Alvara House · Architect-designed homes

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

(A—01)
Pacific Northwest
Est. 2016

We represent
houses drawn by
an architect

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Currently on the books

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”.

Currently represented

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

Cormorant House at dusk, sea-facing elevation

For sale

Halvard Meis

Cormorant House

Cascara Point

4 bd · 5 ba · 412 m²

$6,400,000

For sale

Halvard Meis

Cormorant House

Cascara Point

4 bd · 5 ba · 412 m²

$NaN

The Alder Pavilion in a forest clearing under overcast light

For sale

Studio Renna

The Alder Pavilion

Alder Hollow

3 bd · 3 ba · 288 m²

$3,950,000

For sale

Studio Renna

The Alder Pavilion

Alder Hollow

3 bd · 3 ba · 288 m²

$NaN

Slate Point Residence cantilevered over the bluff at blue hour

Under offer

Aoki + Vance

Slate Point Residence

Vashon Bluff

5 bd · 6 ba · 540 m²

$8,200,000

Under offer

Aoki + Vance

Slate Point Residence

Vashon Bluff

5 bd · 6 ba · 540 m²

$NaN

Quarry House on the city hillside at dusk, infinity pool over the skyline

For sale

Brannon Wray

Quarry House

Quarry Bay

4 bd · 4 ba · 366 m²

$5,100,000

For sale

Brannon Wray

Quarry House

Quarry Bay

4 bd · 4 ba · 366 m²

$NaN

Fen Harbour Villa and boathouse in low sun

For sale

Petra Lindqvist

Fen Harbour Villa

Fen Harbour

4 bd · 5 ba · 398 m²

$5,750,000

For sale

Petra Lindqvist

Fen Harbour Villa

Fen Harbour

4 bd · 5 ba · 398 m²

$NaN

Larkfield Court courtyard under overhead light

Private

Okada Werk

Larkfield Court

Larkfield

6 bd · 7 ba · 610 m²

$9,850,000

Private

Okada Werk

Larkfield Court

Larkfield

6 bd · 7 ba · 610 m²

$NaN

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

Houses currently represented

Instructions declined by the panel

71%

Architects sold since 2016

Median days from listing to offer

Halvard Meis

Studio Renna

Aoki + Vance

Brannon Wray

Petra Lindqvist

Okada Werk

Marlowe & Fen

Ida Sørensen

Castellan Studio

Ruth Amagi

Verrier Atelier

Nils Hoffmeier

Sabine Krøyer

Halloran Boyd

Miyara Studio

Ewan Tarrant

Brekke & Aal

Lorne Pashley

Hana Vestergaard

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

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Four ways we work

No sales teams, no territories. Four practices, each run by someone who has done the job for fifteen years.

Private sales

Representation for houses that never reach a portal.

Private sales

Representation for houses that never reach a portal.

Acquisition

We search and vet on your behalf, including unbuilt commissions.

The Alder Pavilion at dusk from across the lap pool

Acquisition

We search and vet on your behalf, including unbuilt commissions.

Appraisal

Valuation that accounts for authorship, not just floor area.

Appraisal

Valuation that accounts for authorship, not just floor area.

House care

Stewardship for significant houses between owners.

House care

Stewardship for significant houses between owners.

Five stages, eleven weeks

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

Brief

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

Shortlist

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

Viewings

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

Offer

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

Handover

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

Nine
neighbourhoods

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

47.6205 N - 122.4489 W

Cascara Point

11 listed

$4.2M median

47.5511 N - 122.3308 W

Alder Hollow

7 listed

$3.1M median

47.4073 N - 122.4585 W

Vashon Bluff

6 listed

$7.8M median

47.6205 N - 122.4489 W

Cascara Point

11 listed

$4.2M median

47.5511 N - 122.3308 W

Alder Hollow

7 listed

$3.1M median

47.4073 N - 122.4585 W

Vashon Bluff

6 listed

$7.8M median

47.5301 N - 122.5102 W

Quarry Bay

5 listed

$4.6M median

See all nine

Four
partners

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

Ines Halvorsen

Founding partner · Coastal

Ines Halvorsen

Founding Partner

Tobias Renn

Founding partner · Acquisition

Tobias Renn

Founding Partner

Mara Okonjo

Partner · Appraisal

Mara Okonjo

Founding Partner

Julien Aubert

Partner · House care

Julien Aubert

Founding Partner

Notes on
the market

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

Market report

18 June 2026

What a listed façade actually does to a guide price

Market report

What a listed façade actually does to a guide price

Essay

2 May 2026

Against the open plan, thirty years too late

Essay

Against the open plan, thirty years too late

Guide

11 April 2026

Buying an unbuilt commission: what transfers and what does not

Guide

Buying an unbuilt commission: what transfers and what does not

Tell us about the light

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ALVARA

HOUSE

HOUSE

We list architecture,not addresses.

Currently represented

Cormorant House

Cormorant House

The Alder Pavilion

The Alder Pavilion

Slate Point Residence

Slate Point Residence

Quarry House

Quarry House

Fen Harbour Villa

Fen Harbour Villa

Larkfield Court

Larkfield Court

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

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

Slate Point Residence

Four ways we work

Private sales

Private sales

Acquisition

Acquisition

Appraisal

Appraisal

House care

House care

Five stages, eleven weeks

Brief

Shortlist

Viewings

Offer

Handover

Nine neighbourhoods

Nine neighbourhoods

Cascara Point

Alder Hollow

Vashon Bluff

Cascara Point

Alder Hollow

Vashon Bluff

Quarry Bay

Four partners

Ines Halvorsen

Ines Halvorsen

Tobias Renn

Tobias Renn

Mara Okonjo

Mara Okonjo

Julien Aubert

Julien Aubert

Notes on the market

What a listed façade actually does to a guide price

What a listed façade actually does to a guide price

Against the open plan, thirty years too late

Against the open plan, thirty years too late

Buying an unbuilt commission: what transfers and what does not

Buying an unbuilt commission: what transfers and what does not

Tell us about the light

Tell us about the light

Tell us about the light

We list architecture,
not addresses.

Nine
neighbourhoods

Nine
neighbourhoods

Four
partners

Notes on
the market