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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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“An awfully idyllic response to climate change” says commenter

February 1, 2023 Rupert Bickersteth 0

In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing MVRDV’s envisioning for Vancouver’s waterfront in the year 2100 and the “world’s most aggressive SUV”. Dutch architecture studio MVRDV released a study that aims to offer possible solutions to urban planning in the face of rising sea levels by reimagining the Vancouver waterfront. The Sea Level Rise Catalogue looks at methods

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Leckie Studio creates timber-clad house to frame views of Canadian Rockies

January 27, 2023 James Brillon 0

Leckie studio has completed Camera House in the mountains of British Columbia with dramatic windows and skylights that are meant to frame the surrounding landscape like a camera lens. The single-storey house is clad in dark timber boards, which the studio said helps it blend into its lush forest setting. The building’s steep roofline is

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MVRDV envisions Vancouver with 2100 predicted sea level rise

January 27, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

Dutch architecture studio MVRDV has released a study that aims to offer possible solutions to urban planning in the face of rising sea levels be reimagining the Vancouver waterfront. Called the Sea Level Rise Catalogue, the project looks at methods for adapting to rising sea levels, which according to the IPCC could rise as much as

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Dezeen Debate features BIG’s “unnatural” Vancouver House skyscraper in Canada

November 17, 2022 Saudatu Bah 0

The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Debate newsletter features BIG’s twisted 155-meter-high skyscraper in Canada. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. Architecture studio BIG has revealed its Vancouver House skyscraper in Canada. Completed in 2020, the building’s “distinctive form” was informed by the Flatiron building in New York. The 52-storey skyscraper has a triangular plan that

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BIG unveils twisted skyscraper designed “in the tradition of Flatiron”

November 14, 2022 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Danish architecture studio BIG has unveiled the 155-meter-high Vancouver House skyscraper in Canada that twists upwards from a triangular base. Completed in 2020 but recently photographed, the building has a twisted form that derives from its wedge-shaped site alongside the ramps leading to Granville bridge in the city’s downtown. This distinctive form is designed to

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Stephanie Brown renovates Vancouver home to have “fewer formalised spaces”

November 12, 2022 Dan Howarth 0

Large family get-togethers are enjoyed in the open-concept living spaces at this house in Vancouver, which interior designer Stephanie Brown has overhauled with entertaining in mind. The home is situated in a quiet, upscale neighborhood in the Canadian city. Built in 1991, it originally featured a postmodern aesthetic, while subsequent renovations favoured the craftsmen style.

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Edmonds International creates V-shaped home on a Vancouver hillside

November 8, 2022 Jenna McKnight 0

Architecture studio Edmonds International has designed a house called Reflections Villa in Vancouver that consists of two glazed wings and a central pond that form a “peaceful city sanctuary”. Designed for a family of six, the house sits on a forested hillside in West Vancouver – a municipality outside of Vancouver proper – with views

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OSO completes Vancouver skyscraper modelled on Japanese lanterns

October 20, 2022 Ben Dreith 0

Tokyo-based architecture studio OSO has completed Deloitte Summit, a skyscraper in Vancouver with stacked protruding boxes that resemble a set of lanterns. The 24-storey tower was constructed using a series of steel-framed cubes stacked on top of each other to create a sculptural effect. Taking up an initial plan for the site developed by another

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Leckie Studio imitates stalactite formations inside Vancouver’s AER Skinlab

July 4, 2022 Natasha Levy 0
Reception of AER Skinlab in Vancouver by Leckie Studio with marble walls and stalactite-like ceiling installation

Quarries and caves served as visual references for this marble-lined skincare clinic in Vancouver, Canada, designed by local firm Leckie Studio. Set on the ground level of Vancouver’s Waterfall Building, AER Skinlab offers a selection of cosmetic injections and laser treatments. Leckie Studio wanted to create a calm, grounding interior for the clinic to make it

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