A Modern Vancouver House Clad in Cedar Shingles
This modern Vancouver house project seeks to answer this question through an alternative design process for the single-family home typology, as governed by existing land use bylaws of Vancouver.
This modern Vancouver house project seeks to answer this question through an alternative design process for the single-family home typology, as governed by existing land use bylaws of Vancouver.
The clients were living on a rural property east of Seattle but were drawn back to the vibrancy of the city. The Helen house should be open and light filled but also provide privacy. Above all, the owners described a quiet design integrated with landscape that would create a tangible calmness in the home.
Located directly adjacent to Pacific Spirit Park, the FdVA design team identified the forest setting of the neighbourhood as the driving design element. The Vancouver house is conceived as a pavilion in a park: a loose arrangement of simple, bold elements that float in a park-like atmosphere.
Light, simplicity and materiality were the guiding design elements for this modest 3,000 square foot Beverly Hills home. Respectful to a neighborhood mainly consisting of Spanish-styled homes from the 1940s, scale and mass were kept comparable.
Sorrento House is a coastal holiday house composed of a series of stepped pavilions reflecting the sites undulating topography. The living space, master bedroom and guest bedroom sit under the main roof plane, while a separate pavilion, linked by the deck, incorporates two further bedrooms.
The requirement was for a large new family concrete home maximising connection to the exterior spaces and views over Auckland harbour. To create connection to the terraces, pool and gardens, the living areas were all placed one level below street entry level.
Located within a private oceanfront community established in the 19th century, this Hamptons house is for a young couple looking for a home that would accommodate their growing family and reflect their modern lifestyle.
Steel screens and profiled-metal cladding and roofs accentuate the heavy metal theme, while cedar to the north and the street elevation softens the house as a neighbourly presence in the street.