Starshine
About this home: High-Design meets High-Performance and Pre-Fabrication. Designed by Little Giant Architecture and Interiors, Starshine will be a legacy for generations to come, delivering exacting design while achieving the highest levels of energy performance and comfort. While many architects can deliver beauty, Little Giant’s collaboration with thinkBright Homes has elevated high-design beyond skin-deep to […]
The O.G.
About this home: This rural home was built for a client during a significant life transition. After having explored a prefabricated modular home, thinkBright was able to demonstrate for them that instead, for similar costs, we could deliver a custom home that also met physical accessibility and high-performance objectives. Benefits and Features Energy-Efficiency Benefits: Built […]
A House With a View (or two)!
About this home: Recently retired, these homeowners came to us with their plans drawn out on the back of a napkin, literally! With world-class views on all sides, the design intentionally brings the surrounding beauty of the Purcells into every part of the home. Built before the BC Energy Step Code came into force, this […]
Craftsman, With a Twist
About this home: Built in a neighbourhood with strict requirements for craftsman style design, this elegant home exceeds the neighbourhood in quality, efficiency, and style, while keeping a few secrets to itself inside. Benefits and Features Energy-Efficiency Benefits: Low carbon concrete and all wood framing and construction ensure this home has a lower carbon footprint. […]
Net Zero Retreat
About this home: This modest home, set above the Columbia River wetlands, was specifically designed and built to overcome a series of interrelated challenges: take in the stunning north-facing views; achieve net-zero-ready standard; keep embodied carbon as low as possible; and do it all on a very tight budget… during the historic construction materials price […]
A Westside Family Home
About this home: Built as a starter spec-home in a densely built Invermere neighbourhood, this home harbours a secret – it uses a fraction of the energy of the surrounding properties, and is more comfortable too! This Family Home was built in 2017 to Step Code 4. While we have long surpassed this standard, the […]
Field House
About this home: Merging beauty and performance, Field House was built for siblings with an inter-generational family vision. They challenged us to embody environmental values with elegant design, on a budget. Designed by Architect Jillian Cochrane, Field House meets the highest tiers of the BC Energy and Zero Carbon Step Codes. Right-sized heat pumps and […]