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Editor’s MESSAGE

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ith a dynamic 2014 behind us and an inspiring new year in front of us, Homes & Living magazine proudly presents our popular ‘renovation’ issue for 2015.

I am happy to introduce myself as the new managing editor of Homes & Living magazine. I am honoured to have been appointed editor of such a prestigious publication, and I’d like to thank you for choosing Homes & Living over all other magazines in the home and design category.

New to our stable of renowned contributors and columnists is international travel expert and television personality Claire Newell. Claire will be providing luxury destination, hotel and spa recommendations each issue, and the content will be featured exclusively in Homes & Living.

As we celebrate another year of the highest sales growth of any home magazine in Western Canada, we are excited to announce that we are bringing Homes & Living to the Edmonton market.

Renovation and redesign are all about refreshing the look, the feel, and the enjoyment of a space, and thus, we are pleased to bring you our redesigned space: a renovated cover look.

As you look over our cover and read our pages I think you’ll agree that we have achieved our goal: a simplified appearance that creates even more space on its pages – just as you create more space in your home after a renovation.

As ever, we hope you find inspiration in the read, and that you hold in your hands a magazine you’ll keep on your coffee table, referring to often as you search for creative ideas for your ultimate home, retirement or vacation property.

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LAURA GOLDSTEIN For over 15 years Laura Goldstein has written features for Canadian House & Home, Style At Home, Chatelaine, Weddingbells, National Post, Globe and Mail and more recently, Savour Gourmet and Western Living. She continues to combine her love for the arts, design, travel, retail, food (and eating), meeting fascinating people and snooping through fabulous homes, as a never-ending source for articles.

GOODY NIOSI Goody Niosi is a former film director, scriptwriter and editor. She has been writing for newspapers and magazines since 1990 and also has six published books to her credit including The Romance Continues, the biography of well-known artists Nixie Barton and Grant Leier. She lives in the countryside on Vancouver Island where she is working on her next book.

NORA O’MALLEY Nora O’Malley is a bit of a globetrotter who, when pressed, would tell you that home base is in Calgary, Alberta. A freelance writer, Nora produces online content for Quiksilver and Roxy Australia and has contributed to The Surfer’s Path, Gripped The Climbing Magazine, WHERE Canadian Rockies and MEC’s 40th Anniversary print catalogue.

She recently completed her first manuscript about learning to surf and seeing the world.

TONY WHITNEY Tony Whitney has covered automobiles and the automobile industry for more than 25-years, handling assignments for TV, radio, consumer magazines, websites, business magazines, auto publications and newspapers.

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CLAIRE NEWELL Claire Newell is the official travel consultant for Global BC and bestselling author of Travel Best Bets.

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FAR OUT HOMES: mosman park

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LANDSCAPE architect: PAUL SANGHA

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designer PROFILE: DENISE HAMALAINEN

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an upscale neighbourhood lined with showy properties, Western Australian architect Paul Burnham set out to create a counterpoint. And much to every draftsman’s delight, his clients presented him with an impressive canvas: a vacant corner lot overlooking Perth’s Swan River and carte blanche to design their house.

“I sensed they had a real enthusiasm to embrace something new,” Burnham said of the family of five.

With that affirmation in mind, the pen-wielding architect retreated to his home office and mindfully sketched up a dwelling with the simplistic nature and extreme solidity of...a barn. ››

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LOVE SIMPLICITY IF YOU CAN DO SOMETHING SIMPLE, WELL PROPORTIONED AND WELL REFINED, IT CAN BE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING

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“I love simplicity,” he said. “If you can do something simple, well proportioned and well refined, it can be the most beautiful thing. Quite often in design, lots of people tend to add and add and add and make things complicated. I actually think it’s harder to do something simple and more resolved than visually complicated.”

Burnham offset the industrial steel frame structure with honey coloured Burmese Teak; his timber of choice being so robust and weather resilient that its primarily used for building boats and ship decks. To maximize panoramic views, he glassed the entire river-facing walls then treated them with a screen of operable aluminum louvers. The louvers – a particularly traditional Australian aesthetic – allow his clients total control over sun penetration and privacy.

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“You need to have shade in the summer months, but it’s nice to let the winter sun in. Homes here tend to get quite cold in the winter,” Burnham noted.

The interior of Mosman Park House boasts a unique upside down concept; the children’s rooms are on the ground floor while timber stairs lead up to the main living space, kitchen, parents rooms and an open study area.

Glossed teak panels and custom bricks brought in from Narrogin, a town southeast of Perth, are used on the inside walls. A lovely little loft area was also etched in just above the study.

The second ‘barn’ or volume to the Mosman Park House is elevated and set back from the street, offering the utmost privacy. Mirroring the main wing, the second volume is almost fully glassed to maximize views of the bustling Swan River. Bottlenose dolphins, sailboats, kayakers and windsurfers regularly journey in front of the waterfront residence.

“The afternoon sea breeze goes right through when you open it up,” Burnham added.

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PAUL SANGHA’S DESIGNED LIFE THE ARTIST’S JOURNEY FROM CLASSIC TO CONTEMPORARY DESIGN

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ancouver–based landscape architect Paul Sangha’s award-winning work can best be described as thought provoking, fluid, seamless contemporary art. Sangha creates unique landscapes for clients through meticulous architectural considerations, largely comprised of process-based design.

While Sangha employs a systematic approach to design, his overall creative process relies on the artist’s intuition, a sense of experiencing the journey before arriving at the final result.

His projects have taken on more contemporary design dimensions over the years, and Sangha admits that this transition is purely based on what is considered ‘contemporary’ or ‘classic’ design.

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THERE ARE SOME CHALLENGES PRESENT WITH CONTEMPORARY DESIGN THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY PREVALENT IN CLASSIC DESIGN...LESS ROOM FOR FUDGE There are some challenges present with contemporary design that are not necessarily prevalent in a classic design, he says.

Addressing contemporary work requires more consideration and detail and, he muses, ‘less room for fudge’.

Sangha explains that contemporary design is about trying to distill ideas in a very simplistic and way and it needs to be done with precision, otherwise it can go all wrong.

“We’re really trying to embrace that experiential quality and the fluidity of that experience through the site,” he says.

“Your eye automatically goes towards things that are not resolved or flaws in a project, it’s almost an intuitive process that everyone has; we try to minimize and remove all those things, so to create that decompression process things have to be really well thought out.’

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Sangha describes how each design comes to fruition through process, and how each work is created with the ultimate motif of experience.

From the beginning of each project and throughout, as well moving forward in the future of the design, the entire concept of the project is built on how the area will be experienced. Every detail has been thought out, from the time the afternoon sun will sweep a patio while a family sits and eats dinner, to how the surrounding foliage will evolve and feel over the course of the garden’s lifespan. Sangha has taken both personal and professional responsibility to ensure his designs, materials and ultimately how the garden will live, are sustainable. Not only are the gardens created to maximize their lifespan (200 years is ideal) they are also created with plans to use art as part of the experience in drawing the fluidity of indoors to outdoors.

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Sangha says that if a style or experience can be expressed and created with less, that it’s working on a couple of levels, one being the artistic level and the other being more environmentally responsible because its not as invasive in that process.

“If I can express an idea with a sort of a single brush stroke, that’s really the work of art now.”

A prime example of how Sangha has incorporated this experiential quality in his work is reflected in Metamorphouse; a corten steel sculpture designed to create a solution to the foreshore erosion for a waterfront property in Vancouver. This resulted in a sculptural piece that functions and adds to the natural environment and serves as a scenic art installation for the passerby on the ocean.

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DESIGNER PROFILE

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A WORLD OF DESIGN FORESEEING FUTURE DESIGN TRENDS

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or Denise Hamalainen, all the world’s a stage – and she is the master designer.

Currently, she spends most of her days at Luxe Home Interiors in Victoria, creating fabulous rooms and homes for her clients. But when she’s not there, she’s likely fashioning an elaborate hairstyle for a bride about to walk down the aisle. And the aisle?

Chances are Denise also decorated it with cascades of flowers. And then on to the reception, where the flowers, tables, centrepieces and every little detail bears her creative stamp.

For most women, being a hairdresser, wedding designer, flower arranger or interior designer would be a full-time career, but for Denise, it’s all part of a busy, exciting and fulfilling life; design is her passion and she sees the possibility of design in every detail of the world she lives in.

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DESIGN IS HER PASSION AND SHE SEES THE POSSIBILITY OF DESIGN IN EVERY DETAIL OF THE WORLD SHE LIVES IN

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EVERYTHING IS DESIGN EVERYTHING IS INTRICATE – SHAPES, FORM, COLOUR.

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Denise began her career as a hairdresser in the Lower Mainland, turning to floral and wedding design, then to interior design, opening her own successful company.

In 2002, she moved to Victoria where she worked with Chintz and Company before opening her own retail and design firm, Polished Home Décor. As for her education, she is completely self-taught.

“Everything is design,” she says. “Everything is intricate – shapes, form, colour. It excites me and I love the gratification at the end when I’ve created something – and I love the gratification at the end when my clients are either in tears or they’re just like, ‘Wow – I would never have been able to do this. You just have such a vision.’”

Her store in Victoria was a game changer for the city. It was the first design studio with the funky urban feel of Vancouver’s Yaletown district. It embodied the sophistication of the big city while looking toward coming trends. If imitation is the greatest form of flattery, then Denise had every reason to feel madly validated as other designers emulated her shop.

Eventually, she decided to close the retail portion of her company, letting other designers pick up the slack.

She had other fields to conquer. For years she had been bringing her clients to Luxe Home Interiors to purchase furniture and décor items for their homes. In fact, last year no one accounted for more sales at Luxe than she did – so naturally, joining Luxe was the perfect fit.

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She says that Luxe is one of her passions – but certainly not the only one. She has won the Better Business Bureau customer service award in the past and she particularly prides herself on taking on massive projects, acting both as designer and project manager. Recently she completed a 12,000 square foot new build in Victoria, a project that took two years to complete.

“I’m passionate about future trends and sharing those trends with my clients,” she says. “I like foreseeing the future before things actually get here. I like to travelI travel all over the world and see the architecture – it helps me with my design and that is part of my passion as well.”

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CELEBRITY PROFILE

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YOTAM OTTOLENGHI PUTTING FRESH MIDDLE EASTERN CUISINE ON VANCOUVER FOODIES’ RADARS, CHEF OTTOLENGHI PUTS THE

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by Appetite Random House, Vancouver is Chef Yotam Ottolenghi’s only Canadian stop.

Rumor has it there has been a lot of heavy

breathing going on at each appearance – mostly over his innovative vegetarian creations. “I grew up in a really diverse culture in Jerusalem with an immense tapestry of cuisines,” says the laid-back 44- year -old Ottolenghi, Israeli cookbook author, columnist, and London-based restauranteur. “But one thing we all had in common and still do is an inherent passion for great food and culinary creativity.”

“We tend to eat seasonally and cook with whatever grows in the area and that’s an endless list of vegetables, fruits, nuts, grains and dairy products, lamb and chicken,” he explains.

First working at the news desk at one of Israel’s daily newspapers and already holding an MA in comparative literature, Ottolenghi had some soul-searching to do in terms of his ultimate career path.

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CHEF OTTOLENGHI DELIGHTS IN BIG-HEARTED CHUNKS OF INGREDIENTS. HANDFULS OF CILANTRO AND MINT AND EVERY DISH IS PRESENTED AS A COLOURFUL WORK OF ART

London in 1997 to train at Le Cordon Bleu. He met his business partner, Palestinian Sami Tamimi, at the London bakery, Baker & Spice. Much to their mutual surprise, they discovered they not only shared the same birthplace but the same birthday.

After three years, Ottolenghi set up his first eponymous deli café, doing catering and take-out in Notting Hill in 2002. He has since opened two others and a more upscale restaurant, NOPI, in Soho in 2011.

While the more introverted Tamimi runs the business and all the kitchens, Ottolenghi does the recipe testing, cookbook writing, writes a weekly column for The Guardian and makes occasional television appearances on BBC and Channel 4.

Ottolenghi’s two previous cookbooks, Plenty and then Jerusalem, (the latter co-written with Tamimi in 2012,) was a culinary ode to the flavours, smells, spices and vibrant cooking of their shared birthplace.

They subsequently started an international MiddleEastern food frenzy and became New York Times bestsellers with over a million copies sold to vegetarians and carnivores alike.

Kudos must be given to photographer, Jonathan Lovekin whose artistic, sensuous food photos in all of Ottolenghi’s cookbooks will have you salivating over each recipe.

If Cauliflower Cake, Lemon and Curry Leaf Rice, Sweet Potato with Orange Bitters or Meringue Roulade with Rose Petals and Fresh Raspberries sends you into a gastronomic swoon or conversely, into a panic because you think you won’t be able to find the exotic ingredients, Ottolenghi says: “Don’t stress in the kitchen! I’m all for substituting ingredients and shortcuts. Too many people think a dinner party is a competition.”

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“Sometimes I think I’m a victim of my own success,” he laughs over coffee prior to an appearance at Barbara-Jo’s Books To Cooks in Vancouver. “If I publish something like pea soup for instance, I get all these emails saying ‘that can’t be Ottolenghi – it’s too boring!’”

“I’m not on a mission to change people’s diets,” emphasizes Ottolenghi, who is not vegetarian and enjoys eating meat – especially lamb and chicken.

“But I really believe that if people say ‘I hate Brussels sprouts,’ for example, it’s because they’ve never had them cooked properly in the first place!”

Though thoroughly trained in the art of French cooking basics, he delights in big-hearted chunks of ingredients; handfuls of cilantro and mint, pungent spices like harissa, zatar, cumin plus lots of garlic and lemon juice – the complete antithesis of French cuisine.

Anyone who has dined in the Middle East knows that portions are large – nouvelle cuisine would cause a riot. But don’t think that ingredients are dispatched willy-nilly. Ottolenghi will painstakingly test recipes 10 times to get them just right.

Technique, he says, is of the utmost importance. That’s why Plenty More emphasizes method: simmered, roasted, grilled, and mashed to name a few.

“When it comes to vegetarian cooking,” he explains, “people never talk about technique. Restaurants never ask ‘How would you like your cauliflower cooked – medium or well-done?’ ” The father of two-year-old son, Max, Ottolenghi wrote a very candid column in the Guardian in 2013 on how he longed to be a father and the obstacles he and his partner Karl overcame in order to do so. He also tries to squeeze in Pilates workouts to relax.

“I was a workaholic before Max was born,” he admits. “Now I work about seven hours a day and come home. It’s so much more enjoyable now.” h

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Q&A GETTING PERSONAL with YOTAM OTTOLENGHI WHAT KIND OF CELEBRITY CHEF ARE YOU TO WORK WITH IN THE KITCHEN? Oh, don’t call me that! I really try not to indulge in all of that hype. It’s just not my way of life. I work with a team and have two assistants now when I do recipe testing. And I’m too nice in the kitchen – I’m too soft. Sami’s much tougher than me.

NOW THAT YOU’RE A PARENT, HOW DO YOU GET YOUR SON TO EAT VEGETABLES? Well, actually he’s very funny about it because unlike most kids, he only eats green vegetables and leaves the red. Max also likes to rearrange food on his plate keeping pasta separate from the sauce and will only eat one food type at a time.

WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR PERSONAL FAVOURITE FOODS TO EAT AND COOK WITH? I just love maple syrup – it’s the equivalent of what honey is in the Middle East and I try to use it a lot. I love eating mejadra (an ancient dish made with rice, lentils and fried with sweet, slightly crispy onions on top). It’s the ultimate comfort food. Ottolenghi's recipe for mejadra is from the Jerusalem cookbook.

HOW OFTEN DO YOU GO BACK TO ISRAEL? DO YOU COOK FOR YOUR PARENTS WHEN YOU DO? I try to get back as often as possible. It’s really nostalgic for me. The intensity of flavours and the food scene in general in Israel is really creative. When I go home I’m like every other Israeli and want home cooking. My Dad is Italian and my Mom is German and they are both excellent cooks. In fact it was my Mom who gave me her recipe for Malaysian Curry!

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atthew Jardine and Ryan Goodman are as close as two business partners can possibly be – in almost every way. They were best friends as children – and that friendship grew with the years. They shared much in common, including an artistic and creative bent. Not surprisingly, they became business partners in ARYZE Developments, an award-winning, highly regarded Victoria construction firm.

Then they took their partnership one step farther – they purchased a lot one block from the ocean in a highly desired urban Victoria neighbourhood and built a side by side duplex as a unique contemporary home for their respective families.

What makes the Bushby Street home particularly unique is simply that the builders were their own clients: if they could think or dream it, they could build it without restrictions. The result is two homes that incorporate special creative details while remaining both environmentally conscious and energy efficient. ››

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BELOW natural light floods the kitchen island

The initial inspiration for the duplex came from two projects in Point Grey: the much-awarded Shaw House built by Patkau Architects in 2000 and the Cornwall Street four-unit family residence designed

by Battersby Howat Architects. Both buildings are modern and incorporate touches that are creative and unexpected, like the swimming pool with a glass bottom that hovers over the entryway to the Shaw House. “They provided design cues,� Goodman said, adding that both men admire and appreciate art. While he has been acquiring notable British Columbia art, Jardine, a trained artist, has a collection of his own art; sculpture; and hand-built furniture. The homes were intended to showcase all these pieces with unique lighting elements and natural light provided by an abundance of windows and skylights, including a sliding glass and fir wall.

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WITH THIS PROJECT WE WERE ALLOWED TO PUSH THE ENVELOPE QUITE A BIT. WE BELIEVE IN DESIGN EVOLUTION. WE LIKE TO FEEL A SPACE; WE LIKE TO WALK THROUGH A SPACE AND THINK ABOUT IT

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RIGHT architectural millwork is featured extensively througout the home

“What we were able to achieve with Bushby, as opposed to a client’s job is that we were allowed complete freedom,” Jardine said. “Some clients really let us stretch our wings – and that’s why they are attracted to us. Nonetheless, they still want a job that caters to them and their lifestyle.

It’s that kind of organic sense of a space that gave rise to the Bushby home’s more interesting and unusual features.

For instance, they placed a window at ground level in the downstairs area that directs natural light from the main level into the room while additional light comes from LED backlighting. And then there is the door that Jardine believes no one else has ever built: made from stone surrounded by fir, it weighs upwards of 200 pounds and swings open at the lightest touch.

“We think it’s amazing,” he said.

Each side of the duplex offers about 2,100 square feet of living space. Stunning architectural details include a floating staircase, heated white oak floors, soaring 18-foot ceilings, marble slab rain showers and extensive architectural millwork throughout.

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LEFT a unique rock door provides one-of-a-kind curb appeal

The floor plan was built to accommodate growing families, with two bedrooms and two bathrooms upstairs oriented to take advantage of ocean and park views, and a third bedroom or office on the main floor.

Downstairs incorporates a fourth bedroom with a bathroom and large media room. Luxurious, natural materials include white oak floors and built-ins as well as extensive use of full size marble slabs with textures mimicking the tones of the flora and marine environment outside to tie the home into it’s natural environment.

Jardine said that one of the most valuable lessons he learned in design, which he applied to the duplex, came from Goodman’s parents. It was from close observation of their home that he learned the value of incorporating the tones of nature and, most importantly, of keeping things simple.

“Ryan’s parents really believed in that and it’s funny how these little things stick to you. That one definitely stuck: find design in nature, especially tones. That’s a big theme in our designs – we’re never going to put in something that jumps out at you. For instance, if you walk by that door on the street, you’re not going to think, ‘That’s a rock door!’ It’s only when you get up close that you’re going to think, ‘What’s that? That’s pretty neat!’”

As with all the homes the partners create, green building was important. And for them, green means healthy, natural materials – a home where people can breath and live in comfort.

Goodman and Jardine both have favourite details.

Goodman likes the powder room with its wall of reclaimed, ocean-weathered cedar boards that is backlit by LED lighting. Jardine is pleased with the rain chain, that is not really a rain chain but a piece of aluminum sculpture that looks almost like an architectural wind chime.

“You come up with ideas but they don’t always come to fruition,” Jardine said. “The thing about Bushby is that we were able to push it. We probably got 90 per cent of our ideas into it and that’s why I feel it was so successful.” h

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WHILE YOU’RE HERE HOW A SIMPLE KITCHEN RENOVATION TURNED INTO A STUNNING UPDATE ON A

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t’s the classic question contractors hear, says Elizabeth Thomson with a laugh. “While you’re here can you look at this?”

That same question was a constant throughout the renovation Thomson and her husband Campbell completed on their 1980s “diamond-in-the-rough”, a 4,000-square-foot home situated on a 21,986-squarefoot property perched atop Victoria’s scenic Ten Mile Point.

“We love to entertain and it always centres around the kitchen so we knew we wanted a large, functioning and welcoming area, both for us working in the room and our guests to enjoy. And then one gets greedy with thoughts of removing more walls and changing windows, and oh, while you’re here, why not take out that old brick chimney and let’s get a heat pump and paint the entire house,” Campbell confesses.

“It was fun,” says Keith Andrews, third-generation builder and president of Nu-View Homes. ››

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THE KITCHEN ISLAND BOASTS AN 800-POUND SLAB OF GRANITE THAT REMINDED THOMSON OF KELP FLOATING IN THE WATER

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With the goal to create a more entertainmentfriendly space for the Thomsons in mind, Andrews, Martine Kiliwnik, Nu-View’s in-house designer, and their team suggested several larger windows on the south side of the house to take in the spectacular views of the Royal Victoria Yacht Club and the ocean beyond and removing the wall between the kitchen and the dining room.

That suggestion grew into what Thomson calls “window walls” along the southwest side of both rooms, and the removal of the wall between the dining room and the living room, creating a sight line that now runs from the living room right through to the kitchen.

Eventually the “while you’re here list” expanded to include the removal of the brick fireplace and the installation of a sleek, new gas fireplace; replacement of interior doors, light fixtures and the 1980s-style popcorn ceiling; new flooring; new windows; new exterior in a custom grey colour; replacement of all five outdoor decks; and a new furnace and heat pump.

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LEFT The living room boasts an impressive fireplace and views of the tree-lined yard.

But, Kiliwnik noted, while five different spatial layouts for the kitchen were considered, the Thomsons always had an idea of what they wanted.

This included the finishings, which Kiliwnik says always gravitated to “things that winked or nodded to a marine or nautical theme,” a testament to the couple’s marine supply business.

Materials included red oak flooring; Wenge veneer cabinets; Kolbewindows and window jambs; vertical grain fir interior doors, exterior doors and trim; a particular granite for the island that reminded Thomson of kelp floating in the water; and a light fixture reminiscent of a crab trap.

Andrews says the project was not without its logistical challenges. A 3,000-pound steel beam that would support the kitchen renovation had to be installed by hand.

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“There’s a big hill and we were worried about the beam taking off down rollers and running through the house,” he remembers. They ended up borrowing special jacks from their contacts in the commercial construction sector.

Then there was the kitchen island – an 800-pound, nine-foot by six-foot single piece of granite.

Thomson remembers the slab was wheeled by seven men across the as-yet-to-be replaced deck toward the kitchen door, when all of a sudden there was a loud crunching noise and the walkway dropped to one side. After the stunned silence, seven men were heard shouting, “Go, go, go, go!” They got it into the kitchen safely and even have a video of the mishap.

Would they do it all again? “Yes!” say the Thomsons. h

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aundry. We all have it- piles of it- whether it’s laying about in heaps on the floor dirty and wrinkled or hanging neatly, cleaned and ironed in the bedroom closet.

We took a closer look at some trending renovation themes, and found that the laundry room, instead of functioning a the proverbial dirty-clothes dumping ground, with a little love, can be transformed into a walk-in closet space that fits every family.

Kirsten Sutton, head designer for reVISION Custom Home Renovations in Vancouver said she’s seen an evolution in the way clients are conceptualizing their laundry rooms.

“We’ve seen the shift of laundry rooms moving to the second floor, so taking it to the next step and hanging and putting clothes away in the same room, with the idea that everyone in the family shares a gigantic walk-in closet, and the walk-in closet also happens to be the laundry room,” Sutton said.

“We’re not only talking about how they use their laundry, but having the right proportion of folding area and hanging areas, and of course taking that whole thing and making it attractive and [into] a room you’re happy to show off,” Sutton said.

“Functionality is paramount in design,” she said. “The right laundry room is something that the right renovation team can bring together.” ››

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Sutton says the laundry room can definitely evolve into an extended family closet, especially for families with children in a smaller home.

“It’s definitely a trend, and very popular among young families and also couples and empty-nesters,” she said.

Danielle LaPointe, design consultant at California Closets said she has seen clients coming to view the laundry room less as just a laundry room, and more like another room in the house.

“People are turning spaces- and rooms that are not closets into closets or wardrobe units,” Lapointe said. “Most people have a laundry room, rather than a laundry closet, and definitely all the spaces can be utilized – it’s a good place to do the hanging and ironing- and storage for off-season clothes.”

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LaPointe added that color is important for a renovated laundry room, and that the finish should match the rest of the home, rather than just a basic white color scheme so the space doesn’t wind up feeling utilitarian.

“Rather than just have some open shelving for laundry soap- you can definitely do a lot more with a laundry room,” LaPointe said.

LaPointe agrees that creating hanging space in the laundry room is a good way to expand the dimensions of a home’s closet space. h

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ooking around your home for renovation ideas, have you ever wished that stereo that takes up so much space would just disappear? The right speaker wall, containing specialized types of loud speakers can free up that space without compromising on sound quality.

“Sound is the least tangible for the end-user or consumer to evaluate without hearing it,” says Hal Clark, director of design and engineering at Commercial Electronics. “The aesthetics also involve hiding all the technology so it’s embedded in the renovated architecture.” Clark says determining the functionality of each room is paramount.

“What’s important to know is that the quality of what you embed in the architecture for sound, meaning speakers, needs to be in certain locations of the home, depending on how people live in each room. If you look at colour, texture, light, your eye tells you if its beautiful or not, but those same parameters apply to audio, or sound,” Clark explains.

The speakers need to be well positioned, and can be tiny in-ceiling devices that look just like lighting luminaires. The sub woofers can be embedded in the ceiling or in the wall and while invisible, provide good bass response for the room.

“An automated home is an architecture, and it can possibly be as complex as the whole renovation of the construction of a home,” Clark adds. “Our whole aesthetic is to make things disappear into the architecture while giving them the simplest possible user interface.” ››

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SYSTEM INTEGRATION ALSO WORKS FOR VACATIONING HOMEOWNERS WHO WANT TO VIEW THEIR HOMES WHILE AWAY

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eeping in mind the whole idea of home automation is to make a home function more intelligently on many levels; we looked at the latest trends in independent touch panels and using smart phone technology to control lights and security, in addition to sound.

Shawn Moran, residential systems consultant with Graytek says home integration systems can bring it all together by enabling homeowners to view and control sound, lighting, temperature and security remotely using a mobile device.

“What ends up happening is you have all these separate apps that control items separately – they might have the ability to automate things, but none of them are really ‘talking’ to each other,” he explains. “Integration is when you have a systems that takes all those sub-systems and makes them work together.”

Moran says when remotely ‘asking’ a house to do something, integration can make a home ‘smart’ enough to ‘talk’ to other system in the house to achieve the goal.

“You can hit ‘away’ on the alarm, and not only does it arm the alarm, but because the lights tied into the system, it turns the heat off, and turns the sound systems off – the system knows you’re going away, so it does multiple things for you when you press away,” he adds.

System integration also works for vacationing homeowners who want to view their homes while away – remote accessibility now makes it possible to monitor and control these aspects from a mobile device clear across the world. h

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there a room in your home that is under-utilized? A guest room that is rarely occupied you’ve been thinking of turning into an office? A den that could be converted into a multi-purpose living space for a long-term guest?

If you answered yes, consider getting resourceful with furniture ideas before calling in a design team or knocking down walls: it is possible to ‘renovate’ a whole room with a couple pieces of ‘resourceful’ furniture. Resource Furniture is an importer and distributor of Italian designed transformable furnituresystems. A home office can be transformed into a bedroom and vice versa with the line of products that can turn a wall bed into an office desk and vice versa, or a coffee table into a dining table for four with a few deft and precise moves.

Resource Furniture’s Vancouver location owner David Hooper said it is becoming increasingly popular for clients looking to renovate to consider space-saving concepts, and with the company’s Italian-designed, Clei- manufactured, multi- functioning furniture, one room can function as two or three rooms – while remaining aesthetically pleasing for discerning designers and their clients. ››

“We’re really about maximizing… and liberating space and square footage, whether it be [in] a condo, house or guest room,” Hooper said. “A lot of people are looking at their guest rooms, for example, and seeing a queen size bed sitting there taking up a hundred thousand dollars worth of real estate.”

The product range also includes the transformable table concept, with height-adjustable expandable coffee tables that can also be used as kitchen tables and desks, and moved throughout a home on its wheels.

While guest rooms can still be used for guests, spaces can also effectively function as a home office with these transformable furniture units that make desks that disappear, and beds magically appear from hidden wall compartments that are nearly half the depth of a traditional Murphy bed.

“It’s extremely functional, and the engineering is second to none,” said Hooper. “They can be used as everyday beds and can be hidden well.” h

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an you imagine going away for a few days and coming an you imagine going away for a few days and coming back feeling healthy and refreshed – renovated, so to speak, from the inside out while your home is being transformed in the hands of your diligently selected designers and their expert teams?

After weeks or even months of planning, designing and selection, during the execution process – you deserve a break.

During a much needed getaway, enjoying healthy menu options, relaxation programs, spa services, fitness facilities and classes is now easier than ever. Major hospitality brands have recognized the wellness trend thanks to an increased awareness of the importance of healthy living.

In fact, Health and Wellness Tourism is growing at an unprecedented rate. A report, prepared by SRI International on behalf of the Global Wellness Institute, notes that Wellness Tourism expenditures reached $494 billion in 2013 and is expected to continue to rise. As more guests seek to maintain

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a healthy lifestyle while they are travelling, global hotel brands including Intercontinental Hotels Group, Kimpton Hotels, Hilton, Trump Wellness Hotels, Sheraton and Westin have developed and promoted programs to attract health-conscious clients. Regardless of the destination, there are accommodations that cater to each individual’s well-being.

Hotels and resorts featuring exceptional spa facilities are plentiful in both at home, nearby, and in the U.S., Mexico, the Caribbean, Europe and Asia. The tough part is narrowing down where you want to go!

In some lesser-known tourist destinations that are a little more off the beaten path, relaxation programs can be harder to find.

However, countries are recognizing the revenue and jobs that Wellness Tourism creates, so more tourism boards, including Colombia, Morocco, Nicaragua, are stepping up to the plate and investing in the demand. If you are looking to relax, refresh and rejuvenate on your next getaway or if you are looking for an escape while your home is being renovated, here are some packages to consider – located both near and far. All packages are priced for two people. h

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Here the beautiful architecture incorporating rock, water, glass, steel and wood – contrasts with and enhances the surrounding beachfront and forest. Guests can enjoy the West Coast cuisine in Fetch restaurant, which uses only the freshest local ingredient. Treat that someone special to a relaxing and romantic retreat at Drift Spa. $498 for 2 nights, couples massage and spa gift in your suite. blackrockresort.com

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This resort combines the best of a destination spa with an island resort. With all the activities available you can choose to be as busy or lazy as you like. It’s a perfect place to wind down, relax, do sports, eat healthy and just enjoy. $1,024 per night and includes all meals, alcoholic beverages, 50-minute spa treatment, watersports, scuba diving, golf, archery, tennis, exercise classes and more. thebodyholiday.com

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charging rhino’s skin is so deeply creviced and weathered you can almost touch its hide and taste the African Savanna’s dust; snow accumulates silently on an American elk’s antlers, the animal oblivious to the swirling snowstorm around him. The cold is palpable. At first glance they both appear to be photographs but are actually paintings in habitat by the master of the realist genre, Canadian artist and conservationist Robert Bateman.

Sitting inside the galleries of Victoria’s privately funded Robert Bateman Centre, and surrounded by dozens of his wildlife paintings, he and his wife, celebrated photographer Birgit Freybe Bateman seem oblivious to the whispers of circling tourists –“is that really him? ” “I still want to be fresh and surprising, just like nature, and not just repeat myself,” admits the erudite 84-year-old Bateman, who has considered himself a serious artist and naturalist since the age of 12 when his mother enrolled him in classes at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto. The Centre was created with The Bateman Foundation as a public charity and legacy for the definitive collection of Bateman’s works. They include precocious childhood drawings that hint at his burgeoning talent, sculpture, etchings and experimental abstracts not widely seen before. ››

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ABOVE ”Sparring Siberians” Acrylic on Canvas, 2013.

ABOVE LEFT ”Snow-Snowshoe Hare” is the artist’s most recent painting. Oil on board 12” x 24”, 2014

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I STILL WANT TO BE FRESH AND SURPRISING, JUST LIKE NATURE, AND NOT JUST REPEAT MYSELF

TOP Birgit Freybe Bateman’s Demoiselle Cranes ABOVE Birgit searching for leopards, Serengeti Park, Tanzania. Photo by Robert Bateman.

It is also a tremendous educational resource and the Centre challenges the public to think about the importance of conservation.

The globetrotting duo have been married 40 years, rarely slow down, and relax with hobbies such as cross-country skiing, canoeing or bicycling. Their architecturally stunning 4,500 square-foot Japanese and Arts & Crafts inspired home, with studios, prolific gardens and views to Ford Lake on Salt Spring Island, is filled with indigenous art from their treks across the globe.

Whether bird-watching with HIH Princess Hisako Takamado in Japan; on an expedition with Canadian Geographic studying grizzlies in the First Nations’ Great Bear Rainforest, looking for Bengal tigers in the mangroves of India, or photographing the unique flora and fauna of the Galapagos Islands, the couple are never without sketchbooks, cameras, and their insatiable curiosity.

“We usually work quite independently, and Bob shoots his own photos on location as a reference to use in his studio when he’s painting,” says German-born Freybe Bateman who has contributed photographs to National Geographic Adventure, Conde Nast Traveler and Outside. Her exhibition, Mindful Vision, was sponsored by the State Russian Museum in the Stroganoff Museum, St. Petersburg in 2011. “But we’re just incredibly lucky because we both have the ability to share our own ideas with each other. It’s interesting because I love colour, texture and abstract images while Bob was very influenced by the abstract painters earlier in his career before coming full circle back to realism.”

Working on five to 15 paintings at one time, the making of Bateman’s art has always been intrinsic to the preservation of the environment.

Recently, Bateman took part in the Vancouver leg of Dr. David Suzuki’s national Blue Dot Tour, educating young people about the importance of conservation, the environment and our planet.

“When I speak at schools across Canada I ask students to close their eyes and think about a place that really means something to them, deep down in their hearts. I fear that if I ask young people that question, they just don’t have a real place – other than the Internet-it just isn’t there, he opines.

But Bateman remains eternally optimistic: “Just like it takes practice for people to really see nature, or build a friendship, it’s going to happen – it just takes time.” h Birgit Freybe Bateman is participating in an invitational exhibition, “Here’s Looking At You”, at ArtSpring, Salt Spring Island March 16-29, 2015. Robert Bateman’s memoirs (as yet untitled) will be published in 2015 by Simon & Schuster.

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ART FIX + MUSEUM OF VANCOUVER

TOP “Leisters” used for hunting birds.

ABOVE Necklace made of canine teeth.

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THE ORIGINAL VOICE OF VANCOUVER THREE MUSEUMS SHOWCASE THE CITY BEFORE THE CITY

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he Museum of Vancouver (MOV) continues to break boundaries by presenting its newest long term gallery – ć sna? m: the city before the city. This series of concurrent exhibitions – also on display at the Museum of Anthropology (MOA) and the Musqueam Cultural Education Resource Centre & Gallery – illustrates the very roots of Vancouver through the stories of the musqueam people who have called this land home for thousands of years. e

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VANCOUVER’S ROOTS Often we tend to take our city for granted without questioning how it has evolved to become what we know it to be today. We do not ask how our history has created our existence or recognize that so much of what we do is because of our past.

This is the reasoning behind MOV’s new gallery, ć sna? m: the city before the city, a collaborative artistic effort to question Vancouver’s origins and demonstrate that it is not a ‘new’ city but rather a place where people have lived for more than 14,000 years.

MOV’s Curator of Contemporary Culture, Viviane Gosselin, came across the research of Susan Roy in 2010. Roy worked closely with the Musqueam elders, and collaboration ensued.

Rehabilitating relationships between museums and aboriginal peoples enables the exhibition to diversify the collective knowledge regarding where and what Vancouver’s roots actually are. This is the first time that three institutions have simultaneously approached the same topic in differing ways, addressing audiences from tourists to students to the Musqueam community and youth.

Aboriginal peoples have a traditionally oral culture, communicating their history and stories via the spoken word. They encompass a culture of oration with no books, but rather memories and stories that are retold in video interview sequences featuring more than 35 Musqueam elders for this exhibition . The museums worked with an advisory committee of several elders, including Larry Grant, who appreciated that museums are changing their ways to include the perspective of exhibition subjects in the planning process. ›› e

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WITH THIS EXHIBITION, THE MUSQUEAM PEOPLE ARE FINALLY ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN SHARING THEIR HERITAGE AND KNOWLEDGE WITH THE PUBLIC

The collection habits of many museums have been to sequester ‘artifacts’ that were often actually the belongings of those who had had no say in their confiscation or placement. Museums often interpreted these items out of context, subsequently misrepresenting and misconstruing the cultures they were meant to epitomize. Museums spoke on behalf of cultures they did not know and attributed meanings without consulting First Nations people who had knowledge of the artifacts.

Gosselin wants to acknowledge the changing role of museums in collaborative work and aims to raise public awareness through intercultural exhibitions.

With her 15 years’ experience, she creates exhibitions that become catalysts for conversation, ć sna? m:the city before the city is no different.

In light of recent events within First Nations communities, such as the 2012 protests against construction of condominiums on ancient burial grounds, winning court battles and land claims, Gosselin said it is all good timing.

“We are finally ready for a project where we [the Musqueam people] are driving the content approach and tone,” she said. e

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ć sna? m: the city before the city is a five year-long exhibition at the MOV that will be the first gallery visitors enter to understand the beginning of Vancouver’s history.

Ancestors’ belongings have been found in multiple archeological digs and treasure hunters’ collections, however, they only show a snapshot of about 10 per cent of what life was like thousands of years ago. The rest has vanished, leaving much to imagination and individual interpretation. With this exhibition, the Musqueam people are finally able to participate in sharing their heritage and knowledge with the public – to fill in that 90 per cent missing gap.

“We live in a time that people are hungry for knowledge,” Gosselin said. “With this new mutual understanding and respect museums are opening up in reconciliation mode to allow the people in museums self representation and self determination.” e

“The concept of a museum is usually to display a dead society. But it is trying to correct that image. These people are not dead, they are still here.” Grant said.

MUSQUEAM POINT OF VIEW Grant believes this exhibit is important to bring forward how, at the centre of Vancouver, there was a very large community before the introduction of disease brought by the Europeans.

The modern-day Marpole neighbourhood was a large trading centre for a number of aboriginal groups.

Architectural engineers built houses, pharmacists mixed medicines and marine architects designed canoes.

“There is a long history of people learning and carrying along sophisticated mindsets of life and ecology of what was around them,” Grant stated.

The Musqueam witnessed a group of islands gradually form the delta that we know today, and helped the original European settlers to survive in the harsh climates of lands they knew little about.

“Otherness” is a sociological analysis of how power between groups in a society creates minority and majority identities. When settlers came to Canada from Europe they were seen as the ‘Other’ in the aboriginal peoples’ eyes, but over the years, the aboriginal peoples became the ‘Other’- a minority within their own homeland.

The exhibition setting at MOV is meant to feel like a ‘long house’, representing important infrastructure of the Musqueam people. Long cedar benches and side paneling allow for the organization of everything from household activities to governance. The space has been filled with more than 200 belongings of Musqueam ancestors who believe that home is more than the physical surroundings, but includes the connections with one another and to the land.

“This is our land. This is our home,” Larry acknowledged. “All our stories talk of this area. It is not coming from another continent or area beyond the mountains. We have not left from here. We are not a nomadic people. We are the original people of this land. We do not come from another land, unlike the new settlers that have come to be here.”

Musqueam elder Larry Grant hopes the exhibition demonstrates the Musqueam people’s modern presence in the city.

“We are still a people that are here and have been here for thousands of years," he said. I want people to go away with an open mind. To see that there are First Nations people that come from this country we call Canada. We are still here.” h

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THE CRÈME DE LA CRÈME OF THE WORLD’S FINE AUTOMOBILES

he winter and early spring months mark the period when auto manufacturers take the wraps off their latest and greatest, though many of them “sneak preview” new models well ahead of time.

Nowadays, auto marketing is very much an international affair with major shows being staged in China, North America, Europe and the Middle East.

New models are likely to pop up at any of these shows as automakers battle for emerging markets and strive to preserve traditional ones.

For this issue, our four luxury rides cover a variety of products from the upscale segment, some of which have so far only been shown in concept form.

We picked the concepts most likely to arrive at the dealerships before too long in some form or another.

Others have been known about for some time, but auto shows present the first opportunity for the public to see the vehicles “in the metal.”

So far this show season, luxury hybrids and EVs have not been that prominent, though there’s plenty of “green” action further down the price scale. On the other hand, just about all new models boast the best fuel economy ever in their respective classes. Recent drops in the world price of oil aren’t reflected in new models since automakers work years ahead of the time cars actually make it to the showrooms.

One certain fact is that luxury vehicles, whether sedans, SUVs or sports cars, continue to sell very strongly in Canada, the U.S. and in many parts of the world. As long as this success holds up, expect to see even more upscale models appear right through 2015. h

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PHANTOM PINNACLE TRAVEL EDITION First shown in Beijing late in 2014, this astonishing motor car from Rolls-Royce is part of the British maker’s Bespoke Collection, and adds up to something very special indeed – even for an automaker as august as R-R. The impressive sedan garners inspiration from the great days of European travel, when luxury trains like the Orient Express ruled continental rail routes. A glimpse inside at the remarkable marquetry work will confirm this, although the car has numerous other superbly-crafted upgrades. These Phantoms have a division window and a vast amount of space in the rear seats because most fortunate owners will likely employ a chauffeur. Very few will be built, but at least one has found it’s way to Canada - priced at $829,000.

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MAYBACH S600 Daimler has again brought back the legendary Maybach nameplate, this time based on a much-upgraded long wheelbase Mercedes-Benz S-Class sedan. Silky power – 523 horses of it - comes from a 6.0-litre V-12, and like the new Phantom, rear seat passengers are the ones that get the most pampering. Daimler is claiming that this is the world’s quietest car and lots of technological know how was applied to achieve this. The 2016 Maybach also has one of the most satisfying and sophisticated entertainment systems ever fitted to an automobile.

There’s plenty of tastefully-designed detailing to place it apart, including badgework, distinctive wheels, an upgraded paint job and many other enhancements.

Pricing will be less than it was with Maybach models produced from 2002 to 2012.

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It’s been rumoured for many years that Jaguar was planning a compact sports sedan to compete with rivals like the BMW 3 Series and Audi A4 and finally, it has arrived. The XE is claimed by Jaguar to be the most advanced, efficient and refined sports sedan the company ever built, and who’s to argue with that? This technology-packed Jag uses an interior layout inspired by the hugely successful F-Type sports car and some of the dash components are actually identical. The 8-inch information screen uses touch technology and is very easy to operate safely. Top engine is 3.0-litre supercharged V-6 but there’s also a 4-cylinder in the lineup for some markets. The V-6 powered XE is said to be good for 250 km/h, which is excellent by any standards. The car is set for 2016 introduction, so no pricing has been announced.

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XDRIVE SEDAN All BMW 7 Series sedans are superlative automobiles, but at the very pinnacle of the range sits the majestic 750Li xDrive. The 750Li boasts an advanced 4.4-litre turbocharged 443-horsepower V-8 and the highly effective xDrive allwheel drive system helps keep that power regardless of weather conditions. The elegant styling is complemented by a sumptuous interior, resplendent in fine leathers, with a top-of-the-line Bang & Olufsen surround sound system.

The car features an intuitive navigation system, four-zone climate control, night vision, active blind spot detection and active cruise control. On the road, the 750Li feels - nimble and responsive. This is the largest sedan BMW makes and it’s no less fun to drive than a more compact 3 or 4 Series model.

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COMMUNITY CHARACTER HISTORY + AUTHENTICITY + PRESERVATION

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EXPLORING VICTORIA’S URBAN ROOTS RELICS OF THE MODERN MOVEMENT BY GONZALES BAY

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ictoria is a city of fascinating contrasts.

Referred to by some locals as the city of “newlyweds and nearly deads,” its mild climate attracts a large number of retirees while its university brings young faces to the island every year.

It is an international tourist destination that attracts swells of crowds year-round and, as the capital of the province, is home to a great number of lawmakers and a myriad of other bureaucrats.

And even though it is one of the oldest Europeanfounded cities on the West Coast, it isn’t particularly sentimental about its history.

Though perhaps not as progressive as neighbouring metropolis Vancouver, there is still a staunchly West Coast aesthetic here that embraces change. One of the best examples of this architecturally was the Modern Movement in the post-Second World War era (1945–1975), led by a group of designers – men and women – influenced by the likes of Europeans Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius and Mies van der Rohe. This was an era of unprecedented growth for Victoria and city leaders adopted a forward-thinking approach to both urban and neighbourhood planning.

The Gonzales neighbourhood is prime waterfront and ocean-facing real estate that sits on a rocky prominence overlooking sheltered Gonzales Bay – a popular recreation spot – and the Trial Islands just offshore. Though it presented challenges to those wishing to build here Post WWII and take advantage of the close proximity to the Strait of Juan de Fuca, including views of Washington’s Olympic Mountains, the Modernist architects embraced the opportunity.

Today, several interesting and all very different examples of the progressive aesthetic can be found on either side of winding, waterfront King George Terrace and Crescent Road (which connect together near the boundary between Victoria and the municipality of Oak Bay). These homes were not only designed by Modernist architects, they were their primary residences. Many of the distinguishing aspects of the movement – open floor plans, clean lines and massive floor-length windows – took advantage of the area’s best assets, while accommodating the challenges the terrain offered. These aren’t gaudy or ostentatious residences, but they offer a historic glimpse of a transformational time in Victoria’s history. And they offer a typically Victorian contrast to the old heritage homes and stately mansions scattered throughout the city from an earlier era. h

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ARTIST PROFILE

SPECIALIZING IN CARVING RECLAIMED WOOD, JIMMY BELIEVED IN CONSERVATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION

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THE SNOW WHITE SPIRIT HORSE JIMMY BAILEY

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immy Bailey usually thought about his masterpiece late at night in the basement studio of his west-side Vancouver home. The work itself, however – the actual carving - was usually done in the backyard, due to the size of the piece.

Originally constructed to be part of a set design for a UBC theatre and music joint production, the hand-carved, life-sized wooden piece rapidly gained proportion until it was found to be too large for the stage production and was wheeled away like a Trojan horse, devoid of subterfuge, and took up residence in the artist’s studio.

Jimmy, a folk artist and carver, had

Inspiration came via a dream; only it was Jimmy’s younger sister Jennifer who had the dream. Terminally ill with cancer, Jennifer dreamt she was walking in snowy mountains when a white horse approached her.

The counsel of Jimmy’s close friend and hereditary Algonquin Chief Jim Twain was sought for guidance. Twain said the horse was Jennifer’s spirit animal – a snow horse coming to protect her spirit.

Jennifer succumbed to cancer a few weeks later, and in memory of his sister, Jimmy completed work on the horse by painting it completely white and calling it his ‘snow horse’.

A year later, in spring 2014, Jimmy Bailey

many colours in his artistic pallet; he was a professional dancer in the Iranian National Ballet and performed in Operas in Israel and Paris before moving to Toronto to work in children’s theatre and later settling in Vancouver.

Specializing in carving reclaimed wood, Jimmy believed in conservation and environmental preservation. For years the horse lived in Jimmy’s studio while the artist waited for the muse.

also died of cancer.

His snow horse, which the artist worked on sporadically for more than 20 years, and finished as an ode to his late sister’s spirit animal, tuned out to be his masterpiece – representing a life’s work. h

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PLENTY MORE WHERE THAT CAME FROM BRINGING HOME CHEF OTTOLENGHI’S CREATIONS

SERVE THIS DISH AS A LIGHT SUPPER ALONGSIDE A MAKESHIFT SALAD OF SLICED CUCUMBER, DILL, MINT, A LITTLE SUGAR, CIDER VINEGAR AND CANOLA OIL. WRAPPED WELL, THIS CAKE WILL TASTE EVEN BETTER THE NEXT DAY.

CAULIFLOWER CAKE 1 lb cauliflower 1¼-inch/3-cm florets 1 medium red onion, peeled 5 tbsp olive oil ½ tsp finely chopped rosemary 7 eggs ½ cup basil leaves, chopped 1 cup all-pur pose flour, sifted 1½ tsp baking powder ⅓ tsp ground turmeric 5 oz. coarsely grated Parmesan or another mature cheese 1 tbsp white sesame seeds 1 tsp nigella seeds

salt and black pepper

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[1] Preheat the oven to 400ºF/200ºC. [2] Place the cauliflower florets in a saucepan and add 1 teaspoon of salt.

Cover with water and simmer for 15 minutes, until the florets are quite soft. They should break when pressed with a spoon. Drain and set aside in a colander to dry.

[3] Cut 4 round slices, each ¼ inch/5 mm thick off one end of the onion and set aside. Chop the rest of the onion coarsely and place in a small pan with the oil and rosemary. Cook for 10 minutes over medium heat, stirring often, until soft. Remove from the heat and set aside to cool. Transfer the onion to a large bowl, then add the eggs and basil, whisk well, and then add the flour, baking powder, turmeric, parmesan, 1 teaspoon salt and pepper.

Whisk until smooth before adding the cauliflower and stirring gently, trying not to break up the florets.

[4] Line the base and sides of a 9½-inch/24-cm springform cake pan with parchment paper. Brush the sides with melted butter, then mix together the sesame and nigella seeds and toss inside the pan so they stick to the sides. Pour the cauliflower mixture into the pan, spreading evenly, and arrange the reserved onion rings on top. Place in the centre of the oven and bake for 45 minutes, until golden brown and set; a knife inserted into the centre of the cake should come out clean. Remove from the oven and let stand for at least 20 minutes before serving. It needs to be served just warm, rather than hot, or at room temperature. Serves 4-6.

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27 acres of lush terraced land present unbelievable opportunity. This parcel of waterfront perfection awaits your plans to craft a spectacular oceanfront dwelling. Privacy is paramount on this amazing treed acreage surrounded in picturesque West Coast Mountain and ocean vistas. A commercial sized dock waits to anchor your marine vessels allowing direct and convenient ocean access to soar across the ever changing waters. This pristine setting in Sooke is the essence of British Columbia’s raw and natural beauty.

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INCreDIBle wAterfroNt estAte located on a private cul-de-sac in the ‘Uplands’, Victoria’s most exclusive neighbourhood! The 7800 sq.ft. home has been beautifully renovated & upgraded with 4-5 bedrms, 6 bths, expansive living, dining, kitchen, family & entertaining areas, plus seaside ‘tea house/cabana’, gated & manicured property & incredible low-bank frontage w/amazing views & sun all day!

stuNNING 7.27 ACre property with luxurious brand new 3400 sq.ft. one-level west coast home! Gorgeous finishing w/open & airy design, beautiful HW flrs, top quality fixtures/appliances & tons of natural light! Extremely private, sunny property includes 275’ x 150’ all-weather riding ring, jumping field, paddocks, 5-stall barn w/ tack rm & bath, huge workshop, heated garage, storage areas, green houses & more!

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GorGeous 5 bed/5 bth, 5800 sq.ft. custom home on upscale Marina Way! Dramatic hi-ceilings, oversized rms, huge windows, incredible master suite w/gorgeous ocean/marina views, Beautifully manicured s-facing .5 acre property totally private . . . moor your boat at the adjacent marina! Just 5 mins from Sidney & 30 mins to downtown Victoria!

exClusIve 1.66AC PrIvAte waterfront estate on prestigious 10 Mile Point!

Rare south/west facing property boasts sun all day, with world-class 320 degree panoramic views and tons of privacy; this is truly a once-in-a-lifetime property! Renovate the solidly built 3900 sq.ft. 5 bed/5 bth home . . . or build your new waterfront dream home on this world-class property!

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vICtorIA’s CrowN Jewel of waterfront estates! 2.25 ac Uplands Estate with incredible 10,700 sq.ft., 7 bedrm/10bth home with world-class views, & access to private beach & sheltered dock! Dramatic & inviting design perfect for family living & entertaining on a grand scale with manicured lawns & gardens, PLUS separate guest house, exercise studio & so much more!

GorGeous 4 bed/5 bth custom home in ideal location; walk to town, theatre & more!

Bright & open design w/gorgeous finishing & incredible views from all main rms. Gourmet kitchen, spacious master suite, elegant library, living/dining areas plus fabulous separate guest accom., 2 double garages & easy access to beach . . . relaxing lifestyle & spectacular setting!

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sPACIous & eleGANt Oak Bay mansion; a beautifully renovated 5800 sq.ft., 5-6 bedrm, 6 bath home w/sunny & private .61 acre property backing onto Victoria Golf Club! Grand & airy design boasts oversized rooms & tons of character . . . perfect for family living & entertaining in style! Gated & fenced, sunny property boasts exceptional privacy, w/3-car garage & tons of extra parking too!

sPeCtACulAr wAterfroNt estate on 5.8 pristine acres complete with private 50’ DEEP WATER DOCK! Gracious & elegant 9300 sq.ft. main residence boasts world-class views from all main rooms, w/luxurious custom features, elevator, sunroom, games/media rms, library & more, PLUS guest cottage, barn & paddock, with WORLD-CLASS BOATING & FISHING right at your fingertips!

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Each issue of Homes & Living showcases unique boutiques and inspiring companies that offer you distinctive products and first–class services— perfect for updating your Design Zone.

Thomas & Birch Cabinetry Thomas and Birch is an award winning custom cabinetry design firm. Conveniently located in downtown Victoria specializing in kitchen and bath cabinetry. Contact us today.

1609 Blanshard | Victoria, BC 250.381.5123 thomasandbirch.com

Monarch Furnishings Monarch Furnishings opened its doors in 2006 and since then has been importing solid wood furnishings for every room in the home. Their furniture includes beautiful bedroom sets, dining and coffee tables, bookcases, hall tables, side tables, tv stands and accent pieces. Monarch specializes in unique furnishings, unavailable anywhere else. All pieces are hand made from sustainable timber and designs are based on function and form.

With many available wood finishes, Monarch furniture can be ordered to suit any decor. There is sometimes a wait but it’s definitely well worth it.

1807 Store Street | Victoria, BC 250.590.3955 monarchfurnishings.com

Design Source Warehouse We hope you can find the time to stop in and see a number of new items including Chinese Antique & Reproduction Furniture, many garden items, and a new shipment of quality outdoor furniture and decorative iron fencing and gates. Don’t forget we also have a wide range of items for all budgets.

This is our Lakefront Hallstand, built with kiln dried hardwood, and a lift storage seat.

Available in Black & antique white.

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Store Hours: Tuesday – Saturday 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

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Rocky Mountain Antler These are not your average chandeliers; these are custom-made, hand-crafted, naturally-shed antlers that are works of art masquerading as lighting.

For more than 20 years, Rocky Mountain Antler Company has been creating stunning chandeliers and lamps for home owners and developers across North America. Now, with Jason Burtness at the company’s helm, each piece is crafted by just one pair of hands…his. Only the best naturally-shed antlers from Whitetail, Mule Deer, Fallow Deer, Elk, Moose and Red Stag are used in our creations. Have a specific idea in mind? We can fully customize a lighting solution that will exceed your wildest expectations.

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ArArAt Gracing Vancouver homes since 1930, Ararat Oriental Rugs nestled in the trendy and popular South Granville area, just a 2 minute ride to downtown Vancouver.

Whether it is a magnificent silk piece or an antique precious rug that you are after, Ararat Oriental Rugs is the destination for you—carrying modern, antique and fine quality products.

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McGeachy Media & Design The experienced team at Amy McGeachy Interior Design offers space planning, colour consultation, drafting, finish selection, lighting plans and product sourcing services. Whether it’s a one-hour consultation to keep you on the right renovation track, or taking the reins on your project, the designers will help you make the right choice for your home, and show you how to avoid costly mistakes. It is a designer’s job to help you realize your style and to work within that to create the home of your dreams!

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Northern Drift Trading Modern Home Furnishings At Modern Home Furnishings we’re all about quality first and superb selection—all in your style.

We have bedroom, living room, children’s and office furniture. Real wood furniture means that it’s a real investment.

Our quality collection of items includes custom sofas, chairs, love seats, sectionals and sofa beds available in your own configuration.

Northern Drift Trading creates one of a kind “eco-architectural” home accents from rare, old growth Red Cedar.

It’s a ‘joint venture’ with Mother Nature & with the permission of the Forest Service.

“Live edge” furnishings include: CSA approved lighting for indoor & landscape.

We source fabulous pieces for use as garden sculpture, fireplace mantels, coffee, dining and end tables. Trade pricing and custom design projects welcome - contact Jim at Northern Drift Trading - he’d love to discuss your ideas with you.

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700 Marine Dr. | North Vancouver, BC 604.904.3939 modernhomefurnishings.ca

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couch* Art Gallery couch* is a warm and welcoming art gallery in the heart of downtown Victoria. We focus on significant works by contemporary international, national and local artists. You can expect to see an exciting and diverse range of painting, drawing, sculpture, mixed media, assemblages, basketry, bespoke furniture, jewellery and ceramics. All are welcome to browse, converse and enjoy.

Toorak Tile Established in 1998, Toorak Tile & Design has offered Vancouver a unique collection of Tiles, Natural Stones and Mosaics. They continue to provide tile design excellence and remain passionate about their tiles.

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FEATURE HOME RENOVATION: WHILE YOU'RE HERE...

Pages 56-62 Renovation and design by Nu-View Homes, nuviewhomes.com; Photography by Colin Laird, colinlaird.com.

FAR OUT HOMES: MOSMAN PARK HOUSE Pages 22-29 Architecture by Paul Burnham; paulburnham.com.au; Photography by Jody D’Arcy, jodydarcy.com.

All suppliers listed to the best of our knowledge, as provided by Nu-View Homes: Fireplace by supplied by Arc Solar, Arcsolar.com; Lighting fixtures by McLaren Lighting, mclarenlighting.com; Windows by Kolbe Gallery Windows & Doors, kolbegallerybc.ca; Exterior doors by Slegg Lumber, slegglumber.com; Hardwood by The Finishing Store, finishingstore.com; Tile by Decora Tile, decoratile.com; Hardware by Victoria Specialty Hardware, vshl.ca; Kitchen cabinets by Nu-View Homes, nuviewhomes.com; Kitchen Fixtures by Emco, emcoltd. com; Countertops by King’s Granite, kingsgranite.ca; Appliances by Trail Appliances, trailappliances.com.

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT: PAUL SANGHA Pages 36-40 Photography provided by Nic Lehoux, niclehoux.com. Home designed by Measured Architecture, measured.ca DESIGNER PROFILE: DENISE HAMALAINEN Pages 36-40 Photography by Denise Hamalainen CELEBRITY PROFILE: CHEF YOTAM OTTOLENGHI Pages 42-47 Photography by Jonathan Lovekin; jonathanlovekin.com.

FEATURE HOME: SIDE BY SIDE IN DESIGN EVOLUTION Pages 48-55 Photography by Nikki Jardine; nikkijardine. com All suppliers listed to the best of our knowledge, as provided by ARYZE Developments: Lighting: George Nelson, Pablo Designs, pablodesigns.com; Design Within Reach, dwr.com; Fixtures, Plumbing and Heating: Grohe, grohe.com, Brentwood Bay Mechanical, Bartle & Gibson, bartlegibson.com; Drywall: Malibu Drywall; Custom Doors: Ben Thornber, Slegg Door Shop, Smart Home, smarthome.com, Audio Visual, Providence Holdings Flooring: Paul Stok Basileia Flooring Vancouver, Tile and Marble: Jan VanHerwaarden, Island Floors, Glass: B&E Glass, Window's: Westeck; westteckwindows.com, Paint: Eugene Oppong, High End Painting Concrete, Ocean Concrete, Millwork: ARYZE, Sidler, Design and floorplans: Matthew Jardine, Ryan Goodman.

RENOVATION SECTION: LAUNDRY ROOM COMES OUT, WIRELESS WAVES, SMART FURNITURE REVOLUTION Pages 64-75 Photography by Tracey Ayton, traceyaytonphotography.com, Resource Furniture; resourcefurniture.com.

ESCAPES: RENOVATE YOUR TRAVEL Pages 76-77 Photography provided by Sparkling Hill Resort, sparklinghill.com; Blackrock Oceanfront Resort, blackrockresort.com; Miraval Resort & Spa, miravalresorts.com; Bodyholiday at Lesport; the bodyholiday.com.

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LOOKING forward

Spring is coming, and so is H&L’s annual Kitchen & Bath issue! You’ll find its pages packed with engaging interviews with top designers and tips on how to create your ideal kitchen and dream bathroom. Look for it, delivered with the Globe and Mail and available on major newsstands the week of April 1st!

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