When Johnny Bellas set out to construct his dream home on British Columbia’s Gambier Island, he knew that building prefab would clear the logistic hurdles his plot of land posed. The qualities that made it desirable—a steep slope draped in trees overlooking a waterfront panorama of Howe Sound—are also a builder’s nightmare. Turkel Design built a modern prefab that rose to the challenge—complete with a great room with soaring 18-foot-high ceilings, ample natural light, and rustic facade that blends in with its surroundings.
