Split Level House | D’Arcy Jones Architects
Designed by D’Arcy Jones Architects, Split Level House gutted and re-built a classic split-level house from the early 1980s. Along angular space was completely opened up, to create an airy sense of volume not possible in Vancouver anymore, since high ceilings heights are not allowed in any new house. Constricted stairs, dropped ceilings and non-load-bearing walls between the living areas were removed, but the existing exterior shape of the house was not changed or enlarged. Old window locations were preserved to leave the house?s structure almost completely intact and then elongated to let more light in. Since the house is on a prominent corner site, corner windows were added to create panoramic views out into the established neighborhood.
Photography: Sama Jim Canzian At the exterior, the house?s existing simple builder details were preserved or repaired to create a strong contrast between the old house and the new interior. This project dignifies a disparaged era of Western Canadian architecture-without-architects that was actually quite robust, quietly futuristic and reflective of the families that lived inside. The best domestic building of the 1980s was a re-working of the local wood frame building traditions that were only one hundred years old in British Columbia.
Photography: Sama Jim Canzian
After the 1980s, the next chapter of builder houses embraced faux finishes and unnatural materials, which has stuck around to the present. This renovation project was onl...
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