shifting planes: framing the landscape
Role: Interior Design Lead
Typology: Private Residence
Size: 445m²
Completed with: McKinley Studios
This prairie home reimagines living as a procession of light and space.
Framing light, landscape, and daily life.
The Prairie House sits in the rolling foothills of the Alberta prairies, with panoramic views of expansive fields, the Canadian Rockies, and evening summer storms.
The massing of the home was conceptualized as two offset volumes, allowing the house to capture both morning and evening light throughout the day, while creating long views across the surrounding landscape.
The positioning of the wings also maintains direct sightlines to the owner’s horses in the adjacent pastures. Rather than turning inward, the house stays constantly connected to the rhythms of the property around it.
Throughout the house, circulation is treated as part of the architectural experience. Hallways are used deliberately to create procession, extending movement through the home and framing a sequence of carefully composed viewpoints. Each axis terminates in a view — toward the landscape, the water, the pastures, or another interior moment — creating a continuous awareness of connection and perspective.
Material choices reinforce the idea of the house as something meant to be lived in fully. Finishes were selected for the way they age and patina over time, celebrating everyday use, maintenance, and daily routines rather than preserving the home as something overly precious or untouched.