The Heritage Life Care Home is part of Niverville’s Heritage Centre complex that provides residents with independent living, assisted living, supportive and full nursing care.
This diamond shaped Program Room is a multi-use space for entertainment, exercise classes, special events and parties.
The room’s complex timber design incorporates one 44’ and two 32’ parallel chord trusses, and two 32’ king post trusses. The loft is ‘hung’ from one of the king post trusses.
Cornerstone’s design team collaborated with the project engineer on a custom steel program that reinforces the critical connections in this frame.
This unique gazebo is partnered with a pergola in an urban environment with great views to a nearby forest reserve
A large 10×10 anchor post, 8’ tall, stands at the back corner with 6×10 rafters radiating up and out to support a 10’ high eave line that has an increasing overhang as it sweeps through 90 degrees.
At completion it will be screened in and have a cedar slat privacy wall
The clean, minimalist lines of this urban in-fill residence shine with contemporary flair
The uniform appearance of Nordic Structure’s laminated columns and beams compliment the bright, relaxing atmosphere of the living areas while providing support for large lake-facing glass.
Overhead, the interior ceilings are made with Nordic’s 54mm x 286mm (2.1”x11.25”) decking. These look great from below and provide a strong base for the insulation and roof membrane above.
Winnipeg’s first mid-rise mass timber building is an innovative 6-storey assisted living residence with a connected “memory care” facility that allows loved ones at differing levels of care to maintain contact and age in place.
The timber structure is made up of glulam columns and beams that support CLT floor and roof panels that span the 6.5 m spacing between columns.
The structure holds 2,280 cubic meters of mass timber. Of this volume, 80% is CLT panels and 20% is composed of glulam columns and beams.
A significant area of savings was achieved due to the relative lightness of the mass timbers. If constructed with concrete, the structure would have weighed 6.5 million kilograms, but thanks to timber, this weight was reduced to 1.3 million kilograms, allowing the foundation to be built with substantially less material, saving construction cost, embedded energy and time.
In the production of mass timbers for this six-storey building, 235 metric tonnes of greenhouse gas were emitted, offset by 1,295 metric tonnes of C02 stored in the timbers for the life of this building.
Nordic Structures, supplier of the project’s laminated timbers and panels, is a leader in sustainable forestry, planting and harvesting trees within a fixed forest management area, guaranteeing ecosystem health and a positive future for forests and communities for generations to come.
As a memory care residence, the project’s architects sought out building materials that elicit positive, comforting associations. Wood was a natural choice. Wood interiors have been shown in studies to provide reductions in anxiety, lower blood pressure and heart rates. Subjects reported feelings of safety and relaxation and were more likely to engage in positive social interactions.
In 1879 the first grain elevator is western Canada was built by William Hespeler in Niverville, Manitoba. It was a round structure with a cupola and could hold a modest 25,000 bushels.
To commemorate this first granary, residents of Niverville raised funds to build a gazebo that could be used for public concerts, plays and just relaxing on a summer day.
This unusual design combines timber with steel eave rings at the main and cupola levels to achieve a shape that echoes the original Hespeler grain elevator.
A curving back wall made of cedar shiplap will fill three of the sections and provide late day sunshade and a backdrop for performers
Reminiscent of an old “aisle barn” this farmer’s market has a 28’x100’ center hall with flanking 22’x80’ lean-to canopies.
The 24’ high gable walls achieve their safety values thanks to big timber and joinery that resist high wind loads and racking forces.
Big timber and natural wood finishes have been shown to promote feelings of wellness and safety. The local vendors attending this market will reap the benefits too.
This Douglas fir, timber frame home is nestled into a remote, riverside property North of Kenora. The majority of this home is structural timber framing, and the architectural design features craftsman style touches from the exterior timber work to the casements around the windows and doors on the interior.
Soaring over the great room, the arched brace king post trusses feature 6×16 curved braces which become the focal point of the timber frame.
Craftsman style exterior detailing such as bracketed canopies, large overhangs, variation in siding colours and textures give this home a lot of character and charm.
The full timber frame sunroom space has a complex hipped roof structure that is all visible from below. Complete with sliding screen windows and doors on 3 sides, this space will be enjoyed for many hours a year.
The Douglas fir timbers are finished with a custom, adze like texture and are tinted to Greyed Medium Brown by Sansin. The tongue and groove boards on the ceiling are a slightly lighter shade at a nice contrast to the beams.
Situated on a beautifully manicured riverside lot, this hybrid timber frame home features a structural timber frame vault from the front entry door all the way through the main living areas to the lakeside windows. The generously sized sunroom is a separate, mono-sloped structural timber frame.
Repeating scissor brace trusses frame the living space and are accented nicely with round topped windows on the lakeside elevation.
Tying the interior timber elements to the exterior elevations are a large, covered entry porch, a timber framed BBQ porch and additional scissor brace gable trim details with timber frame brackets.
The earthy tones in the exterior siding choices pair nicely with the timber frame elements that are stained in Sansin’s Greyed Medium Brown
Flat ceiling timber work over the kitchen/dining area and master bedroom ties the entire home together.
Special attention to lighting really makes the timber pop with strategic up lighting between the girts and eave plates.
Timber species is Eastern white pine and the pine tongue and groove boards are stained a slightly lighter shade than the timbers for a nice contrast.
This lakefront home is a mix of classic timber frame detailing, and hints of modern touches such as steeper and non-curved braces, raised collar tie trusses, and simple beam end profiles. All the main living spaces in this home are timber framed, and where kitchen roof meets the great room roof there is some beautiful valley framing that creates a large open feel.
The structural trusses are a custom designed, raised cord truss with large strut braces springing from low down on the posts.
The tongue and groove boards in the main area are stained to compliment the timbers, whereas in the sunroom and primary bedroom, they’re white-washed to create contrast between the timber and the wall/ceiling surfaces, showcasing the dexterity of this material.
A large, covered deck and entry canopy compliment the exterior elevations and provide great shelter and shaded areas. Along with the canopies, there are bracketed gable trim details that add to the mountain feel of this home.
The timber is a welcome addition to the varying, mountain flavored exterior finishes and ties the interior frames to the exterior spaces.
Eastern white pine is the timber species used for this project, and the finish color is a custom tint of Bronze Teak by Sansin.
