Liminal House, a cantilevered concrete dwelling on the shores of West Vancouver designed by local firm McLeod Bovell, offers a series of threshold moments
Liminal House, on a narrow, urban-sized plot in West Vancouver, features an upper storey consisting of an immense concrete beam between two concrete fin wallsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsorsThere was a problem. Please refresh the page and try again.
McLeod and Bovell have built a successful practice in the ‘extravagant natural world’ of British Columbia, in Canada’s far-west. Kicking off the Liminal build four years ago as a team of eight, they are now 16. Yet few of their projects are as evocative of their ‘moment’ as this house, both immersed in the earth and suspended above it. To achieve the 8m cantilever for the upper floor, workers dug into the soaring cliff face, planting 5m concrete fin walls joined by an immense concrete beam.
‘After years of working with these courtyards, we’ve found a good deal of light can make its way down,’ says McLeod. ‘There’s a great experience at subterranean level, even so far away from the source of light.’ It’s not for nothing. Hosting a, wet bar and ‘showroom’ for the owners’ collection of rare sports cars, the lowest level gets plenty of traffic, yet shafts of light dance around the oak millwork and the sintered stone flooring.
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