Within a protected cove along the South Shore of Nova Scotia, at the end of a stretch of sand, a river empties out into the sea. Time and tides have created a one kilometre forested sandbar on which this beach house sits.

© Janet Kimber

Architects: Nova Tayona Architects

Location: South Shore, NS B0K, Canada

Architect In Charge: Nova Tayona Architects

Area: 195.0 sqm

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Janet Kimber

Team: Nova Tayona, Rachel Law, Michelle Martinez

General Contractor: Trunnells and Tenons Construction

Structural Engineer: Andrea Doncaster

Custom Millwork: The Wooden Menagerie
Diagrams / Drawings: Andrew Falls, Tara Castator, Ram Espino

© Janet Kimber

From the architect. Within a protected cove along the South Shore of Nova Scotia, at the end of a stretch of sand, a river empties out into the sea. Time and tides have created a one kilometre forested sandbar on which this beach house sits.

© Janet Kimber

Approaching the site is a parallel journey between a low-lying salt marsh to the north-west and the forested sandbar to the south-east. Along that journey, the beach is never in view, and so, the project is ironic as beach houses go. Despite the dramatic location on an expanse of shoreline, the clien...