Canadian studio Measured Architecture has used a palette of cypress wood, board-formed concrete and metal to create a family home and "laneway house" for a narrow lot in Vancouver.
The Rough House is located in the city's Kitsilano neighbourhood. Encompassing 3,600 square feet (334 square metres), the residence consists of the main home and a laneway house ? a small, detached dwelling that occupies the rear of a property and faces an alley.

The two homes sit on opposite sides of an elevated deck.
The rectilinear buildings were kept narrow in order to make room for side yards and light wells.

"Fundamental to the success of this project is the separation of the home from its neighbours in a tight urban condition, through the narrowing of building to support increased side-yard landscape edges and exterior light-well circulation,? said Measured Architecture, a studio based in Vancouver.
The main dwelling consists of a single-storey box adjoined to a two-storey volume. A pathway made of hexagonal stone pavers leads to the north-facing front door.
The team aimed to create a "play of textures to increase an intimacy between materials and occupant".

The larger volume is clad in carbonised cypress, while the smaller volume has exterior walls made of board-formed concrete.
The boards used to form the concrete were white-washed and then repurposed as cladding for soffits and window surrounds.

The materials "address the need for compositional balanc...