Location: West Vancouver, BC, Canada
Area: 6,300 sf
Year: 2015
Architects: Mcleod Bovell Modern Houses
Designers in Charge: Matt Mcleod, Lisa Bovell
Manufacturers: Accoya, Benjamin Moore, Caesarstone, Lightolier, Resysta
Photography: © Ema Peter, Martin Tessler
Situated on a steep and technically challenging site, this single family home was designed to capture views of the outer harbour and heavy marine traffic along the jagged West Vancouver coast line. The home’s irregular shape traces the site boundary, coming to an angled blinder that provides privacy from tight adjacent properties. A natural, minimalist palate of raw concrete, steel, leather and wood creates a calm interior space that doesn’t distract from the framed ocean view beyond.
Movement into the house is carefully choreographed to disguise the considerable elevation change from street to living space – no individual stair run is greater than 1/2 story, allowing an unobstructed sightline from the oversized pivot entrance door through to the terrace. Similarly, the split level arrangement allows for generous volumes in the main living spaces and a closer connection between upper and main floor, while also providing dramatic elements such as the 40 foot elevation drop from the suspended deck and plunge pool to the rear garden below.
Mcleod Bovell Modern Houses
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Mcleod Bovell Modern Houses
McLeod Bovell is a collaborative design partnership specializing in complete residential architecture. Since 2008, firm has grown to include a group of 10 designers with diverse backgrounds in architecture, interior and landscape design. more
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293 Columbia Street
Vancouver, BC
V6A 2R5
email: lisa@mcleodbovell.com
phone: 1 604 723 4645
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