Lake Muskoka Boathouse
Port Carling, Ontario
Winner, Honor Award, Wood Design & Building Awards 2022-23
Honorable Mention, 2023 Architect Magazine Residential Design Awards
At its heart, Lake Muskoka Boathouse is a pared-back utilitarian structure, rendered in the simplest possible local materials: wood and only the required hardware for the building’s function. It is a contemporary homage to the great tradition of Muskoka boathouse designs that eschews any trend of the boathouse as grand showpiece.
All components were fabricated off site, thereby maximizing an already short building season and building quickly enough to ensure the owners would not lose a summer to construction. Given the steepness of the site, off-site fabrication also allowed the components to be towed across the ice by snowmobile, avoiding the need for costly barging, undue site disturbance, and a lengthy winter build.
Photography by Révélateur Studio
