Green Gables

STA Office Architecture - Green Gables - North Vancouver - Residential Architecture

STA Office is an architectural practice based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, established in 2016. The Office applies its knowledge, work, and sensibilities to design projects across a range of scales and building typologies, seeking clear and transformative outcomes. The practice was founded by Architect, Seng Tsoi. Our built projects include custom homes, multi-family housing, public buildings, commercial buildings, major renovations, and residential and commercial interiors.

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Private commission; completed 2019

Lot subdivision, heritage restoration and relocation, single-family home

District of North Vancouver, BC

Original Architect: James C. Mackenzie, built in 1915

3,500 SF [325 SM]

Heritage Consultant: Donald Luxton & Associates

Credits: project initiated by co.lab architecture inc., completed by Seng Tsoi Architect Inc.

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This project involved revitalizing Green Gables, a one-and-a-half-storey wood-frame house with a basement, located in the Upper Lonsdale neighbourhood of the District of North Vancouver. The original house was designed by Architect James Clark Mackenzie and constructed in 1915, a period of marked expansion and development of North Vancouver.

Through a heritage revitalization agreement, its restoration and relocation accommodated four separate lots through subdivision, including the parcel on which it would sit. This enabled increased density and its conservation as a significant piece of regional heritage.

The lifting of the house provided an opportunity to reconfigure and reconstruct the basement foundation and servicing. The entire exterior was carefully restored, and the interior refurbished to accommodate modern present-day residential use.