Esquimalt House by Mcleod Bovell Modern Houses

Designers: Mcleod Bovell Modern Houses
Project Team: Matt Mcleod & Lisa Bovell
Builder: Powers Construction
Photography: Ema Peter & Martin Tessler

Home's facade showcasing its modern architecture with clean lines, concrete panels, and expansive glazing.
Home’s facade showcasing its modern architecture with clean lines, concrete panels, and expansive glazing.
Concrete stairs overhanging the pond.
Concrete stairs overhanging the pond.
The pond can be viewed from the study through corner windows.
The pond can be viewed from the study through corner windows.
A free-flowing floor plan showcasing the sunken living room and eat-in kitchen.
A free-flowing floor plan showcasing the sunken living room and eat-in kitchen.
This living space extends onto an airy deck with unobstructed views of downtown Vancouver.
This living space extends onto an airy deck with unobstructed views of downtown Vancouver.

 

A fire pit at the patio enhances outdoor entertaining.
A fire pit at the patio enhances outdoor entertaining.
Night view of the pool terrace looking out the lush surrounding.
Night view of the pool terrace looking out the lush surrounding.
Main level floor plan of the Esquimalt House.
Main level floor plan of the Esquimalt House.
Upper level floor plan of the Esquimalt House.
Upper level floor plan of the Esquimalt House.
Lower level floor plan of the Esquimalt House.
Lower level floor plan of the Esquimalt House.
Section of the Esquimalt House.
Section of the Esquimalt House.

The Esquimalt house is situated on a steep and unusually wide property with significant views of downtown Vancouver, the Lion’s Gate Bridge and Burrard Inlet. The client’s, who came to Canada from East Africa, requested that their house operate at different scales: as a space for religious gatherings and business, as well as a place for them as a couple. The low-contrast grey and white palette of the house is intended to create a gallery-like setting for the display of artifacts of cultural and religious significance.

Movement and program are terraced laterally and vertically across the site and through the house, mitigating the slope and separating quasi-public areas at one side of the property from private living spaces on the other. Bedrooms are consolidated into a compact upper floor volume to one side of the house where they float above an elongated main floor.

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