This contemporary + traditional cedar-clad home in Nova Scotia celebrates the site’s nautical history

Dec 19 2022 by Yanko Design

 

Canadian architecture studio Omar Gandhi Architect designed an impressive home called the Jib House in the historic village of Chester, in Nova Scotia. The home has been clad in two types of cedar and is situated on a triangular coastal lot, which inspired its name. The coastal site mimics a ‘Jib’ – a slender triangular fore-sail used on a traditional sailing boat. The home was built in an attempt to celebrate, and pay tribute to the nautical history of the region, where every year...

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