--- title: "Murray Arnott Design — Architects & Building Designers | Houzz" canonical_html_url: https://www.houzz.com/professionals/architects-and-building-designers/murray-arnott-design-pfvwus-pf~1327024912 markdown_url: https://www.houzz.com/md/professionals/pf~1327024912.md entity_type: LocalBusiness business_name: "Murray Arnott Design" category: ["Architects"] image: https://st.hzcdn.com/fimgs/e463205605d9d008_7035-w400-h400-b0-p0--.jpg address: "155 Kootenay Lake Road, Procter, British Columbia V1L 0B6, Canada" latitude: 49.5096 longitude: -117.2725 phone: "(859) 250-0725" website: http://www.designma.com rating: 5 review_count: 1 best_of_houzz_awards: 1 followers: 26 last_updated: 2026-09-24 --- # Murray Arnott Design Original Houzz profile: [Murray Arnott Design](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/architects-and-building-designers/murray-arnott-design-pfvwus-pf~1327024912) ## Professional summary - **Primary category:** Architects - **Location:** Procter, BC - **Serves:** Worldwide - **Houzz rating:** 5.0 out of 5 (1 review) - **Best of Houzz:** 1 award (2017), for Design. ## About ### Houzz Badges - 1,000 Ideabook Saves Truly successful architecture creates forms that not only touch our deepest spirit, but evoke an immediate personal relationship to it. It understands that human beings are a paradox of two seemingly antithetical identities: a primal attachment to the earth, our animal nature; and a longing for perfection, what some might call the divine. Too often, architecture has concerned itself with the creation of inspiring forms yet left people feeling disconnected. Or it has sought to give us comfort yet has induced us to boredom. It fails to understand that to be ultimately successful it must possess both the ability to inspire and connect us to each other and our place on earth. We can give the profession credit for being one of the few areas of human endeavour that seeks to release human beings from the bondage to the mundane, that which is perpetuated by the ‘survival of the fittest’ culture we inhabit. But we will not get to where we want to go unless we are fully honest about where we are now. We will fail to liberate ourselves from our current paradigm unless we simultaneously engage both the spiritual and emotional dimensions of the human condition. Doing so is not an intellectual exercise, for the intellect is derived from our primal nature, that part of us that has devised tools to increase our chance of survival, in this case, the mind. This is an exercise for the heart, for it is our heart that knows at once both our basic human urges and our spiritual nature. Nor is this about religion or churches. It is about our office building, our private residences, our public spaces and public buildings. And so while we might avail ourselves of advanced technologies and materials, we must not let the technology get ahead of purpose. As architects of the built form, we have not only an opportunity, but a duty to answer this basic need through solutions that are not only beautiful and inspirational, but foster a strong connection to each other and to the earth, itself. ### Services Provided - Architectural Design - Home Remodeling - Custom Homes - House Plans - New Home Construction - Home Additions - Kitchen Design - Sustainable Design - Kitchen Remodeling - Energy-Efficient Homes - Floor Plans - 3D Rendering - Green Building - Space Planning - Universal Design - Multigenerational Homes - Pool House Design & Construction - Home Restoration - Project Management - Staircase Design - Site Preparation - Log Home Construction ### Areas Served - Worldwide ## Business Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Business Name | Murray Arnott Design | | Address | 155 Kootenay Lake Road, Procter, British Columbia V1L 0B6, Canada | | Phone | (859) 250-0725 | | Website | http://www.designma.com | | Followers on Houzz | 26 | ## Contact - **Houzz profile:** [Murray Arnott Design](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/architects-and-building-designers/murray-arnott-design-pfvwus-pf~1327024912) - **Website:** http://www.designma.com - **Phone:** (859) 250-0725 ## Credentials **Certifications & Awards** - Best Custom Home, American Residential Design Awards, 2007 - Best Custom Luxury Home, American Residential Design Awards, 2009 - Best Project, International Log Builders Association, 2004/5 - Best Single Family Home, British Columbia, 1997 - **Best of Houzz:** 1 award (2017), for Design. ## Reviews **Overall rating: 5.0 out of 5 — 1 review** *Aspect averages:* - Work Quality: 5.0 - Communication: 5.0 - Value: 5.0 ### All 1 review **★★★★★ — dbklig, Nov. 2021** > Murray Arnott and my wife and I have been working together for the last 2 years on a new Post and Beam Home design in Ventnor NJ, on the waterfront. My experience with him has been nothing less than fabulous. Murray is a consummate professional, a true artist in every sense of the word, with a seemingly unbridled sense of imagination. If you can envision it, he can design it. And where my vision struggles, his suggestions seem to be spot on. Murray was kind enough to rescue me after a failed attempt with another architect where the chemistry turned out to be less than adequate. Instead, murray's gentlemanly nature and easygoing demeanor set the tone which allowed me to describe, receive sketches, tweak them, describe some more, tweak some more, until we achieved a near 8000sq ft home on the water with a very large workout room with steamshower and sauna, game room, wine cellar, office, gourmet kitchen, 5 bedrooms 6.5 baths and a 2nd floor indoor pool and spa off the Den (secluded from the rest of the house appropriately of course). I didn't realize until half way through this project that Murray is actually quite the International award winning home designer. Not why I chose him and not why we are together at all, though it's quite the icing on top. The reason I was so attracted to Murray is because his designs, in general which illustrate so wonderfully curvaceous indoor outdoor living in log home and post and beam designs are just........quietly elegant and drop dead gorgeous. Look him up and see for yourself. We have just received our variance and zoning approvals which Murray has been walking us through every step of the way, from start to finish, and our plan is for him to stay intimately involved throughout the entire build process. Our Home is in the final throws of the building permitting process with all systems go. Thank you, Murray! It is my ongoing honor to know you, and work with you, as you help my wife and me realize quite literally the home of our dreams. Feel free to contact me at my email address if you have questions about our project: dbklig@comcast.net Best of luck to you on your own project, and may it be as fruitful as ours! **Comment from Murray Arnott Design:** > Thank you so much for your kind words, David! You reflect my belief that an close partnership between Designer and Client is required to achieve wonderful architecture, not simply buildings that are pleasant to look at, but spaces that truly meet the needs of its inhabitants. Your kind, generous and open nature have been key to developing a wonderful home. ## Selected projects - [New Jersey Coast](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/new-jersey-coast-pj-vj~7825654) - Location: Ventnor City, NJ - Photos: 23 - Description: Custom waterfront home with contemporary round log post and beam design - [Carousel Home](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/carousel-home-pj-vj~1353856) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 24 - Description: Award-winning post and beam Home - [Cherrydale](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/cherrydale-pj-vj~1736693) - Location: Banner Elk, NC - Photos: 12 - Description: Post and Beam Mountain Home - [Bowen Island Round Log Post and Beam](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/bowen-island-round-log-post-and-beam-pj-vj~1705777) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 20 - Description: Award-Winning Post and Beam Home - [Twin Creeks](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/twin-creeks-pj-vj~1353852) - Location: Catskill, NY - Photos: 24 - Description: Round Log Post and Beam Home Awarded Best Custom Luxury Home (American Residential Design Awards) - [Big Timber Lodge](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/big-timber-lodge-pj-vj~1353857) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 22 - Description: Timber Post and Beam Home Awarded Best Custom Luxury Home (American Residential Design Awards) - [Killarney Mountain Lodge](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/killarney-mountain-lodge-pj-vj~5866541) - Location: Killarney, ON - Photos: 28 - [The Carousel House; Murray Arnottt Design. LogWork: Nicola LogWorks](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/the-carousel-house-murray-arnottt-design-logwork-nicola-logworks-pj-vj~1357817) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 8 - Description: Log Piece-en-Piece Home in the Port Angeles area. The customer was looking for a designer who could think outside of the box...that's how they found Murray. Murray was looking for a builder who whose quality levels met the specifications...that's how Nicola LogWorks was chosen as the log builder. One of our favourite projects in great part because the customer took the time to put together a great design/build team ensuring that contractor, designer, log builder and engineer were "on the same pa… - [Ontario Waterfront Handcrafted Log Home](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/ontario-waterfront-handcrafted-log-home-pj-vj~1328966) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 16 - Description: Handcrafted Western Red Cedar home on a lake in Ontario, Canada [See all 9 projects](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/architects-and-building-designers/murray-arnott-design-pfvwus-pf~1327024912) ## Ideabooks - [Teahouse](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/158630933/list/teahouse) — 2 ideas - [Textured Plaster](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/151966432/list/textured-plaster) — 11 ideas - [Wood Interior Wall Finishes](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/140177407/list/wood-interior-wall-finishes) — 48 ideas - [Kligerman Idea Book](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/151965875/list/kligerman-idea-book) — 1 idea [See all 4 ideabooks](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/users/murrayarnottt) --- *Source: Houzz professional profile. 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