Milestone

Upstairs sitting room millwork and sofa, main floor study pendant and desk.

Although the substantial completion of our Pt. Grey project happened a few months ago, we're still fine tuning the residence.  I've assembled a collection of detail views here to impart the feeling of the residence.  Once our last few items can be checked off, we'll look forward to revealing the finished results; adding professional image captures to our web site.

Custom entry hall console, movable wall, custom sofa and guest room bedside

Living room rocker, Bocci stairwell, dining fixture and custom credenza.

Family room bar, custom screening sofa and floating stair treads.

Final Phase

exterior

The ground up construction of our Point Grey project started back in the fall of 2013 and as we approach the fall of 2015, the final phase of construction is underway.  So much of the finishing work on a custom residence depends on the design documentation and careful workmanship that has proceeded it.   For this project heirloom has been our mantra, it's truly rewarding to see our design work carried out with such precision.  We appreciate all phases of construction but the excitement grows as these finished spaces begin to reveal themselves. Very much looking forward to seeing this highly crafted home completed and ready to host the family we designed it for.

kitchen, central stair, master bath

bedroom 

powder room, upstairs sitting room, master bedroom, typical ensuite

family room

Closing In

Images of living / dining areas with terrace + lower right study

At our Point Grey project most of the summer and early fall, have been consumed with installing all of the home's infrastructure.  So much of a projects success relies on getting the early work right.  We're lucky to have a great project team that is thoughtful about every detail, working through our ID construction documents to achieve all our design intentions.  Here are a few progress images with all the windows installed and wall board being applied; the interiors spaces are taking shape.   

Images of stair well, principle bath + bedroom

To achieve a visually clean (uncluttered) appearance within the interior architecture, requires planning and precision installations during the the rough in stages.  Every detail needs to be well considered both on it's own and in context of the whole.  Making spaces look simple and uncomplicated is a very involved process.       

Rear elevation

Site Specific

The west coast tradition of modernism, is one of connecting architecture to it's environment and creating an indoor outdoor synergy.  One of our goals when designing this Point Grey residence was to take full advantage of it's situation. With numerous rooms opening on to exterior terraces, some with expansive views and others with more intimate garden outlooks, at each level we wanted the residence to embrace it's site .  

Working with Paul Sangha Landscape Architecture, to provide the exterior site design, their artistry is eveident in every aspect of the design work for this special property.  Paul and his accomplished group, have maximized the varied terrain creating many different experiences within gardens.  They've brought architecture into the landscape by creating structure that beautifully supports both plant and human life in a harmonious setting.  We're so looking forward to next spring and seeing our client's wonderful project come to fruition.      

entry garden 

spa pool + fire feature with reflecting pool

elevation at rear of residence + seasonal colour story

Fully Framed

A few months have passed since my initial Point Grey project diary post.   The project has made good progress and is now fully framed, and ready for infrastructure + rough-in installations.   Although we've been visualizing the interior spaces and exterior form for some time now, it's wonderful to actually experience the interior, spatially and the exterior in context to it's situation.   We planned this home to connect to intimate garden spaces and remarkable out looks of Vancouver at large.  All of the views are beautifully framed by large picture windows, with many wrapping around corners to broaden these amazing vistas. I'll be posting more of our progress and project design material soon.    

cantilever roof with wrap around bay window

view from covered terrance across living room

living room picture window 

clerestory windows in powder room + at upper level stairwell

principal bedroom 

Beginning

RBI rendering of Point Grey residence

We began working with our clients on this wonderful residence, some time ago and it's design has morphed to a place where we are now ready to build it.   The home occupies one of the premier sites in Vancouver, with spectacular views of mountains, city and sea.  We'll be following it's development throughout the duration of construction, in a feature project diary, here on our blog.

Foundations fully framed and ready for concrete