and a slab pad flagged for modular expansion, a transparent garden house built warm, not a cold glass box.The WexlerA Wexler/Krisel-lineage desert-modern home under a bold folded butterfly roof, clerestory glass under the upswept wings and a decorative breeze-block screen, warm cedar and white stucco, a floating carport and a framed opening + slab pad marked the modular expansion wing, butterfly-roof precision built warm, not a cold glass box.The HarrisA Harris-lineage redwood post-and-beam home with a low-pitched wide-eave roof and glowing redwood ceilings, warm cedar and white stucco, dropped onto a narrow 45-ft neighbourhood lot between the neighbours, a floating carport and a framed pad for the future wing, an attainable infill build, warm not a cold glass box.The May ClusterA Cliff May-lineage low ranch cluster of connected cedar-clad wings under stepped shed roofs, warm cedar and white stucco, a floating carport and an X-braced framed bay + slab pad for the future wing, dropped onto a narrow 45-ft neighbourhood lot between the neighbours, a warm attainable infill ranch, not a cold glass box.The BreuerA Breuer-lineage bi-nuclear split-form with a rough fieldstone wall anchoring the low wing and a bold cantilevered cedar box floating over the entry, warm cedar and white stucco, a slatted carport and a framed bay + slab pad for the future wing, dropped onto a narrow 45-ft neighbourhood lot between the neighbours, the cantilever built warm, not a cold glass box.The RudolphA Rudolph-lineage composition of bold stacked and shifted cedar planes over two storeys with a deep cedar brise-soleil sunscreen across the upper glass, warm cedar and white stucco, a beamed carport and a framed opening + slab pad for the future wing, dropped onto a narrow 45-ft neighbourhood lot between the neighbours, sculptural massing built warm, not a cold glass box.
Hidden icons.
13 lesser-known masterpieces · brought to the lake
The EdrisE. Stewart Williams' lesser-known Edris House reimagined in the Okanagan, stacked ledgestone in long horizontal courses, a wide butterfly roof lifting to the lake and vineyards, full-height glass and a stone hearth, built warm with cedar and a floating carport.The Boulder HouseAlbert Frey's lesser-known Frey House II reimagined in the Okanagan, a huge natural boulder pierces the roofline and juts into the glowing living room beside the hearth, a thin flat roof and full-height glass over the lake, built warm with cedar and a floating carport.The Wave HouseWalter S. White's lesser-known Miles Bates Wave House reimagined in the Okanagan, a signature undulating sine-wave roof of curved glue-laminated timber rippling over the whole home, warm cedar and full-height glass, a cozy hearth, built warm with a floating carport.The Rainbow HouseJohn Lautner's lesser-known Garcia House reimagined in the Okanagan, a sweeping curved arched roof lifted on slender angled stilts over the slope, a wall of rainbow coloured-glass panels glowing at dusk, warm cedar and a green-roof carport, built warm over the lake.The SunnylandsA. Quincy Jones' lesser-known Sunnylands reimagined in the Okanagan, a broad low pyramidal hipped roof with a glowing clerestory and radiating timber beams, deep overhangs and an open glass pavilion, built warm with cedar and a floating carport.The KappeRay Kappe's lesser-known Kappe Residence reimagined in the Okanagan, split-level stacked redwood platforms and cantilevered glass decks bridging the slope on slender concrete towers, deep timber beams and a glowing hearth over the lake, built warm.The LoewyAlbert Frey's lesser-known Loewy House reimagined in the Okanagan, a swimming pool that flows from the terrace straight through the open glass wall and into the glowing living room, a thin flat roof and a boulder at the water's edge, built warm with cedar and a floating carport.The LiljestrandVladimir Ossipoff's Liljestrand House rebuilt warm on a Kelowna lot, a very deep floating eave with exposed rafters shading a full-width lanai, cedar and white stucco, carport tucked beside.The HavensHarwell Hamilton Harris's Weston Havens House brought to Kelowna warm, the upside-down V roof folding into a central valley on exposed redwood trusses, cedar and stucco, carport alongside.The GrossmanGreta Magnusson Grossman's hillside houses rebuilt warm above the lake, a flat-roofed cedar box flying out over the fall on slim steel legs, carport at the uphill end.The SeidlerHarry Seidler's Rose Seidler House as a warm Kelowna build, a cedar box lifted a full storey on pilotis with a long open ramp to the door and the truck parked in the undercroft.The BeadleAlfred Beadle's Phoenix steel houses warmed for the Okanagan, a slender white post-and-beam grid infilled with cedar, the frame running past the house to roof the carport.The JacobsenHugh Newell Jacobsen's pavilion villages built warm in cedar, stepped knife-edge gables with no eaves strung together by glass links, the end pavilion left open for the truck, and room to add one more.
These are AI-rendered homage studies, made with love and named for the architects and houses that inspire the movement. They are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or representations of the original works or estates. Nothing on this page is a product, a plan, or an offer. For homes with published plans and honest cost bands, see the catalog.
