BattersbyHowat balances metal-clad cabin on a mountainside

Vancouver-based studio BattersbyHowat Architects has completed a parallelogram-shaped, mountainside home clad in standing seam metal that includes a detached sauna structure in Whistler, British Columbia.
Named Ambassador Crescent, the 3,130-square foot (290-square metre) house is tucked into a steep hillside near the popular ski resort town, so the three-storey house and garage had to be embedded into the earth.
Ambassador Crescent is positioned on a sloped site
The house – a vacation hom