Detail View: Archivision Base to Module 9: Villa du Lac Castor
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Preferred Title:
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Villa du Lac Castor
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Alternate Title:
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Villa at Beaver Lake
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Image View:
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Interior, looking into the two-floor living room from the dining room
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Creator:
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Pierre Thibault (Canadian architect, born ca. 1959); René Desjardins (Canadian interior designer, born ca. 1946)
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Location:
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site: Grandes-Piles, Québec, Canada
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Location Note:
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Haute-Mauricie region, near Grand-Mère
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GPS:
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+46.6612043-72.79450
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Date:
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1999-2000 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Canadian
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Style Period:
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Twenty-first century
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Work Type 1:
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country house
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Classification:
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architecture
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Material:
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wood; glass
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Technique:
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construction (assembling)
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Measurements:
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250 m2 (area)
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Subjects:
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architecture; contemporary (1960 to present); landscape
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Description:
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The Villa du Lac du Castor, built in 1999 and completed in June 2000, is a private home that offers 250 square meters of living space. The Villa is a wood structure (beams, glulam columns, and solid wood) that rests on a concrete base. The exterior is essentially composed of cedar planks, spruce billets, and glass. The residence was also designed with an integrated home control system. It sits on a private property of over 87 acres with a private lake, at the center of a coniferous and deciduous forest. Around the dwelling, the Villa?s owner has placed several works of art. There are sculptures by Jacques Dansereau and a piece of environmental art donated by architect Pierre Thibault. The Villa has won numerous architecture and interior design awards. (Source: Villa du Lac Castor [website]; http://www.villadulacducastor.com/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Addition Module Six
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Identifier:
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1A1-TP-VLC-A29
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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