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D’Arcy Jones adds subterranean garage to century-old house in Vancouver

January 25, 2024 Jenna McKnight 0

Canadian architecture studio D’Arcy Jones Architects has completed a project called John Street Redo, which involved renovating and enlarging an early 1900s home in a way that is “forward-looking without erasing an old building’s original charm”. Located in East Vancouver, the project was designed for a young couple who had a baby upon the home’s

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McLeod Bovell uses cantilevers in “fortress-like” West Vancouver house

December 22, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

Local design studio McLeod Bovell has completed a seaside home with a dramatic cantilever and multiple lightwells in West Vancouver, British Columbia. Vancouver-based McLeod Bovell Modern Houses designed the 10,940-square foot (1,016-square metre) Liminal House in 2022. “The ‘liminal’ is a transformational state between where one thing begins and another ends; the position where something

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KPF creates skyscraper with “aqueous form” in Vancouver

November 15, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

American architecture studio Kohn Pedersen Fox has created a glass-clad skyscraper with an undulating facade and parapets on a sloped site in downtown Vancouver. Located on a sloping site near Vancouver’s waterfront, 320 Granville is a 30-storey skyscraper designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) to host offices in the Canadian city’s urban core. The building,

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Dezeen Agenda features skyscrapers planned for indigenous land

October 24, 2023 Saudatu Bah 0

The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features designs for residential skyscrapers in Vancouver, Canada. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. Revery Architecture has revealed plans for the Sen̓áḵw residential skyscrapers, which are set to be constructed on the Squamish Nation’s land in Vancouver. The development will consist of more than 10 residential towers,

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Skyscrapers planned for Indigenous land “look like the future of Vancouver”

October 18, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

Revery Architecture has designed the Sen̓áḵw residential skyscrapers for the Squamish Nation’s land in Vancouver, which will aid economic development and “benefit all Canadians”, according to the Indigenous group. More than 11 residential towers, with heights ranging from 12 to 58 storeys, are planned for the development, as well as a series of smaller buildings.

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SMStudio includes pool with underwater windows in “bold yet friendly” Vancouver house

September 27, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

Gridded fibre-cement cladding and a swimming pool with underwater windows feature at the East Van Residence in Vancouver by Canadian firm SMStudio. The project is in Hastings-Sunrise, a residential neighbourhood in East Vancouver, a mixed residential and industrial area that borders the city’s harbour. The home replaces a “tired, 1950s bungalow” that did not accommodate

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Kengo Kuma unveils “sculptural and iconic” skyscraper in Vancouver

June 20, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

Japanese architecture studio Kengo Kuma & Associates has completed a skyscraper in Vancouver, Canada, with a curved form and a semi-enclosed amphitheatre at its base. Called Alberni, the 43-storey residential skyscraper by Kengo Kuma & Associates (KKAA) is located in downtown Vancouver, near the waterfront on Vancouver Harbour. Its curved structure has a massing that

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Metal Cladding Wraps Around The Large Gable Roof Of This House

May 29, 2023 Erin 0

BLA Design Group has shared photos of their latest project, a unique modern home that marries the West and the East, linking a Chinese-Canadian family’s present lifestyle to their past memories. Located in Vancouver, Canada, the home has a prominent gable form that floats atop the main level of the house, creating a cantilevered cover […]

Splyce Design centres Vancouver house around “weightless” staircase

February 15, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

Local studio Splyce Design has designed a light-filled, angled house with glazed corners and a sculptural staircase overlooking the Burrard Inlet in Vancouver, British Columbia. Completed in 2021, the 5,700-square-foot (530-square-metre) residence, known as Yield House, is oriented east-west and responds to the varied setting in both directions. The front of the house – functioning

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Dezeen Debate features MVRDV’s “awfully idyllic” 2100 vision for Vancouver’s waterfront

February 2, 2023 Saudatu Bah 0

The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features MVRDV’s reimagining of Vancouver’s waterfront in response to rising sea levels. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. Following the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate change, which reported that sea levels could increase as much as two metres by 2100, MVRDV has released proposed plans for Vancouver’s waterfront featuring resilient

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