A home from the ground up, built with nature in mind
An architect?s home brings a New Zealand mindset to Vancouver?s coastline The evergreens that frame architect Mark Ritchie and finance professional Lisa Mingo?s Vancouver home look as if they cozy right up to the back of the house. The effect is a tromp l?oeil, because in reality, an expansive deck, lush landscaping, and a stair-step backyard sit snugly in the crook of an L-shaped structure that ladders up to the pine trees.
Ritchie, a Kiwi, and Mingo, a Canadian, moved to Vancouver from New Zealand with their two boys, Connor and Dylan, in 2008, the same year Ritchie co-founded Architecture Building Culture with Portland, Oregon-based Brian Cavanaugh. The couple also bought the property on which their house now stands, in the Eagle Harbour area of West Vancouver, that August. But the lot wasn?t a clean slate: a circa-1950 ranch already stood there. The family lived in the house for five years, from 2008 to 2013. Ritchie initially debated whether to renovate the existing structure or tear it down and begin again, but over time, the home?s structural problems became apparent. The property sits right at the edge of a forested cliff, which encourages a high level of water runoff, particularly in the spring.
The back deck is home to Solair chairs from Vancouver Special. Native landscaping like blueberries, salal, and huckleberries grace the property?s garden.
?We had one year where the water came down the mountain and almost flooded us because the...
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