The Audain Art Museum in Whistler, BC by Patkau Architects, a mass timber and steel hybrid building that hides among the trees in one of Canada’s most popular ski destinations. No trees were removed during construction, which guided the form. Taking cues from the design of a piece of lumber itself, it’s a design that celebrates timber in many ways.
Engineering: Equilibrium
Fabrication: BC Passive House & Whistler Forest Products
Photo credit: James Dow / Patkau Architects
Featured artworks:
Xwalacktun, ‘He-yay meymuy (Big Flood)’, 2014-15.
Paul Wong, ‘No Thing is Forever’, 2016.
Marianne Nicolson, ‘Tunic for a Noblewoman: In Memory of ‘Wadzidalaga’, 2009.
Sonny Assu, ‘1884-1951’, 2009.
James Hart, ‘The Three Watchmen’, c. 2021.
Audain Art Museum Collection.
This is part of our series on mass timber in British Columbia, in collaboration with Naturally Wood. Find more about this project at naturallywood.com
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