The Nanton Residence is a modern brick home in Vancouver, Canada, designed for a large multi-generational family by BLA Design Group.

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BLA Design Group and Wiedemann Architectural create a modern brick house that integrates into a long sloping site and features sweeping views westward over Vancouver.
The Nanton Residence is a modern brick home located in Vancouver, Canada. Designed for a large multi-generational family, this residence makes a bold statement from its position on a highly visible corner lot next to Vancouver?s Arbutus Greenway. The house is a collaborative project between Wiedemann Architectural and an emerging studio, BLA Design Group. The practice of BLA Design Group is built around an approach to architecture in which each project is led by the unique conditions of both the local and site-specific context, as well as the idiosyncratic needs of each client. The Nanton residence embodies these objectives as it comprises a series of large terraces which integrate into a long sloping site and feature sweeping views westward over Vancouver. Heavy and robust, the durable four-level home is embedded deep into the site. The design manages to reduce the home?s scale as it appears from the street, while still having a large and open floor plan with direct access to the large rear yard. Three floors rise fully above the ground facing the rear yard, while window wells and a large sunken patio bring light deep into the other half of t...