Mingo Residence in West Vancouver, BC Home
The Mingo Residence is designed by Architecture Building Culture and takes its cue from the landscape. It is a single story house that climbs the sloping property in four large steps.
Vancouver building designs
The Dock Building in Vancouver, BC
The Royal Vancouver Yacht Club’s new Dock Building, designed by Michael Green Architecture, is an example of industrial architectural elegance crafted from a modest budget.
Sunset House in West Vancouver, BC Property
McLeod Bovell Modern Houses designed Sunset House located on a steep and technically challenging site in West Vancouver. The Sunset House is designed to capture immediate views of heavy marine traffic and the open sea to the west.
G’day House in Vancouver, British Columbia
McLeod Bovell Modern Houses designed The G’Day House for an Australian ex-patriate family, who requested a home that would support a relaxed attitude toward daily life and would help them re-connect with a warm-weather lifestyle.
Esquimalt House in Vancouver, British Columbia
McLeod Bovell Modern Houses designed the Esquimalt house on an steep and unusually wide site with significant views of downtown Vancouver, the Lion’s Gate Bridge and Burrard Inlet.
Cambie Fire Hall No. 3 and BC Ambulance
Designed by Assembly Architecture and S2 Architecture, Cambie Fire Hall No. 3 and Richmond North Ambulance Station provides the City of Richmond with a state-of-the-art facility for some of Canada’s bravest first responders.
Swallowfield Barn in Langley, BC Farm Building
Designed by Asher deGroot of MOTIV Architects for his parents on their farm in rural Langley, BC, Canada. The goal of the Swallowfield Barn was to use the design and construction to strengthen the bond between a tight-knit family and to build community
The Exchange in Vancouver, Howe Street Office
The Exchange is located in the heart of Vancouver. Selected by the city officials as one of a few new, high density, office developments in the city’s central business district this new tower, by Harry Gugger Studio, will bring valuable diversity
CapCalm Office Space in Vancouver Headquarters
DIALOG’s ‘CapCalm’ design is a mature expression of Capcom’s business – past, present and future – it reflects a considerate understanding of a creative’s needs and the psychology of contemporary workplace design.
Cha Le Teahouse in Vancouver Hamilton Street
Cha Le Teahouse provides a modernist interpretation of the traditional Chinese tea ritual. The space is defined by a minimalist character that relies on an interplay of geometry and material uniformity. A meticulously coordinated plywood matrix motif replicated throughout the space creates a sense of rhythm, depth and shadow.
Emily Carr University of Art + Design in Vancouver
Emily Carr University of Art + Design in Vancouver opens its new campus. The 92-year-old institution relocates to a purpose-built facility designed by Diamond Schmitt Architects on the east side of downtown. This 26,700-sqm (290,000 sf) landmark building anchors regeneration of an industrial zone.
Vancouver Architecture: British Columbia Buildings
e-architect select what we feel are the key examples of Vancouver Buildings, BC. We cover completed buildings, new building designs and architecture competitions across British Columbia. The focus is on contemporary British Columbia buildings.
Martin’s Lane Winery Kelowna Building
Design: Olson Kundig, Architects. Tucked into a hillside in Kelowna, British Columbia, the design of the newest winery in the von Mandl Family Estates creates an intimate relationship between the topography of the land and a new gravity-flow winery.
Backcountry Hut in Vancouver, British Columbia
Design: Leckie Studio – Canadian architecture award news. The Backcountry Hut Company was set up to assist both individuals and organizations to design and build low-cost easy to assemble holiday cabins.
Metamorphous Seawall on the BC Coastline
Design: Paul Sangha Landscape Architecture. The abstracted shape of the corten, in conjunction with strategic boulder placement along the foreshore played an integral role in dissipating wave energy and ultimately, facilitating the deposition of sand to enhance foreshore and create habitat for flora and fauna.
UYU Ice Cream Shop in Vancouver
Design: Leckie Studio Architecture + Design. Inspired by crystalline patterns found in frost, an irregular motif is developed for the water jet cut metal wall and ceiling panels. This pattern also references UYU’s logo and identity, playfully suggesting the store’s product: ice cream.
UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vancouver
Design: Saucier + Perrotte architectes with HCMA. The site consists of a 20,240 sqm parcel of land located at an important university entry point. The building was thus designed to act as a gateway, engaging the community with an open, transparent and inviting ground floor.
Cadence Residence, Vancouver Island, BC
Design: Keith Baker Design Inc. This residence on Vancouver Island was designed as a series of pavilions, nestled along the sunny shoreline of Lantzville on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. This stunning home was an award-winner even while it was on the ‘drawing board’.
