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Alvara

Alvara

Contemporary coastal house with full-height glazing and a timber-screened upper floor
Contemporary coastal house with full-height glazing and a timber-screened upper floor
Contemporary coastal house with full-height glazing and a timber-screened upper floor

(A—01)
Pacific Northwest
Est. 2016

(A—01)
Pacific Northwest
Est. 2016

We represent
houses drawn by
an architect

We represent
houses drawn by
an architect

ALVARA

HOUSE

HOUSE

We list architecture,
not addresses.

Currently on the books

18

live mandates across nine neighbourhoods — every one vetted by our architecture panel.

Most agencies sell square metres. We represent houses that were drawn before they were built — and we put the architect's name on every listing.

Founded in Cascara Point in 2016 by two former architects who got tired of watching good buildings described as “3 bed, 2 bath”.

Founded in Cascara Point in 2016 by two former architects who got tired of watching good buildings described as “3 bed, 2 bath”.

Sixty-four architects. Eighteen houses. One panel, meeting fortnightly.

Sixty-four architects. Eighteen houses. One panel, meeting fortnightly.

Houses currently represented

18

Instructions declined by the panel

71%

Architects sold since 2016

64

Median days from listing to offer

19

Halvard Meis

Halvard Meis

Studio Renna

Studio Renna

Aoki + Vance

Aoki + Vance

Brannon Wray

Brannon Wray

Petra Lindqvist

Petra Lindqvist

Okada Werk

Okada Werk

Marlowe & Fen

Marlowe & Fen

Ida Sørensen

Ida Sørensen

Castellan Studio

Castellan Studio

Ruth Amagi

Ruth Amagi

Verrier Atelier

Verrier Atelier

Nils Hoffmeier

Nils Hoffmeier

Sabine Krøyer

Sabine Krøyer

Halloran Boyd

Halloran Boyd

Miyara Studio

Miyara Studio

Ewan Tarrant

Ewan Tarrant

Brekke & Aal

Brekke & Aal

Lorne Pashley

Lorne Pashley

Hana Vestergaard

Hana Vestergaard

Duquesne Werk

Duquesne Werk

Private collection

Slate Point Residence

The structural glass corner took Aoki + Vance two years and three engineers to get signed off. Standing in it, the floor simply stops and the water is four hundred feet below with nothing in the way.

Architect

Aoki + Vance

Completed

2023

Internal

540 m2

Guide

$8,200,000

Five stages, eleven weeks

Median across the last forty completions. We publish the outliers too.

Median across the last forty completions. We publish the outliers too.

01

Brief

Two hours, usually at the kitchen table. We ask about light before budget.

02

Shortlist

Six to nine houses, with plans, and a written note on what is wrong with each.

03

Viewings

Always twice — once in the morning, once at the hour the architect designed for.

04

Offer

We negotiate directly with the owner. No bidding theatre, no sealed envelopes.

05

Handover

You receive the drawings, the specification and the architect’s contact details.

Nine
neighbourhoods

Nine
neighbourhoods

Every house is photographed by one of three architectural photographers we work with, in the light the architect designed for.

Every house is photographed by one of three architectural photographers we work with, in the light the architect designed for.

Four
partners

You get one of these four from first call to handover. Nobody is passed down a chain.

You get one of these four from first call to handover. Nobody is passed down a chain.

Notes on
the market

Every house is photographed by one of three architectural photographers we work with, in the light the architect designed for.

Every house is photographed by one of three architectural photographers we work with, in the light the architect designed for.

Tell us about the light

Tell us about the light

Tell us about the light

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