Home of the Week: Four & Four by McLeod Bovell Modern Houses
The clients came to the project with an interest in midcentury modernism, so McLeod Bovell conceived the house in that tradition, keeping its profile low and its corners sharp.
Vancouver Architecture
A Decade of Vancouver Interior Design Firm Falken Reynolds
If there’s a stalwart interior design firm in Western Canada, it is surely Vancouver’s Falken Reynolds. Since its opening ten years ago, the firm, led by principals Kelly Reynolds and Chad Falkenberg, has made a name for itself by designing interiors that ooze West Coast charm.
New Vancouver Residential Towers Challenge Traditional Outdoor Space
A new silhouette is slated to join Vancouver’s skyline of greens and blues. The seafoam-hued skyscraper planned for 1700 Alberni melds the urban and the wild in the form of a Gaudi-esque building with a petalled façade that looks almost photosynthetic.
West Vancouver’s Thompson House by Splyce Design
This home in West Vancouver completed in 2020 shows a classic modern geometric form with boxy shapes and concrete casting. But the materials lend a more complex appeal, namely the ribbed-cedar ceiling that stretches like a tarp over the whole structure.
Nanton Residence by BLA Design Group and Wiedemann Architectural Design
Tasked with designing a home for a multigenerational family, BLA Design Group collaborated with Wiedemann Architectural Design to produce a stunning property that channels both the contemporary North American mansion and the artistic modern home.
Marine Drive Residence by Scott Posno Design
Modern castle.
Seven bedrooms and eight bathrooms explain the need for the double kitchens (the second being a spice/wok kitchen), and the primary dining space features a built-in banquet dining table.
BlackCliff House by McLeod Bovell Modern Houses
Monumental desires and benign disorientation.
For all the moments this house presents, though, the designers are interested in a material wholeness. Their signature monumental concrete plinths are grandiose.
Shaughnessy Tudor in Vancouver by Formwerks
This renovation of a 1930s Tudor-style home in Vancouver’s First Shaughnessy Heritage Conservation Area shows how modern amenities can be seamlessly implemented to bring classic designs into the 21st century.
North Vancouver Passive House Plus by Michael Green Architecture
A Craftsman Bungalow remodeled into a passive house while maintaining essential qualities of the original.
