Bigwin Island Club Cabins, Ontario Buildings Project, Canadian Architecture Development, Images
Bigwin Island Club Cabins in Ontario
Golf Course and the lake View Cottages in ON, Canada ? design by MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architect
11 Dec 2019
Bigwin Island Club Cabins
Architects: MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architect
Location: Ontario, Canada

The first three Bigwin Island Club Cabins of a planned community of 40 on Bigwin Island sit nestled among maple, pine and ash trees. The sweeping view they enjoy, down to the golf course and the lake beyond, is courtesy of the island?s deer: the grazing line under the trees, a swath of open air through the greenery, influenced the siting of the buildings and their emphasis on transparency between roof and floor, and earth and sky. The 40 cabins will follow three design templates, each inspired by a different type of landscape found on the island: linear on the lake, courtyard in the woods, and pinwheel on the meadow.
MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects? design process begins this way: by listening to the land. On Bigwin Island, there was a lot to hear. The cabins stand on storied ground. Named after Ojibway Chief John Bigwin, the island was historically a home to sacred spaces, a place of significance to the region?s Indigenous population. The first golf course on Bigwin Island was built in 1922, and for decades the island was the site of a glittering luxury resort ? the summer home of Canadian industrial titans, Hollywood stars, and e...