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Laneway House // Vancouver, BC // Budget: Not Disclosed // Multi-Storey multi-unit development on Strathcona Laneway // Features: Contemporary Vernacular, Sustainable, Densification // Construction: Fall 2008-2009

 

Defining a new approach to working within the historic neighborhood of Strathcona, the laneway house and retained character house along East Georgia Street represent a uniquie opportunity for retention, and densification and reactivation of an historical streetscape and laneway in one of Vanouver's oldest neighbourhoods

 
 
 
 
 
 
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Laneway Infill - Strathcona, Vancouver


Solar hot water heaters sit above the south-facing porch canopy, showcasing passive and active solar strategies in a seamless example of the contemporary venacular

 

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