Terra Firma Builders Ltd.

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Bachman Residence

Georgie Award-winning Insulated rammed earth custom home built on Salt Spring Island, off the coast of Vancouver, British Columbia.
Healthy materials were extremely important to these clients: their daughter, who had chronic Asthma prior to moving into the house, was able to throw away her puffer within a year.
Bachman Residence
The artistic creativity of this project made it an absolute joy to build (sculptures, shells, fossils, rocks, metals, and glass are some of the materials embedded into these SIREWALLS).
Bachman Residence
Over 300 tons of mass combined with passive solar design makes this building thermally efficient.
Bachman Residence
Radiant heat, puddled earth floors, geothermal heat pump, oxygen-treated septic, recycled beams and rafters, sustainable-harvest timbers, HRV, masonry stove, cold cellar and sod roof.
Bachman Residence
Radiant heat, puddled earth floors, geothermal heat pump, oxygen-treated septic, recycled beams and rafters, sustainable-harvest timbers, HRV, masonry stove, cold cellar and sod roof.
Bachman Residence
2000 CARE Award Project of the Year (British Columbia, Canada West Coast design award).
Bachman Residence
Spacious living area custom built and designed for a musician's love of entertaining friends.
Bachman Residence
Bachman Residence
Custom detail designed into the rammed earth exterior wall.
Bachman Residence
Exterior rammed earth wall and detail. Extension to the left of the home captures the sun during the day and radiates onto the patio and hot tub deck in the evening.
Bachman Residence
Custom designed kitchen with large window feature to capture lakefront views.
Bachman Residence