Specializing in custom residential projects situated along the BC coast, Laura Killam Architecture (LKA) looks for design solutions that combine function, experience of place, and aesthetics to produce quiet, understated architecture. In addition to architectural and interior design, project scopes encompass defining a site in the wilderness, planning for infrastructure and renewable power, and planning access by both land and sea. As we are often designing for multi-generational families, we plan for today and future generations.
We strive to make spaces that are deeply rooted to site, that delight in beauty both indoors and out, and that respond meaningfully to a client’s needs. Each project aims to engage in with its own unique set of physical and atmospheric characteristics - connecting the inhabitants to the natural setting. We focus on curating the experience of moving through the landscape, exploring the shift of views, light and shadow - always reaching for a balance between shelter and expansiveness. Through designing restrained rooflines, inhabited thresholds, feathered edges, and minimizing massing we aim to stitch buildings into the landscape. Influenced by the ethos of Sea Ranch California, the West Coast Modernists, and a commitment to environmental stewardship, we strive to create spaces that play second to their natural setting and touch lightly on the earth.