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Editor’s MESSAGE

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. All my best,

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featured CONTRIBUTORS 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.

GAIL JOHNSON Gail Johnson is an award-winning Vancouver-based journalist who has been writing and editing since 1996. She has a passion for covering lifestyle, design, health, and personal finance and is also a mom and a certified group-fitness instructor.

CLAIRE NEWELL Claire Newell is the official travel consultant for Global BC and bestselling author of Travel Best Bets. She has written articles for Success, Professional Woman, Today’s Parent, Reader’s Digest and now she is Homes & Living magazine’s exclusive Escape writer. Claire latest role is as co-host of the new travel series Operation: Vacation airing in Canada in early 2013. Visit clairenewell.com

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. He hosted the network TV show Driver’s Seat for more than two decades and regularly handles Canada-wide talk shows for CBC radio and other networks.

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EDITOR’S message: THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT BY AMANDA STUTT

FAR OUT HOMES: mosman park BY NORA O’MALLEY

LANDSCAPE architect: PAUL SANGHA BY MARKELLA MILDENBERGER

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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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“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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LEFT Mosman Park House kitchen, timber stairs leading to openair study and master bedroom.

“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. Above all, Burnham appreciates the durability and complete solar passivity of his design. And after 14 years, the original owners still love living in their great shed overlooking the Swan River. h

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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 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. 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.”

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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. In the fewest words, Sanghaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work can be described as living art. h

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ased in Richmond, BC and working throughout Metro Vancouver and surrounding areas, principal Designer Carol Faan both owns and operates Carol Faan Interiors Ltd. The firm also employs three junior designers and the team’s present scope of work includes 21 residential projects ranging from 3,500 square feet up to 15,000 square feet in residential designs. To say that Faan is busy would be under-stating matters; with a 17 year-old daughter to raise and a diverse wand busy interior design business encompassing everything from technical design aspects to the aesthetics, Faan thrives on keeping a full schedule.

A graduate of the National Council of Interior Design Qualification as a registered interior designer, Faan is a 19 year veteran of the industry. Her most notable interior design projects include Richmond’s famed Thrangu Monastery, located on No. 5 Road, otherwise known to locals as the ‘highway to heaven’. Designing the massive space was one of Faans’ most interesting yet challenging projects and it still occupies a special place in her heart. The project spanned over four years and Faan was selected from a group of leading industry professionals to design the project from its inception to completion.

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The journey included a trip to Nepal, and a few days spent immersed in the cultural and spiritual atmosphere gave her the inspiration she needed to tackle the massive project. Faan remembers that the project came with unique challenges, of which she viewed more as opportunities. Navigating the placement of 1,000 Buddhist statues on two side walls with 500 Medicine Buddha statues each – with 200 Amitabha statues adjacent to the main entrance – while ensuring that spiritual and cultural traditions were respected required serious due diligence. Not one to shy away from unique opportunities, Faan became immersed in the project and sought to ensure that every desired detail was accounted for. Faan has designed for both residential and commercial projects, though her focus is primarily on residential focus these days. With new construction projects, she works closely with home planners and architects, and she mentions that although projects vary in time frame, she can be seen physically present throughout the entire process of each project. As a hands-on and connected designer, she describes how each design is conceptualized. She says every project she designs is expressed as a feeling, and Faan notes that design is based on a feeling as much as it is on function and form. She has earned her reputation through her meticulous attention to detail and her focus on each individual client’s needs. For Faan, communication has always been paramount to the interior design process, with plenty of listening and asking strategic questions. Placing focus on her clients’ likes and dislikes is imperative to gaining a keen understanding of their lifestyles, and she says knowing each personality is the most important aspect of her design planning. Function, form and detail can only achieve perfection when Faan feels that she knows enough about each client to fully develop a space that will work with their lifestyle. When the end result has her clients calling to compliment her on the end result is when Faan feels fully satisfied. h

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n a whirlwind North American tour to promote his newest cook book, Plenty More published 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. “I realized I wasn’t going to make my Dad happy and get my PhD in academia,” he remembers, Ottolenghi moved to ››

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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.” ABOVE Master chef at work

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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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Milt and Mary Jorgenson wanted to get away from the hectic pace of the city – something they had been doing every weekend when they escaped to their two-bedroom rancher situated on a 130-lot Strata development adjacent to the Sandpiper Golf Course at Harrison Mills. The weekends had been getting longer and the work-week shorter as the Jorgensons edged closer to retirement, eventually selling their successful Port Coquitlam-based textiles business and purchasing another lot in the same Harrison Mills development – right next to the golf course and overlooking the Harrison River. This was the spot they planned to build their ultimate retirement home. ››

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LEFT Great room at Eagle Point Eerie at Sandpiper Golf Course

The Jorgensons’ vision for the home called for optimal square footage, a large outdoor deck, traditional architecture, a ‘great room’ with accessible living space on the main floor and guest bedrooms on the upper floor, and character design with compatible colour schemes to showcase their extensive First Nations art collection. After voicing those simple requests, the homeowners put full artistic licence into the hands of the design team at My House Design Build, surrendering to the creative process as Architectural Designers Rob and Lisa Meighan worked with Interior Designer Morgan Weldrick, Project Manager Wilf Blum and Managing Director Graeme Huguet to make their dream home a reality. The project’s biggest challenge turned out to be the oddly shaped lot that resisted conventional shape norms. When it came to building, the house had to be custom designed to fit the lot’s sharp angles. Lisa Meighan said trying to design a rectilinear shape on a triangular lot and getting the square footage to where the clients wanted “just wasn’t happening.” “The challenge was to develop a home that looked like it belonged in the neighbourhood, even though it was on a bigger scale than most. The home the clients described was traditional architecture, but the lot shape was fighting that,” explained Rob Meighan. “We abandoned the idea of putting a rectangular house on the lot because the size of the home would have been restricted.” The solution involved employing what Meighan described as ‘transitional architecture’ – a mixture of traditional architecture with contemporary influences – therefore the house was built in the shape of an arrow to maximize the size. “It’s transitional because the design of the home is very classic in a lot of ways, yet the influence of the sharp, triangular shaped lot made us be a little more contemporary in how we laid rooms out,” he said. “The footprint of the house is very contemporary. You wouldn’t think it looks like it does on the inside, yet the solution for the exterior fittings is more traditional, so that it fits in with the neighbourhood and meets the Strata’s requirements,” he said.

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“We get the requirements of what the client wanted and let the site dictate how they assemble – how they come together based on views, the path of the sun, privacy issues, access issues – and let the architecture grow organically from the site, which we feel is very important in custom home design,” Meighan continued. “What we did was make it traditional looking, even though it was a pie-shaped floor plan,” Lisa added. “Tryingto figure out how the spatial relationships would work and how the traffic flow would go was very challenging in a footprint like that, especially when trying to fit with a more classical, traditional approach. It’s angular in the way the volumes work. The great room has very easy access, in the way it spills out onto the large covered porch that goes to the peak of the building and flows out to the firepit space,” Meighan said. “The indoor-outdoor experience was very important to the clients.”

LEFT & BELOW Kitchen and deck at Eagle Point Eerie at Sandpiper Golf Course Harrison Mills.

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LEFT Feature wall in foyer, made of reclaimed Russian barn wood.

The real ‘wow factor’ is found inside in the great room, where its’ sense of volume and high vaulted ceilings does not overwhelm the space, which measures 1,972 square feet. It features a floor to ceiling three-sided fireplace clad in local natural stone, prominent glulam beams, the kitchen of Mary Jorgenson’s dreams with Wolf and SubZero stainless steel appliances and a custom hammered copper hood fan, and French doors that open onto the covered deck where there is also an outdoor kitchen. “A recurring theme throughout the home is the natural elements found in each room. The creative process is individual to each client when we build a custom home or do a renovation, and in this case the clients were more open than most,” said interior designer Morgan Weldrick. “Milt and Mary said, ‘We want it to be beautiful and want to work with what furniture and art we have, but other than that, bring us your ideas’.”

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The home has Ernest Hemmingway hand-scraped maple flooring throughout. The main foyer contains a remarkable feature wall made of Russian reclaimed barn wood that showcases Milt’s carving of a Blue Heron. A custom cast iron soaker tub in the master bath was painted “Sundried Tomato”, with the window above the tub containing a resin panel embedded with birch branches to provide privacy and give a natural aesthetic to the room. The powder room was hand-painted by a local artist to give a bold statement to the space, depicting branches on a bright red background, carrying the tree theme throughout, which can also be found in the light fixtures within the home. The vaulted ceilings are covered in Tongue and Groove roughhewn white cedar, as the clients were adverse to drywall ceilings throughout, and all of the doors and trims are vertical grain fir, stained a dark charcoal colour to coordinate and contrast with the flooring. The First Nations art, memorabilia and carvings are major focal points in many parts of the home, and Morgan Weldrick aimed to make sure the home had a lot of character within, with designated space to place statues and carvings, which was reflected in the colour scheme.

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All carvings are from local artists in Harrison and Mission, and a Totem pole carved by Chehalis artist Rocky LaRock has intricate images of the eagles that are indigenous to the region, as well as the mythical Sasquatch. The Jorgensons purchased the totem from LaRock to be displayed outside and when LaRock delivered the totem, he also made sure their home was clear of spirits. The home was named Eagle Point Eerie at Sandpiper Golf Course, and has been nominated for two National SAM awards, and for the Georgie Awards’ best custom home, best Green home and best outdoor living space. Eagle Point Eerie obtained certified Platinum Built Green status, and was awarded an energy guide rating of 85. With no natural gas in area, the house is heated by an electric Mitsubishi heat pump system, complete with a back-up generator. All natural gas fixtures – range-top, fireplace and barbecue – were converted to propane. As for Milt Jorgenson, he is happy that he and Mary can navigate their great room and beyond easily, as mobility has become an issue, and that views of the mountains, river and trees are visible through virtually every window in the home. “Our great room is a fantastic room…we wanted an open concept and vaulted ceilings, [so] it contains the living room, dining room and kitchen and it’s all tied into the huge covered deck, where we spend a lot of our time,” Jorgenson said. “We love all the rooms – our master bedroom is just beautiful, overlooking the golf course and the trees and eagles,” said Jorgenson. “It’s something we had been planning for all of our lives, that we were going to have our [retirement] house, and this is what we wanted.” h

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hen architect Tyler Schmidt first met with clients to discuss renovations to their West Vancouver home overlooking Bowen Island, the project was intended to be small-scale. As is so often the case, however, the project took on bigger and bolder dimensions as it progressed. “The Parthenon started as a small renovation,” says Schmidt, president of Schmidt Architecture. “When we started, the clients were looking to modernize the home, update it to make it more contemporary. But once we got started, the clients just wanted to keep going.” The result was an extensive redesign of the home’s entire 10,000 square feet, inside and out. It’s one of two homes Schmidt has recently renovated to striking effect. With its rounded features, the Parthenon initially evoked the kind of home that might have been seen on the television show Miami Vice in the 1980s, Schmidt says. His first objective was to pull its features out of the past by removing curves in favour of clean lines and squared edges. “I like the work of [the late Austrian-born SoCal architect] Rudolph Schindler, that modern, rational approach to things,” Schmidt says of one of his influencers. For the home’s exterior, the team selected Alucobond exterior cladding, an aluminum composite material, and combined it with cedar and stone for a contemporary aesthetic. ››

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Framed by two palm trees, the main entrance consists of a custom-designed five-foot-wide door made of black walnut, employing the Golden Section rule to create a sense of harmony. “Doing that really changed whole look of the house,” Schmidt says. “The dramatic front door, which is on a pivot hinge, really changes the whole feel of the house, too.” Inside the home, the owners wanted airiness on the main level. To achieve this, several walls were removed and replaced by large beams for structural soundness to create an open-concept layout. Schmidt subtly defined spaces with slight changes in grade as well as innovative lighting to create shifts in mood. The dining room, complete with a built-in active wine cellar and a stone-clad linear fireplace, is a few steps down and further distinguished by an indirect lighting system in the ceiling.

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THERE’S THAT EXPRESSION OF TURNING A SOW’S EAR INTO A SILK PURSE; THAT’S WHAT I LIKE ABOUT RENOVATING TWO by PIET BOON® “You want areas to be defined by feel if not by actual partitions,” he explains. “You don’t want an open concept to feel like a big warehouse or a furniture store. Now the dining room is a more intimate area.” Schmidt turned to daylight itself to expand the sense of space, installing a two-storey high curtain glazing system along the house’s west-facing side and large bi-parting doors to give the living room the feel of a balcony. Elsewhere on the main level, which has 24-inch limestone floor tiles and extensive use of black walnut, seamlessness and functionality go hand in hand. The kitchen opens up onto a large deck overlooking the pool below. Previously residents could only access the swimming pool by coming into the home, descending a set of stairs and then exiting again; now there’s a staircase right off the kitchen deck. Outdoor dining and living areas, with cedar ceilings maximize the expansive ocean views. Plus, the home office is situated back from the west wall but looks through the home to its spectacular vista. “There’s that expression of turning a sow’s ear into a silk purse; that’s what I like about renovating,” Schmidt says. “People want to renovate because they’re tired of the space they’re in or they need more space or the requirements for the house have changed. It’s really nice to help people get to that spot where they want to be. To see people that are happy to be living in it is really rewarding.” h

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chmidt Architecture is a diverse practice that, in addition to luxury homes, also designs multi-family residential projects, health-care buildings, biopharmaceutical labs, and car dealerships. The company’s expertise in both commercial and residential work is what drew the owners of the Stearman home to Schmidt. Located right on the beach of the same name in West Vancouver, it too, underwent an extensive renovation inside and out. “They wanted more of a commercial feel, an industrial feel,” One of the home’s most breathtaking elements used to be one of its’ most awkward: what Schmidt refers to as the “spine”, or “link”, is a bridge that crosses over a Japanese-style garden pond into the house. Flanked by two garages and leading to a set up stairs up to the main entrance, it was enclosed by a low ceiling. ››

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LEFT The industrial main entrance flanked by two garages. ABOVE The “Spine”, the home’s most breathtaking element.

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“The house was about five feet above the ground because of the high water table,” he notes. “Originally, the low ceiling height really felt confining. And when somebody was coming to the door, from the top of the landing all you could see was their knees. That really bothered me. The other challenge at the top of the stairs was a set of double doors, and when you opened them the wind would go whistling through that spine and the homeowners were freezing all the time.” Schmidt lifted the entire link and increased its ceiling height to nearly 13 feet. Finished with coffered ceilings and basalt stone flooring, the link, now known as the Grand Galleria, has an open view of the 12-foot tall solid fir main door, which frames a stunning ocean view. And those two garages have been fronted with backlit frosted glass to evoke glowing lanterns. “It’s a super dramatic entry,” Schmidt says.

BOTTOM All the main rooms open to amazing views. RIGHT The “link”.

“When you walk in you can see straight through into the house, and it also equalized the pressure so when you open the door now you don’t get that wind coming through.” Schmidt lifted the entire link and increased its ceiling height to nearly 13 feet. Finished with coffered ceilings and basalt stone flooring, the link, now known as the Grand Galleria, has an open view of the 12-foot tall solid fir main door, which frames a stunning ocean view.

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And those two garages have been fronted with backlit frosted glass to evoke glowing lanterns. “It’s a super dramatic entry,” Schmidt says. “When you walk in and those two garages have been fronted with backlit frosted glass to evoke glowing lanterns. “It’s a super dramatic entry,” Schmidt says. “When you walk in you can see straight through into the house, and it also equalized the pressure so when you open the door now you don’t get that wind coming through.” A large central skylight, which opens automatically to allow for crossventilation and to minimize heat load, brightens the home’s interior. All of the main rooms open out to the ocean, optimizing the breathtaking view. To achieve a seamless flow between the indoors and out, Schmidt extended the living area out to the hot tub and resilient Ipe wood deck using an aluminum sliding wall system, its silvery colour in keeping with the commercial aesthetic. There’s also an outdoor fireplace that plays a vital role in maintaining privacy for the family of six. “The linear fireplace adds some warmth but also visual separation, as there are lots of people walking by on the beach,” Schmidt says. Offsetting modernist features such as rail-less glass balustrades is the use of warm hues throughout. First Nations artwork is displayed throughout the home, which lends a West Coast feel to its industrial tones. For Schmidt, whether it’s designing a sumptuous oceanfront retreat or a hospital room, the challenges and rewards of renovating are similar. “It doesn’t matter what type of project it is, our job is to solve problems,” he says. “There are always obstacles, but those get turned into design opportunities.” 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. ››

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“Laundry rooms are so very functional- so if you don’t have somebody talking to you about how you do your laundry, you may wind up with a room that may look really pretty but that doesn’t work for you,” she added. Key considerations include how frequently the dryer is used, and how much hanging space is required. Sutton recommends hiding the hanging so it looks nice and tidy when showing guests through your home.

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“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.” 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.” 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.” ››

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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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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 longterm 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 furniture systems. 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. ››

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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

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expected to continue to rise. As more guests seek to maintain 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. ››

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THE LIGHTSHED IN THE SKY COAL HARBOUR

he walk along Coal Harbour’s seawall promises a plethora of visual stimuli, whether it be the glittering city skyline, the view of the North Shore and mountains, the yachts and speedboats lining the marina, or the many chic dining venues dotting the path. Artwork of various forms can also be found along the way, providing strollers a quick art fix, or lesson in local history. One notable piece worthy of a ‘Community Character’ commemoration is Vancouver artist Liz Magor’s ‘LightShed’: a small-scale model house perched upon cast pilings. At sunset, a soft light glows from inside the sculpture, and both camera wielding tourists and locals with iPhones in hand can be seen snapping away in front of the micro-home, murmuring at its mysterious presence.

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The historical context of this artwork is that it is based on the light shed that was found on the Vancouver Wharf nearly a hundred years ago. According to the correlating plaque, the sculpture recalls the modest wooden buildings of the industrial era. ‘LightShed’ was cast in aluminum at the Harman Sculpture Foundry. It was commissioned by Grosvenor Canada Limited through Vancouver’s Public Art Program and donated to the city when it was completed in 2004. h

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

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THE SNOW WHITE SPIRIT HORSE JIMMY BAILEY

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 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.

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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 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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EXCEPTIONAL + ARTIST + CREATIVE

ROBERT BATEMAN & BIRGIT FREYBE BATEMAN CALL OF THE

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

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“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. LEFT Demoiselle cranes ABOVE Birgit searching for leopards, Serengeti Park, Tanzania. Photo by Robert Bateman. BELOW Shadows in a village compound.

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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

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

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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A NEW CONNECTION

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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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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BMW 750LI

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, it’s no less fun to drive than a more compact 3 or 4 Series model. Prices start at around $150,000.

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JAGUAR XE

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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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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[3] To make the meringue, in a large bowl, beat the egg whites with an electric mixer until firm. Add the superfine sugar to the whites in spoonfuls or tip into the bowl in a slow stream. Continue beating until a firm, glossy meringue forms. Using a large metal spoon, gently fold in the vanilla, vinegar, and cornstarch. Spread the mixture inside the prepared pan and level with an offset spatula. [4] Bake for 30 minutes, until a crust forms and the meringue is cooked through (it will still feel soft to the touch). Remove from the oven and leave to cool in the pan. Unmold the cooled meringue onto fresh parchment paper. Carefully peel off the lining paper. [5] For the cream, place the mascarpone, confectioners’ sugar, and rose water in a large bowl and whisk by hand until smooth. Whisk for about 4 minutes, until the cream just holds its shape. (This can be done with an electric mixer but keep a close eye on it as it’s easy to over-mix.) [6] Spread most of the mascarpone cream over the original underside of the meringue, reserving a few tablespoons. Leave a small border around the edge of the meringue. Scatter most of the raspberries and 1½ tablespoons of rose petals evenly over the cream. Using the paper to assist you and starting from a long edge, roll up the meringue into a perfect log shape. Carefully transfer the log onto a serving dish. Use the remaining cream to create a rough wavy strip along the top of the log. Chill for at least 30 minutes. When ready to serve, dust the log with confectioners’ sugar, dot with the remaining raspberries, and scatter the remaining rose petals and pistachios evenly over the top. Serves 4-6.

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