Double Header House / D’Arcy Jones Architecture
Experience the charm of the Double Header House in Fernwood, Victoria. Designed by D’Arcy Jones Architecture, this unique home offers a harmonious blend of modernity and warmth.
D’Arcy Jones Architects
About D’Arcy Jones Architects
D’Arcy Jones Architects (DJA) is a studio practice in Vancouver known for design excellence. Regardless of a project’s size or type, we believe in clear ideas, balancing budgets with quality, and precision. Combining pragmatism and invention, we like to play with common construction techniques and a building’s proportions. We like to make architecture built with traditional and unconventional materials, and we work hard to create designs that are curious and classic.
Our work has been widely published, with features in Architectural Record, Dwell, Hauser, and Canadian Architect. Recent practice honours include the 2017 Emerging Firm Award from the AIBC, the 2017 Emerging Architectural Practice Award from the RAIC / Architecture Canada and the Ronald J. Thom Award for Early Design Achievement from the Canada Council for the Arts. Project honours include two AIBC Lieutenant Governor’s Award of Excellence Medals, two Canadian Architect Awards, a Canadian Wood Council Award and a Vancouver Urban Design Award.
Newness is highly valued in contemporary culture. To stay relevant, architecture needs to reflect this newness in the built world, but more maturely and more sustainably. Since newness and history complement and enhance each other, we believe that practising architecture requires lifelong learning. Architecture of depth and substance comes from looking backwards and forwards simultaneously, to find inspiration in the technical and poetic accomplishments of every culture.
LOCATION: Vancouver BC, Canada
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Rotunda Apartments / D’Arcy Jones Architects
Masterfully designed by the award-winning architect D’Arcy Jones for refined living, Rotunda is an architecturally significant collection of homes in the heart of James Bay Village.
Ha-Ha House / D’Arcy Jones Architects
This farmhouse is located on a 14-acre farm in British Columbia’s Fraser River valley. It enjoys panoramic views of hazelnut orchards, glacial hills, Mount Baker, and Mount Cheam.
Lampa House by D’Arcy Jones Architects
The Lampa house was sited between mature Garry Oaks at the east and rock outcroppings near the street at the west. Living spaces and a pool are organized in a U-shape, enclosing a lushly planted courtyard.
House in Studen by D’Arcy Jones Architects
This raw and weighty house is located in a small rural village south of Zurich, backing onto a narrow river. The house’s blunt form was designed to shed snow and let in lots of natural light.
Deep Cove House by D’Arcy Jones Architects
The Deep Cove House seems smaller than it really is. A basement under the lower level conceals a gym, a sauna and mechanical spaces.
House With Two Bay Windows / D’Arcy Jones Architecture
This new infill project is tucked between two houses from very different eras. On the left is an original house from the early 1900’s, where one of the clients grew up. On the right is a 1980’s version of the same kind of house.
Lui House / D’Arcy Jones Architecture
The Lui House enthusiastically embraces this odd and archaic approach to street-making, by taking the best elements of the neighbouring houses and re-assembling them into a muted face that is agreeable enough to not stand out, but atypical enough to suggest a rich inner world.