Canadian design firm McLeod Bovell has created a two-storey dwelling for a sloped site with sea views, with a bright red facade and a rear volume that cantilevers over a swimming pool. Located in West Vancouver, the Container House was designed for a couple who have three grown children and are eyeing retirement. For the
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Photography by Ema Peter Photography McLeod Bovell Modern Houses have completed a new house in West Vancouver, Canada, for a couple with three grown children, who requested a compact and simplified living arrangement with an eye to retirement. The couple sought spaces that offered the ease of an apartment with the addition of inviting […]
Historic log structures, A-frame huts and modern holiday homes feature in a sweeping exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery, which chronicles the development of cabins in North America over the past few centuries. Occupying the entire second floor of the gallery, Cabin Fever explores the North American cabin as an architectural form and a cultural
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Vancouver studio Falken Reynolds has added 11 skylights, pale Scandinavian-style woodwork and bright white surfaces behind the metal-clad walls of this narrow house. Falken Reynolds was enlisted to complete the interiors and layout for Saint George House, which local practice Randy Bens Architect had designed in Vancouver’s South Main neighbourhood – a trendy area also
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Husband-and-wife duo Emily and Nathan Danylchuk of Rane Interiors have used cream-coloured details, slatted wood, and Ikea Odger chairs to brighten a Japanese restaurant in Vancouver. The Saku restaurant, in the Canadian city’s downtown area, was renovated inside and out to dramatically transform the existing commercial space. Local studio Rane Interiors led the project. Emily was
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Luxury 1950s Mexican vacationlands and the style of a “gaudy” furniture designer have informed the interior of this taco restaurant in Vancouver, by local designer Shiloh Sukkau. Located on West Pender Street in the city’s Downtown area, the Tacofino Oasis is the latest outpost of a Mexican restaurant chain that serves tacos and burritos in
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Büro Ole Scheeren has revealed plans for a pair of skyscrapers in Vancouver that would be formed from irregularly stacked glass boxes interlaced with greenery. Named the Barclay Village, the pair of towers will be located in the city’s West End on a plot set between the Davie and Robson Villages. According to the architect
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Canadian studio Falken Reynolds has chosen stark white surfaces and contemporary finishes to enhance the original features of a historic Vancouver residence. The local firm renovated the ground floor of a 100-year-old townhouse on Hemlock Street, in the city’s South Granville neighbourhood. Taking its name from its location, the project involved retaining the home’s character while
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Vancouver firm Michael Green Architecture has built a boathouse for storing racing shells and sails and monitoring maritime activity, with translucent walls and garage doors. The Dock Building was built for the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club on a modest budget by the local architecture studio. The private recreational facility is formed of two connected masses, joined
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Canadian studio Diamond Schmitt Architects has completed a new home for the Emily Carr University of Art & Design, which features white facades that are meant to evoke a blank canvas. Located just east of Downtown Vancouver, the building serves as the new “campus” for the 93-year-old arts institution that formerly was located on Granville
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