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sofo kitchens -profiled in  woodworking magazine

3/3/2022

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sofo wins Best of Houzz 2021

28/1/2021

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Monika Soos in Coquitlam, BC on Houzz
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our greenlake project wins best in house

13/9/2020

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Proud Winner of Best Single Family Kitchen over $150,000 at the 2020 Georgie Awards

Name: Westcoast Style
Completed:  2018
Architectural Design:  Brigitte Loranger Architect
Interior Design: Tamara Wouters Interior Design
Photography: Joern Rohde

EXTERIOR: ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER, CURB APPEAL AND INTEGRATION OF THE PROJECT INTO ITS SETTING
  • West coast modern glass, steel and timber
  • Design optimized to shape of lot, Riparian setbacks, Flood control level, passive solar design to optimize winter heat gain and minimize summer overheating
  • Durable fire-smart siding materials – noted by insurance company as most fire safe home he had ever seen
  • Integrated to water-front for ease of access, outdoor beach BBQ and recreation
  • Large decks for outdoor living on every level
INTERIOR: CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE USE OF SPACE INCLUDING ARCHITECTURAL DETAIL AND FORM
  • Designed as live work-space with his and hers offices
  • Kitchen as focal point for family living and entertaining
  • Media room dimensions designed for optimum audio performance and hose designed around media dimensions
  • Indoor pizza oven
  • Use of siding materials inside and out
 FUNCTIONALITY OF FLOOR PLAN
  • Covered entry to protect from mountain weather
  • Entry opens to view of lake and mountains
  • Open center stair with large windows lights all 3 levels
  • Master and guest suite on top floor for views and natural light, mother-inlaw and kids bedroom on bottom floor
  • Lake view decks form each floor and every bedroom
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS (ENERGY, COMFORT, HEALTH)
  • Modeled as EnerGuide 87 with pre drywall blower test at .8 ACH
  • Passive House rated windows
  • Multi zoned CSA F280 2012 right sized Geothermal heating and cooling
  • Automated blinds to reduce overheating and reduce AC
  • Passive solar shading modeled in at concept design stage
 CONSTRUCTION DETAILS/TECHNIQUES TO ACHIEVE INDUSTRY BEST PRACTICES
  • All lower exterior and interior walls ICF for sound performance
  • Comslab suspended concrete floor on main level for sound proofing between main floor and media room
  • Low maintenance exterior siding materials for long term durability including metal facia, stone and phenolic resin siding
  • Inset windows for improved waterproofing and energy performance
  • Raft slab on piles to ensure no differential settlement to protect finishes
  • Warmboard radiant heat sub-floor for optimum heat delivery and control
  • Separate HVAC for AC and supplemental heating if required
  • Water, sewer and power all had to be brought to site
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Press release: 2020 Georgi award nominations

12/12/2019

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In collaboration with RDC fine Homes:
Our Greenlake project in Whistler was just nominated for 3 Georgi Awards:
- Best Single Family Kitchen over $150,000
- Best Any Room - New or Renovation
- Best master Suite up to $100,000
The Gala takes place March 14, 2020 
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Canadian Manufacturing day

22/8/2019

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Winning Big @ IWF Atlanta

25/8/2018

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 Sofo Kitchens won in the categories of Architectural Millwork, Bar – Residential, Bath, Bookcase (pictured), Closet, Home Theater and Kitchen: Face Frame
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Thurlow Project featured in Gray Magazine

15/3/2018

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VIEW FROM THE TOP: 
CANADA'S PRICIEST PROPERTY 
January 28, 2018 / Written by Jennifer Baum Lagdameo / Photographed by Amanda Oster
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A poster child for Vancouver's white-hot real estate market, this 9,000-square-foot waterfront pent house in Coal Harbour made headlines when it was listed last year for $58 million, earning it the title of Canada’s priciest property. Price tag aside, what makes the home distinctive? “When I saw the unit for the first time, it was stunning,” says designer Karin Bohn, founder and creative director of House of Bohn, who renovated the condo for the original owners before it went on the market. “You have a 360-degree view of the beautiful North Shore Mountains on one side and the amazing downtown Vancouver cityscape on the other.” Bohn had been referred to the client by the project’s general contractor, Steve Hanzlick of Langley, BC’s Trademark Holdings. At first the design goals were modest, she explains, “just upgrading the flooring and adding wallpaper.” Fast-forward two and a half years, and the small-scale touch-up blossomed into a full-gut renovation. The kitchen pays tribute to the West Coast vistas by mirroring the landscape in subtle but impactful ways. Bohn designed an onyx-and-marble tile floor with a geometric pattern that mimics the angles of the distant mountains. A burnished brass range hood from Sofo Kitchens, a custom mirror wall, and a polished quartzite island reflect the water, mountains, and sparkling city lights outside, lending new meaning to the term “million-dollar views.”
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Floor-to-ceiling windows flood a Coal Harbour penthouse kitchen with morning sun and lend a warm glow to the finely detailed oak cabinetry by Sofo Kitchens. Brass recurs throughout the room, from the Sofo Kitchens range hood to the streamlined hardware from Armac Martin. An Aeon Stone & Tile quartzite-topped island and a custom mirror wall with a circular overlay create an even greater sense of space and maximize the kitchen’s natural light.

A version of this story appeared in the February/March 2018 print edition of GRAY.

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Seymour St Loft we Worked on featured in Westcoast Living Condo

7/2/2018

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January, 2018

5/1/2018

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VANCOUVER’S MOST EXPENSIVE CONDO LISTING IN HISTORY WAS MADE BEAUTIFUL AT THE HANDS OF INTERIOR DESIGNER KARIN BOHN—WHO WAS INSPIRED BY ITS JAW-DROPPING OCEAN AND MOUNTAIN VIEWS.
WHEN Karin Bohn received a call in 2014 from a contractor to renovate a four - bedroom, five bathroom condo at Three Harbour Green tower on Thurlow Street in Coal Harbour, it seemed like a straightforward project. “The client wanted us to change the wall- paper, change the floors,” she explains over coffee at Gastown’s Mink Chocolates.
Little did the designer, who leads a team of seven out of her Gastown-based design studio, House of Bohn, know, that the minor project in the luxury development would evolve into a two-and-a-half-year-long renovation which included gutting the plan and parts of the floor plan.
Even more astounding was the fact that post-renovation, the condo, which covers three floors including two rooftop terraces and boasts 360 degree views of the North Shore mountains on the East and West side, the ocean and Stanley Park, would be listed for sale at just under $60 million dollars—at the time the country’s priciest piece of real estate. “The client, who does real estate development in Beijing, had priced it for the Chinese market. If you were to buy (a condo) like this (there), that’s what you would expect to pay,” says Karin.
Originally built in 2012, the 2016 listing represented a 254 per cent increase from the $16.6 million price tag of its previous sale in 2014. (Since the $58.8 listing, which garnered its share of media buzz in 2016, the owners opted to take the home off the market and sell it privately.) 

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Blueberry Project in Whistler Nominated for Georgie Award courtesy of RDC Fine Homes

28/12/2017

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