A North Vancouver Residence and Pool House Connected by Landscape

"Two neighboring lots in North Vancouver, British Columbia, were combined into a single ground plane where a main residence, a pool house, and a greenhouse sit not as standalone buildings but as moments within one continuous landscape. The project treats architecture, interiors, and terrain as a single continuous material argument - one where no element claims hierarchy over the others and every threshold between inside and outside is deliberately blurred."

"Ryan Donohoe, founder and principal landscape designer at Donohoe Living Landscapes, treated the boundary less like a fence and more like a civic gesture - pushing back against the fortress thinking that drives so much suburban residential work. The greenhouse and vegetable planters face the public lane, and boulevard plantings spill past the property line."

"The modern farmhouse vocabulary of the architecture - brick, wood slat, and generous glazing - finds its counterpoint in HB Design's interior material strategy. The palette reads neutral and earthy, pulled from the tones already present in the surroundings, but what actually sets the interiors apart is how familiar materials get reworked to sidestep their usual associations."

A North Vancouver project merges two neighboring lots into a single ground plane where architecture, interiors, and landscape operate as one continuous material argument without hierarchical distinction. The 6,100 square feet of built space comprises a 4,235-square-foot three-level main house and a 1,870-square-foot pool house connected only by a landscape-designed alley serving as a deliberate threshold. The design philosophy treats boundaries as civic gestures rather than barriers, with the greenhouse and plantings extending past the property line. Modern farmhouse architectural vocabulary in brick and wood combines with neutral, earthy interior materials that subvert conventional associations, creating a cohesive aesthetic where every threshold between inside and outside is intentionally blurred.

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