A Home Designed to Be Unbreakable (House Tour)

The Sandbox by Peter Braithwaite Studio is a three-storey, timber-clad home in the Bay of Chaleur in Canada. As a home designed to be unbreakable, The Sandbox illustrates a pleasing simplification of ideas and forms in both architecture and interior design, as seen in this house tour. Having spent their childhood summers holidaying in the area, the clients – Joshua and Chelsea Jenks – were aware of Canada’s climatic conditions and, as such, approached Peter Braithwaite Studio with an idea for a home designed to be unbreakable. Further, Joshua’s work in the construction industry and relationships with local trades laid the foundations for a collaborative partnership with Peter Braithwaite Studio across the architecture and interior design. The resulting home is a timber-clad rectangular form that protrudes from the landscape. As a home designed to be unbreakable, it has a single opening framed in Corten steel in the front facade and a boxy, Corten steel-clad staircase, which provides access to a roof