Article source: LWPAC – Lang Wilson Practice in Architecture Culture Inc.

Artful urban living in a time of progressive densification

The Vanglo house has been designed as a truly urban house for a compact inner city infill site, centrally located at 135 East 17th Street in Main Street area of Vancouver. The site is 66’ wide but only 44’ deep with a permissible density of 1,850sf for two tenants/ families with a 1,350sf 3BR main home and a 500sf 1BR rental garden suite.

Image Courtesy © Ema Peter

• Architects: LWPAC – Lang Wilson Practice in Architecture Culture Inc.
• Project: Vanglo House
• Location: 135 East 17th Avenue, Vancouver BC, Canada
• Photography: Ema Peter
• Developer and Builder: Vanglo Sustainable Construction Group
• Architect and Designer: LWPAC Lang Wilson Practice in Architecture Culture, Oliver Lang, Cynthia Wilson Principal, Thomas Bocahut
• Structural Engineer: PJB Engineering, Pershing J. Balayo
• Landscape Design: TLZ Design Consultants, Tenille Ziegenhagel
• Interior Design: LWPAC + Vanglo
• Lot size: 66’ x 40’ (w x d)
• Date of completion: June 2014

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