etween the
Rocky Mountains and the sea, Canada's Pacific Northwest is home to interior
designers and architects with their eyes on the outdoors, a varied population,
and the future. In West Coast North: Interiors Designed for Living,
design writer Julia Dilworth talks to them about their motivations and how they
work, and showcases their projects, in full-colour photographs and their own
words.

The 29 firms profiled here bring varied
backgrounds and approaches to projects from old-home renos to new builds and
from rooms and apartments to breweries, working closely with their clients and
other firms. With a characteristic West Coast concern for the environment, they're
keeping old builds out of landfills and bringing the beauty of the outside
world inside, through windows, materials, and colour palettes. They're meeting
the needs of people with young children, those working from home, and those
with a flair for entertaining. They're inspired by local craftspeople and
artists and by design from farflung places--the places from which the world has
gathered on Canada's West Coast.

West Coast North is a guide to today's exciting B.C. designers. But it's also a
source of inspiration--for homeowners, and designers elsewhere.