Hospitality, Community Hub, Event, Residential, Adaptive Re-Use

Allswell Resort, Prince Edward County

Purchased as an existing cottage rental property, the site featured 10 seasonal cabins (built circa 1950), a main residence, an original barn, with several small ancillary structures across the property. Working closely with the local Council and Conservation area, the Allswell Resort modernizes the site to meet the region’s goal of year-round tourism and community engagement.


CONSTRUCTION 2026

 

On the edge of East Lake, in the heart of Prince Edward County, Allswell Resorts proposes a new kind of Canadian retreat—rooted in landscape, modular in execution, and designed with an ethos of rhythm, restraint, and return. Set on 3.7 acres of lakefront, the resort reimagines the seasonal rituals of cottage country through a contemporary architectural lens: one that embraces stillness and conviviality in equal measure.

 
 
 

The masterplan brings together ten prefabricated cabins, a reimagined 12-room Inn, a restored barn, and a central pool and clubhouse—all connected by a walkable, re-wilded landscape that fosters intimacy without isolation. Every move on the site balances performance and poetry: a place where design supports memory-making, where material systems enable flexibility, and where the architecture of retreat is recalibrated for long-term operational and cultural sustainability.

 
 
 

The planning includes:

• An accessible site and landscape with guest and visitor parking, multiple recreation and exterior communal areas, a swimming pool and beach access.

• Renovation and addition to the main residence to a four-bedroom villa and event space, adjacent to a new twelve-bedroom inn.

• 10 new pre-fabricated four-season cabins (5 one-bedroom and 5 two-bedroom  cabins).

• Refurbishing the existing ancillary structures to support the site-wide operations of the resort.

• Food & beverage services.

 
 
 
 
 
 

Arrival is gentle. Visitors pass the old barn—now a public venue—before reaching the drop-off and entering the resort on foot. The site opens gradually, framed by informal mounding, shifting elevations, and long, low views to the lake. Circulation follows the topography, not against it. Privacy is carved into the land itself, using earthworks and native planting to create softness and separation between units.

All infrastructure is embedded: stormwater, waste treatment, and power are designed to support four-season use with minimal intrusion—offering the flexibility of a resort with the quiet presence of a private retreat.

 
 
 
 
 
 

At the centre of the site is a 3,250-square-foot pool and deck, bordered by day cabanas, soft planting, and a clubhouse with food and beverage service. Designed to host up to 100 guests, this area serves as both daytime anchor and event venue. In colder months, it transitions into an ice rink surrounded by fire pits and warming huts, creating a rare four-season outdoor gathering space in a hospitality context.

 
 
 
 
 

At the core of the project are ten sculptural, pre-fabricated cabins. Each cabin is uniquely oriented and tactically screened to preserve privacy, daylight, and view corridors.

Interiors are themed—Artist, Chef, Writer, Musician— outfitted with furnishings and layouts that support creative rest.

 
 
 

Every decision in the Allswell masterplan is made in dialogue with continuity—of material, of use, of landscape, and of memory. From the modular delivery of cabins to the decentralized programming and embedded servicing, the resort is built to be agile, sustainable, and quietly luxurious.

 
 
 

The original main house is expanded and reprogrammed as a 12-room Inn with shared kitchen, lounge, and event space. The Inn encourages intersection—between guests, between programs, and between seasons. It acts as both the social heart and operational backbone of the resort, designed to flex from daily hospitality to intimate retreats and off-season workshops. Guests move from room to shared space to shoreline in a continuum of openness and retreat.