SOLD COLLECTION Top Landmark Sales by West Coast Modern

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The Sold Collection: Top Landmark Sales

by West Coast Modern

Through extensive coverage across magazines, newspapers, television, and social media, West Coast Modern homes have reached unprecedented audiences, captivating millions worldwide.

This book celebrates the passing of the baton from one custodian to the next.

Sunset House

Featured in Dezeen, Dwell, Architectural Record, Architizer, Archilover & Home World Design

Anchored to a steep West Vancouver slope, this sculpted residence offers a cinematic embrace of sea and sky.

A monolithic frame of board-formed concrete carves open a portal westward toward the passing ships, open horizon, and the last light of day. Inside, the home unfolds through a split-level choreography, guiding you downward in quiet, half-story gestures. Each step reveals a new rhythm of space and elevation, where solid mass meets softness in cedar and grain. Crafted not just to be seen, but to be felt.

Sunset House offers a rare harmony open yet protected, elemental yet refined Now, Sunset House now passes the baton to its next custodians

Presenting The Curve House. Tucked at the end of a quiet lane, The Curve House unfolds like a sculpture in motion—an organic expression of architecture, craft, and landscape.

Designed by Openspace Architecture, its sweeping form flows with the terrain, revealing soft curves in bronze, wood, and glass that mirror the sea below. Inside, light moves across basalt stone and white oak under soaring ceilings, while panoramic openings dissolve the threshold between indoors and out. Every detail structural, material, spatial feels both inevitable and extraordinary.

A singular coastal retreat shaped by precision and feeling, The Curve House now passes the baton to its next custodians.

Architectural Building Sea Ranch House

Culture

Featured in Dwell, E-Architect, and BC Living Magazine

Presenting Sea Ranch House, inspired by Sonoma County’s iconic coastal community to embody west coast modernism and profound connection to nature.

Nestled in West Vancouver’s coveted Caulfield neighborhood, Stuart Howard’s design unfolds on a sprawling, private forested lot The home resonates with Sea Ranch’s ecological ethos, flaunting natural wood finishes that harmonize exquisitely with its lush green surroundings Dramatic sloped shed roofs blend with the rugged terrain, shaping dynamic multi-tiered living spaces that capture sweeping forest and ocean vistas. Expansive windows and skylights usher in a dance of light and shadow, imbuing the interiors with a majestic west coast splendour.

A paragon of modernism and tranquility, Sea Ranch House now passes the baton to its next custodians

Presenting the Starship House.

Erickson’s boldest ideas into one unforgettable form, a landmark of West Coast Modernism that feels both futuristic and rooted in place.

Featured in Architectural Digest, Elle Decor, Sharp Magazine, Globe & Mail & Design Boom

Presenting Starship House, channelling Arthur Erickson’s boldest architectural instincts.

Suspended above the Salish Sea, this 1968 design pushes the boundaries of West Coast modernism, where structure becomes sculpture and shelter feels celestial.

Diagonal cedar cladding and cantilevered decks echo the slope’s rugged geometry, while a monumental stone hearth anchors the interior with elemental gravity. Inside, shifting light and panoramic ocean views create a constant dialogue between nature and form. Otherworldly yet deeply rooted, Starship House now passes the baton to its next custodians.

Eaves House

Presenting The Eaves House.

Suspended between forest and city, The Eaves House floats quietly above its West Vancouver slope.

Featured in Wallpaper, Nuvo Magazine, Arch Daily, Globe and Mail & Home Wolrd Design

A concrete plinth anchors the main level like a new ground in the sky, lifting daily life above the road and into the treetops

Above it, two broad eaves extend outward, filtering the view framing English Bay and skyline, while gently veiling the suburban foreground Light moves laterally across long, open volumes, where each space unfolds into another: views behind views, frames within frames.

More landscape than object, the home invites reflection and stillness The Eaves House now passes the baton to its next custodians

Sculpture House

Splyce Design

Presenting Sculpture House. Rising from a compact East Vancouver lot, Sculpture House is a quiet act of rebellion— angular, asymmetrical, and deeply considered.

Its soaring stair volume, bathed in light from discreet skylights above, becomes the spine of a home attuned to privacy, rhythm, and reflection A line of steps and hearth runs east to west, dividing space with purpose while uniting it in flow

Sliding walls dissolve thresholds: the bath opens to a cedarscreened deck, the garden enters the living room Designed as a canvas for light and shadow, its interior invites stillness, solitude, and room to grow Sculpture House now passes the baton to its next custodians

Presenting Movie Colony House, a mid-century Hollywood hideaway, reimagined for the Pacific Northwest.

Designed in 1956 by Gerald Hamilton visionary behind Vancouver’s Space Centre this cinematic estate channels the spirit of Frank Sinatra’s Twin Palms Estate, privately tucked along Capilano Golf Club.

Wrapped in towering cedars and sculpted gardens, the home is a study in West Coast Glamour where evenings linger under the stars and every space effortlessly into the next Once hidden, now revealed The Movie Colony House now passes the baton to its next custodians

Orchard House

Burgers Architecture

Presenting Orchard House. A sanctuary nestled above Fulton Avenue, Orchard House offers a quiet counterpoint to the city’s pace.

Forget the Okanagan Burgers Architecture has crafted an architectural prize: a modernist Dutch farmhouse nestled within a working orchard of over 20 fruit trees apple, cherry, fig, and more all just minutes from the oceanside village of Ambleside.

The property gracefully addresses the challenge of busy Fulton Avenue, while boldly showcasing design wonders from soaring 22-foot pitched ceilings to seamless connections between indoor and outdoor spaces Burgers Architecture’s distinct design language is proudly on display throughout The Orchard House now passes the baton to its next custodians

Presenting Courtyard House, an iconic testament to West Coast Modernism, blending the timeless vision of Hamish McIntyre with the refined touch of Russell Hollingsworth.

Nestled into a granite outcrop in West Vancouver, this 1961 post-and-beam sanctuary unfolds in harmony with its natural surroundings A Japanese-inspired courtyard rests against rugged stone, balancing dramatic ocean views with intimate garden spaces.

A reborn mid-century modern landmark, now remastered, The Courtyard House preserves its heritage while inviting a new chapter A home rich with legacy and warmth, the Courtyard House 2.0 now passes the baton to its next custodians.

Downs House

Featured in Wallpaper*, Dwell, Open House Magazine, Porsche, CTV News & Global TV

Presenting Downs House II, an essential work by Barry Downs, Order of Canada laureate and visionary behind Vancouver’s civic architecture.

His personal West Vancouver residence, recently documented in monograph form, represents a high point of West Coast Modernism where architecture and nature converge. Cedar and glass volumes gracefully trace the site’s topography, cascading elegantly across forest canopy and rocky bluff. Skillfully placed openings weave the home’s interior with the exterior, imbuing its spaces with the luminosity of the surrounding landscape. The journey culminates in a living room that quietly frames majestic views of Georgia Strait, unveiling the vastness of sea and sky

A rare chance to steward a piece of west coast heritage, Downs House II now passes the baton to its next custodians

About West Coast Modern

West Coast Modern helps people live in more thoughtful and beautiful ways. We believe in harnessing design as a powerful force for good - from personal factors such as growth and wellbeing to macro themes including community, and architectural preservation.

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