The Sea-to-Sky corridor is not one design context. It is three — Squamish, Whistler, Pemberton — strung along a single highway but shaped by three very different terrains, three different housing stocks, and three different ways of living. LRD Studio is based in the middle of it, in Squamish, and we work across all three. Nine years in, we have strong convictions about what makes a Sea-to-Sky home actually work.
Three micro-climates, one corridor
Squamish is ocean, granite, and the Stawamus Chief. Light is harder, palettes cooler, materials rougher. Most of our Squamish work is for families settling in. Whistler is deep forest and alpine — resort homes, legacy chalets, and full-time families. Palettes lean warmer, cedar soffits are common, snow-load pragmatism shapes every detail. Pemberton is open valley and agricultural light. Longer sightlines, softer palettes, materials that read from across a field. Our Sunstone project there won the 2026 Western Living Design 25.
Based here, not visiting
Most of our direct competitors operate from Vancouver and travel up. We are physically on 3rd Avenue in Squamish — ten minutes from a Stawamus jobsite, forty-five from a Whistler renovation, an hour from a Pemberton new build. That proximity changes how we do the work. We run the local trades. We know the lead times. We visit sites weekly during finish phases. The corridor is our home, not a road trip.
What we work on, corridor-wide
Residential new builds on Kadenwood, Sunridge, Rainbow, and in Pemberton's upper benches. Full renovations of 80s and 90s log homes and alpine chalets. Commercial fit-outs in downtown Squamish and Whistler Village. Select Vancouver and North Shore projects where the fit is right. See the full portfolio →
How to choose by geography
If you're building in Whistler, our Whistler page has deeper detail on resort-municipality work. If you're in Squamish, start there. Pemberton has its own brief and its own light. And for Vancouver and the Lower Mainland, our selective residential and commercial work is covered on a dedicated page.
Work that shows the thinking.
Common questions.
What does "Sea-to-Sky" actually cover?
Do you work differently in each town?
Is there a minimum project size for Sea-to-Sky work?
Why "Sea-to-Sky" over one specific city page?
Let’s talk about how your family lives.
Every project starts with a conversation about who you are and how you actually live.