Issue No. 1 · Spring 2026

Cascade Fairway

Pacific Northwest
A publication on residential craft, place, and material in the Pacific Northwest.
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The Whidbey Fieldhouse

By The Editors · Cascade Fairway · 2026-04-29

Stone, timber, and standing-seam metal — Hoedemaker Pfeiffer's homage to early conservation-corps craft.

The most instructive line in the entire feature comes from project architect Justin Oldenhuis: simplicity is truly never simple to achieve. The Fieldhouse appears, at a glance, to be a humble rustic shelter. The reality is months of detailing — the column-to-beam transitions, the stone-base proportions, the standing-seam roof terminations. Every element was sized, drawn, and refined to look effortless. That's the discipline that separates fine residential from production residential. Look at the column thickness against the rafter depth. Look at the metal roof's overhang against the stone base. Each ratio was earned.

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Originally featured in Residential Design Magazine. Architecture by Hoedemaker Pfeiffer (Steve Hoedemaker, Justin Oldenhuis). Materials sourced from Vancouver Island stone, Pacific Northwest Douglas fir and Western red cedar.