The Residences on Sooke Harbour - 27 Waterfront Condo Units, Commercial Space and Underground Parking

Runner-Up Design Award, International Design Competition 2022 ‘Rethinking The Future’ for Residential up to 5 floors

https://awards.re-thinkingthefuture.com/acda-2022-runner-up/the-residences-on-sooke-harbour-carolynn-wilson-architect-ltd/

Award of Excellence, for multi-family condominiums in the 2022 Capital Region Commercial Building Awards.

Located in the threshold between ocean, the natural west coast forest and town, the building reflects its setting with cedar, stone and white fiber cement cladding. The architect used the cladding to express the shifting cantilevers and forms of stepped massing that was created from designing within the boundaries of the site. Dramatic slopes of the site towards the ocean offer pedestrians and vehicles multi-leveled access to the building. Physical pathways connect residents, bike and kayak storage spaces to the government wharf, beach, and the exterior balcony that wraps the ocean front commercial spaces. The private health club offers an ocean view on the commercial level, and exterior balcony access to grade.

Long balconies with glass guards offer the residents direct and abundant daylight, and outdoor living space with patio heater and hose connections. The spacious interiors offer luxurious master suites with spa bathrooms to include soaker tubs, glass enclosed showers, local marble tiles, heated tile floors and custom double slider doors opening up the master bed/bath suites to a view. The suites are designed as intentionally as large suites to exceed the norm in condo living by providing spa master baths, outdoor views from the kitchen, large storage spaces to include walk-in closets, utility rooms, linen closets, kitchen pantries and separate storage lockers.

Carolynn designed the building, provided the detailing and consultant co-ordination to achieve clean lines to the exterior design, the layouts, the form, massing, provided the concept interior design renderings, all millwork drawings, and worked with the developers input, while the Interior Designer, trades and the developers provided the finish selections to match the original interior renderings and design intentions. The interiors reflect the natural colours and materiality of the waterfront setting, fitted out with engineered hardwoods, locally produced quartz, Vancouver Island marble, blue glass tiles and local stone fireplace mantels and exterior cladding.

This high quality building includes many sustainable features such as exterior walls that are insulated on the inside and outside of the stud walls with mineral wool insulation, high performance glazing with higher solar coatings to minimize heat gains, a green roof over the commercial space with drought tolerant plantings, 5’ deep balconies that provide solar shading to the suites, Electric Vehicle Charging Stations, Heat Pumps with free cooling, storm water vertical seepage pit (see below), drought tolerant wild flower gardens, locally sourced finishes, stone, cedar and fiber cement board cladding materials. Conscious design, close attention to detailing and team co-ordination created an exterior aesthetic with clean lines and minimized venting on the exterior facade.

Our construction team worked with local trades + suppliers, and proceeded with care towards the adjacent environment.

With acknowledgment, respect and gratitude of the traditional territories of the T’Sou-ke and Sc’ianew First Nations, Archeologists were present during the excavations. An Environmental Consultant was involved throughout construction to ensure the stormwater management plan was implemented at the start, with zero construction wastes entering the stormwater, and a permanent vertical seepage pit was installed along with shoreline preservation. Sea asparagus planting beds were added around the base of the vertical seepage pit which slows rainwater/stormwater outflow to the ocean and creates a new micro marine habitat that feeds the food chain for salmon and all other marine life.

Principal, Design + Project Architect, Project Co-ordination and Management, Design & CD Drawing Director and Reviewer, Code, Specification writer, all Construction Administration and Site Reviews: Carolynn Wilson

Interior Design: Carolynn Wilson, JC Scott, Fitzpatrick Enterprises

Completed construction Sept 2021

Photos: Mike Pepperdine, BeSEA Photos (exteriors)

Lee Miliken (interiors) and Carolynn Wilson

Published:

‘ARCHITECTS of the PACIFIC NORTHWEST, Innovative and Sustainable’, Book publication, Edited by Francesc Zamora Moila, 2022, booq publishing, Barcelona, Spain. 329 pages.
Carolynn Wilson Architect Featured projects include: The Residences on Sooke Harbour - 27 waterfront condos, Ophir Townhouses - 14 Unit, Windsor Road House - custom single family residence.

Exterior Stone: K2 Stone, Pacific Ashlar

Featured Project:

https://www.k2stone.com/featured-projects/the-residences-on-sooke-harbour/

sookeharbourliving.com

Times Colonist Article:

https://www.timescolonist.com/business/11-million-condo-sale-smashes-sooke-record-4766040

Custom Residential, Windsor + Monteray, Oak Bay

1680 sf home, designed for Aging-in-Place

This home, on a small corner lot in the heart of Oak Bay is nestled among the street lined oak trees, and was inspired by the traditional design elements of the surrounding neighbourhood in a contemporary form.

The architect, Carolynn Wilson, provided a new vision and design for this home that re-organized the developers plan that had a corner entry, to provide clarity and alignment of spaces, form and character of the home as well as a strong relationship between the interior and exterior of the home. Carolynn’s design included a symmetrical form and interior layout anchored by a ‘recessed’ central entrance, exterior canopy and interior staircase. Carolynn revised the living room into a one-storey, vaulted space. As the bylaws restricted the allowable area of the home, she proposed to have a larger main floor footprint, with increased useable space for an aging-in-place home and this also created ceiling and spatial changes to increase the perception of space. As described below, the alignment of the washrooms and closets along the east facade was another key design element proposed by the architect that was incremental in creating a strong relationship between the interior spaces to the exterior.

Carolynn’s vision for the form and character was of 2 street front facing gables, separated by the recessed entry, and a one-storey gabled/vaulted living room to the north. Essential to the character and experience of the space are large two-storey black framed, grided windows in the gables and in the central recessed entrance, allowing abundant daylight throughout the home and a strong connection to the outdoor spaces and oak trees.

The living room was designed as the heart and sanctuary of the home in a semi open space with a gas fireplace, vaulted ceiling and a direct connection to the outdoor living room. The architect designed small symmetrical windows flanking the fireplace reminiscent of historical homes, a large window centred in the gable end of the living room and wide patio doors connecting to an outdoor patio.

Carolynn proposed exposed wood trusses in the living room, which were simplified into rough cut oak accent beams to create the visual thresholds between the interconnected spaces within the open plan.

As shown in the architect’s original design drawing for the exterior design has large black framed, grided windows in the gabled elevations, stacked vertically and recessed, creating accents on the exterior that are niches on the interior that were identified for built-in cabinetry. The large windows on the interior create moments of connection to the outdoors and a feeling of expansion while moving through the small home also centering and balancing each space.

The kitchen was mirrored in plan to the east wall as an item taken from her Option Two Design Layout. This fully opened the west side spaces of the floor layout on both levels.

Carolynn designed u-shaped stairs in the centralized oak staircase to fit the narrow entry section between the living spaces with abundant daylighting thru windows at the bottom, mid and top landings. Originally, the architect’s stairs were designed as an open staircase to permit another set of stairs below it for a potential basement.

The bylaws restricted the allowable building height, to raise the ceilings Carolynn designed for the Upper bedrooms to have vaulted ceilings and the bedrooms are daylit with expansive windows and a view of the surrounding oak trees. The architect located both of the two upper bedroom private bathrooms and proposed the walk-in closets along the east facade wall to allow the bedroom windows to face the large oak trees along the street.

The architects’ symmetrical layout created an efficient layout for this aging-in place home with a main floor bedroom/den, ensuite bathroom, and main floor laundry. Carolynn designed the main floor bedroom to also face the street oak trees, with its’ bathroom and closet also along the east wall, stacked below the upper bathroom.

Due to the slope of the site, the architect created a sunken patio off of the living room to connect the indoor and outdoor living spaces at the same floor level. This also permitted the house to meet the restrictive bylaws for building height, without lowering the roof of the home.

The home is wood frame construction, with concrete topping/radiant floor heating, hrv, engineered hardwood flooring, overhead oak wood beams.

Design and Project Architect: Carolynn Wilson

Interior Designer: Jodi Foster Designs. Jodi Foster and Carly Neal

Photos: Tony Colangelo

Published:

‘Architects in Your Home’ Western Living Magazine, July 2022, by Jessica Kirby, interview with Carolynn Wilson on behalf of the Architects Foundation of BC. Project Photos: 2264 Windsor Road House, Architectural Design by Carolynn Wilson

https://www.westernliving.ca/homes-and-design/homes/architects-in-your-home/

‘ARCHITECTS of the PACIFIC NORTHWEST, Innovative and Sustainable’, Book publication, Edited by Francesc Zamora Moila, 2022, booq publishing, Barcelona, Spain. 329 pages.
Carolynn Wilson Architect Featured projects include: The Residences on Sooke Harbour - 27 waterfront condos, Ophir Townhouses - 14 Unit, Windsor Road House - custom single family residence.

“Structural Strategy, the role of Architects in Custom Home Builds’ Spruce Magazine, written by Shannon Moneo, April 2022. Featuring interview with Carolynn Wilson and her client

https://www.sprucemagazine.ca/structural-strategy-the-role-of-architects-in-custom-builds-and-renovations/

Dwell Homes:

https://www.dwell.com/home/windsor-road-house-7b454a56

’Downsizing in Style’ Modern Home Magazine, 2264 Windsor Road Custom Single Family House, Oak Bay, Victoria, author, Adrienne Dyer, Architectural Design by Carolynn Wilson Architect Ltd., BC, published 2021

https://victoria.modernhomemag.ca/downsize-with-style/

14 Unit Townhouse Project - Approved Rezoning and Development Permit Application, Building Permit.

This previously developed residential site is located in the Shelbourne Valley of Victoria, BC in a mixed density neighbourhood, close to a village core. Carolynn worked with the developer, to create a mid-density, 14-unit townhouse development that would fit in the community context by breaking down the massing of the Townhouses into blocks of three.

Four townhouses front the street with patio and garden space, and stairs to the main entrance. The sloping site topography was utilized in the planning and design layout of the Townhouse blocks by stepping the elevations, and nestling Block B into the topography with a 2-storey elevation facing the rear pedestrian corridor. This gives an internal street while the green spaces and townhouse patios face outward towards the neighbouring properties.

The exterior materials of the buildings compliment the character of the local residential single family homes with the use of wood and stucco cladding, and pitched gable metal roofs. The lower level is a charcoal stucco cladding, with recessed entryways, and accenting entry canopies. Levels 2 is horizontal clear stained cedar siding, and level 3 with vertical clear stained cedar siding and aluminum coloured metal roofs, metal fascias and rectangular profile rainwater leaders. High performing windows include accent box frames at living room corners, glass panel exterior entry and balcony doors, with tall, operable windows for every living space.

The narrow Units are efficient in layouts on level 1 and 2, with keyed plan on level 3 that accommodates 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms being ideal for family housing. All townhouses offer large balconies on Level 2, while all Units also have semi-private patios and yard space facing the property lines, with low height fenced yards on the street frontages.

Key sustainable initiatives for this medium density townhouse development include walking distance to the shopping area and public transit, meeting a high level of energy performance with the thermal performance of the walls, roof, windows, heat recovery ventilators, and using local renewal materials for construction. The impervious areas of the development are reduced with unit pavers in the driveways, raingarden collection areas, and underground stormwater storage beneath the driveway.

Design Team: Carolynn Wilson

Landscape Architect: Murdoch de Greeff Inc.

Civil Engineer: JE Anderson

Published:

‘ARCHITECTS of the PACIFIC NORTHWEST, Innovative and Sustainable’, Book publication, Edited by Francesc Zamora Moila, 2022, booq publishing, Barcelona, Spain. 329 pages.
Carolynn Wilson Architect Featured projects include: The Residences on Sooke Harbour - 27 waterfront condos, Ophir Townhouses - 14 Units, and Windsor Road House - custom single family residence.

Heritage Revitalization Application

Status: Public Hearing, Third Reading by Mayor and Council unanimously approved

Design Drawings by Carolynn Wilson. Carolynn designs all projects in the first stages in freehand perspectives drawn by eye.

The development proposal includes subdividing a large lot where the home of the applicant was originally constructed in 1896, and is providing three infill Townhouses on the portion of the lot facing the street. The house will remain in its current location. The townhouse proposal fits within the Official Community Plan to provide ‘infill townhouses’ suitable for future owners that want higher density living and a smaller yard. The Townhouse lot, requires rezoning into a new zone specifically created for ‘Townhouses’ in the District.

The farmhouse quality and character of the existing house, and the stone fence on the site inspired the contemporary Townhouse design in form and materiality. The proposed stone cladding echoes the property's stone fence while the pitched roof and wood cladding are similar to the existing house. Additionally, the Townhouses provide verandahs on two levels as this a feature of the existing house.

The dramatic slope of the site allows the Townhouses to be three storeys on the Transit frontage with garage entry into the basement, while the rear of the Townhouses are 2-stories, with the main level at grade. The patios and back yards of the three Townhouses will face the existing house, and will be separated with wood fences. One Townhouse will have a side facing a city trail and the north neighbouring home, separated by existing trees and existing fences.

The townhomes will have heat pumps with free cooling, heat recovery ventilators, underground storm water storage cisterns (below the driveways), drought tolerant native plantings, metal roofs, stone and fiber cement siding for long term - low maintenance exteriors.

Each townhouse will have 3- 4bedrooms, master bedroom with spa bathroom, den, office, and a flexroom, 4 - bathrooms, large chef’s kitchen, living room, dining area, laundry area, garage and mechanical space.

The top floor bedrooms will have vaulted ceilings. All bedrooms will have their own balconies, and the master bedroom with a walk-in-closet, spa bathroom with toilet room and radiant heated tiled floors.

Interior finishes will include hardwood flooring, high quality millwork, fixtures, and granite or quartz counters.

Design Sketches: Carolynn Wilson

Architect + Interior Design: Carolynn Wilson

3D Renderings: In office production

Landscape Architect: Small + Rossell Landscape Archtitects Inc.

Heritage Consultant: Donald Luxton & Associates Inc.

Concept Drawing + Design, by Carolynn Wilson

The interior/art/architecture design concept is to utilize the existing space as a canvas for changing the space via colour, custom lighting art installations, a custom-made translucent screen and wall panel installation. The company name is in a fuchsia courier font on a watermelon-orange translucent screen. Creating a semi-private office area, daylit and centered by an overhead pendant light with slightly ‘S’ curved parchment fins.

The lighting design centers some spaces for gathering while emphasizes energy flow in the collaborative work areas. The track lights will be replaced with a looping, circling custom designed led light, using the volume, height and breadth of a high ceiling space.

The ‘circle’ theme inside of the square from the company logo, is brought in with the traditional geometric screen pattern where the circle occupies 4 squares and overlaps in four directions. The circle theme continues in the backs of the mid-century wishbone chairs, and in the 2 designs of the contemporary lighting. Traditional geometries and numerology will underline the final design proportions.

This new 25 Unit Townhouse development in Saanich is by Abstract Developments. Carolynn is honoured to carry the project forward following the loss of the local design architect, Eddie Williams.

The development is located on very sloped site, overlooking the Gorge Waterway. We developed the drawings further to include additional building envelope detailing, and site/building co-ordination items.

Carolynn is the sole Contract Administrator on the project working with the construction, developer and consultant team.

This project located in the forested area of Vancouver Island, included a building condition assessment of existing Offices and Shops Building, Programming, Master Planning for Phased Replacement Buildings and Conceptual Design Options. The project requires planning of the site and buildings in consideration of multi-faceted goals to include; remaining operational during construction for existing staff, siting the replacement building in the most ideal orientation for energy efficiency, understanding and designing for the unique staff needs and functions, and providing a low maintenance, sustainable building designed to meet CaGBC Zero Carbon Building performance, on budget.

Carolynn provided the Stakeholder Engagement client sessions and created a unique program that reflected the specialized staff functional, spatial and work safety needs. Carolynn’s design concept provides areas that are built out specialized support spaces that are ‘fixed’ and other flexible office space within an open exterior ‘shell’. The open area consists of Glulam trusses that permits open space without internal load bearing walls, allowing flexible future office space changes, with seismically braced moveable walls and exposed mechanical hvac, lighting and cable trays. Carolynn created the program, designed the interior layouts, finishes, interior graphic art concepts, the exterior building form and finishes, site layout and construction phasing. She led her consultant team to design the structure, mechanical, electrical, civil, and landscape specifically for the site, client needs, to meet the concept goals and CaGBC Zero Carbon Building standards. Our staff developed the BIM Revit Model and Lumion renderings to communicate the site, exterior and interior design.

The sustainable features include high insulation values with exterior mineral fiber insulation wrap, triple glazed windows, open ceiling and dormers for additional daylight, heat pumps, hrv, wood frame construction and Glulam trusses to allow for an ‘open’ flexible layout, high durable exterior cladding in either metal or fiber cement board, exterior window markers for bird collision deterrence, raingardens, solar power (2 storey option), and phased construction to allow staff to continue working on-site during the construction.

Design hand drawings by Carolynn Wilson, Principal and Design Architect.

Master Planning, Rezoning + Development Permit - Design Phase, Built Green Gold, Step Code 3

This 3-phased project has 3 Condo buildings with commercial spaces on a dramatically sloping waterfront site, of a 17m grade change. The 3 separate buildings, terrace down the slope offering ocean views to the rear suites and greenspace inbetween the buildings.

A commercial street frontage and a 3m wide pedestrian path along the west side, offers benches, shopping, dining, accessible entrances to the commercial spaces and a direct connection to the shoreline for the public and residents of this community.

The large suites are designed with open living areas, luxurious master bedrooms/baths, fireplaces, hrvs, heat pumps, flexible bedroom/dens and large 7’ deep balconies are design for significant residence private outdoor living as well as for solar shading.

The residences and commercial buildings will be designed to meet Step Code 3 and Built Green Gold Certification.

Significant resident amenity space is planned at grade with indoor + outdoor space for activities and lounging.

Cladding choices are designed for long term durability to include local stone, cedar, fiber cement board and metal. Green roofs will be provided on the roof of the commercial spaces.

Master Planning, Design, Project Architect, Interior Design & Principal: Carolynn Wilson

Landscape Design & Drawing by Small and Rossell Landscape Architects

This Middle School Renovation includes providing an exciting building renewal and refresh of the school learning environment, new gender inclusive & accessible washrooms for a make-over to an existing 40 year old building.

• Replacement of original washrooms with new 3 Gender Inclusive Washroom stalls and 1 Accessible Washrooms on each floor. Each stall includes ceramic tile accents, small sink, blade hand dryers to reduce paper towel waste and sensor faucets, with self generating power, and wall mounted waste bin

• the renovation included opening up the corridor walls and creating more open space with daylight and views into the new Learning Commons, classrooms and outdoors. New ceilings, paint with an accent wall, and flooring also ‘refreshed’ the interior shared spaces. Resilient flooring in the washrooms, marmoleum in the halls and carpet tile in the classrooms (for acoustics).

• Classroom Learning Environment Update includes removing old millwork and replacing it with moveable furniture in the classrooms to accommodate flexible learning environments, in a variety of colours and high durable finishes - (to be done). Moveable storage units, writable desk surfaces, regular and high desks, moveable drawing boards, soft benches and seating.

• Added Learning Commons for students to use for study groups and tutoring, with a DIRTT double slider glass doors for a visual and physical connection to the hall and classrooms. Glazed doors will have translucent film horizontal bands for partial privacy. Moveable, colourful, soft furniture will be provided for this space

• Building Renewal includes seismic upgrade and replacement of Acoustic Ceiling Tiles/t-bar, mechanical equipment and replacement of the lighting with LED fixtures, plumbing replacement, millwork replacement and flooring replacement, to renew and upgrade this existing building, to extend its lifespan and refresh the Student Experience

• temporary VP, Reception and the Principals’ Offices were provided in a previously open flex area. Existing columns were reclad in maple panels, new strip LED lighting was provided in between maple ceiling slats, and interior windows for natural light were added in the acoustic treated wall partitions.

Architect: Carolynn Wilson

• Project + Design Architect, architecture + interior drawings, finish schedules, specifications, consultant co-ordination, Building Permit/Tender/IFC drawings, Construction Administration

Space Planner/Furniture: Krista Rossato

Interior Finishes: Sheri Peterson Interior Design

Completed August 2022, on time, on budget $210/sf

This 4000 sf home, is designed and built to STEP Code 3.

The layout of the home is designed to celebrate family life, with interconnected spaces and places for sharing and play. Carolynn interviewed the owners to identify likes and how they want to live as a family, and without preconceptions of layout or form she designed 2 optional floor plan layouts and an exterior design sketch. The selected design places the kitchen as the main gathering hub for the family, and was the focus of the design layout to offer a direct connection to the dining, living room, sunroom, den and an open view to the back yard. The kitchen windows are a pass through to the adjacent veranda and outdoor dining room. Carolynn offered the owners a large chef’s pantry adjacent to the kitchen which offers abundant storage space and ease of access. The central entry and staircase, anchors the home with a wide hall, view to the dining area and back yard and access to the den with double doors.

The north side of the main floor includes a private guest suite and mudroom entry/ensuite from the parking area. The layout was designed by the architect to achieve a symmetrical plan, and to provide interior alignments of the ceiling beams, walls, and openings, as well as views and sunlight between the floor openings and rooms on the main level.

The second floor hall circles around the staircase, connecting everyone to a central space with a west faced sunroom/reading nook emphasized with overhead vaulted ceiling and skylights. The master suite bedroom and bath has a view to the private backyard.

The home style is contemporary arts and crafts, with clean and simple trim detailing, exterior cladding in a translucent white stained cedar shake, post and beam wrap around veranda, black framed windows and charcoal coloured metal roof. For Carolynn, elements of the design were also inspired by the Western Australian ranch style homes with wrap around verandas and metal roof, and early 1900 prairie homes with sunrooms on both floors, the adjacent butlers/cooks’ pantry relocated to the rear of the kitchen, and grand central entry to the home.

The home is wood frame construction, with concrete topping/radiant floor heating, hrv, solar panels on the roof, geothermal ready, oak hardwood flooring, overhead oak wood beams, black framed marvin alum/wood interior windows, locally custom made 4’ wide oak front door and an oak staircase.

Interior finishes: by owner

Completed construction

5 storey - Government Office Space Building Renovation for Shared Services BC with high acoustic performance interiors.

Carolynn was the design architect for this high profile government office space, and created a new standard for designing/detailing acoustically private office space for this client. This was achieved with double glazed, mullion-less, DIRTT system interior glazing, 8’ high solid core wood doors with drop down seals, and acoustically insulated and sealed partition bulkheads to the underside of the slab above. The budget was allocated to the items that achieved the project goals while providing a clean, simple and bright interior.

Project/Design Architect Phase 1 - Premiers’ Office : Carolynn Wilson, Formerly as Principal-in-Charge w/ Moore Wilson Architects Inc..

Interiors/Movement Management: Diana Kingma Design

2. Interior Office: Sooke Waterfront Commercial Space Interior Tenant Improvement

Kitchenette and Private office with Oak engineered hardwood flooring, for veneer cabinetry, interior storefront, accessible washroom, Vancouver island white marble, conference meeting area, and custom built workstation.

Project Architect: Carolynn Wilson. Scope includes: Design Layout and Interior Design, Building Permit Drawings and Specifications, Tender, Contract Administration

Awards:

Runner-Up Design Award, The Residences on Sooke Harbour, International Design Competition 2022 ‘Rethinking The Future’ for Residential up to 5 floors

https://awards.re-thinkingthefuture.com/acda-2022-runner-up/the-residences-on-sooke-harbour-carolynn-wilson-architect-ltd/

Award of Excellence, The Residences on Sooke Harbour, for multi-family condominiums in the 2022 Capital Region Commercial Building Awards.

Book:

The architectural work of Carolynn Wilson Architect is featured in the book ‘ARCHITECTS of the PACIFIC NORTHWEST, Innovative and Sustainable’, Edited by Francesc Zamora Moila, published 2022, booq publishing, Barcelona, Spain. 329 pages. International distribution, text in 4 languages. Hardcover

We are 1 of the 30 Pacific NorthWest Architects featured in the beautifully presented book of mid to high end residential work that is committed to creative, sustainable design.

Our Featured projects include 16 pages plus 1st inlay :

The Residences on Sooke Harbour - 27 waterfront condos

Ophir Townhouses - 14 Units

Windsor Road House - custom single family residence

http://www.booqpublishing.com/

The Book is available at Munro’s Books and Bolen Books in Victoria, BC and online

Western Living Magazine

Architects in Your Home’ Western Living Magazine, July 2022, by Jessica Kirby, interview with Carolynn Wilson. Carolynn’s interview was published on behalf of the Architects Foundation of BC. Project Photos: 2264 Windsor Road House, Architectural Design by Carolynn Wilson

https://www.westernliving.ca/homes-and-design/homes/architects-in-your-home/

Spruce Magazine:

Carolynn Wilson and our client was interviewed and featured in the article “Structural Strategy, the role of Architects in Custom Home Builds’ Spruce Magazine, written by Shannon Moneo, April 2022.

The article is focused on the role of the architect in custom residential architecture, and how Carolynn works with the client in the design phase.

https://www.sprucemagazine.ca/structural-strategy-the-role-of-architects-in-custom-builds-and-renovations/

Newspapers:

‘Sannich gives thumbs uo to 14-townhouse project near Shelbourne’ Feature storey Times Colonist Newspaper, October 18, 2023, Business Section. Project 3834 Ophir St - 14 Townhouses. Architect: Carolynn Wilson Architect Ltd.

https://www.timescolonist.com/business/saanich-gives-thumbs-up-to-14-townhouse-project-near-shelbourne-7699252

‘Carolynn Wilson Architect Ltd Specializes in a Wide Range of Projects’ Feature Storey, Women in Construction’ May Issue, 2023, Business Examiner Victoria, written by Mark MacDonald, page 16 + 17

‘Celebrating Women in the Workplace, Carolynn Wilson’, International Women’s Day feature, Times Colonist, March 08, 2023, page A6

The Residences on Sooke Harbour, featured in article about the Contractor. Business Examiner, ‘Homewood Constructors is Keeping it in the Family’, March 02, 2023

https://businessexaminer.ca/victoria-articles/item/homewood-constructors-is-keeping-it-in-the-family/?_hsmi=249244465&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9JQyYkoGQz23Q2Lg2wFt6lGryh1I2obO88Re3B-jvqR0A_tcbhkxw2am9oS43uabBsHBkUjFmUZwIVGailJ37bSjAacA

Photos:

‘The Residence on Sooke Harbour’ by

Photos: Mike Pepperdine, BeSEA Photos (exteriors)

‘Windsor Road House’ by

Photos: Tony Colangelo

3 Contemporary Single Family Residences (Formerly as Principal-in-Charge w/ Moore Wilson Architects Inc.. Role: Design)

All designs + hand drafted drawings, art and photography by Carolynn Wilson