Also a favourite of the pup, who often gets a sweet potato treat

Aka part of my daily coffee and lunch rotation

Roof access dog-houses (Woof)

Sub slab insulation, air barrier and vapour retarder. Trying out a different GPS foam (graphite EPS) that gives you more R value per inch, and less embodied carbon. With passive house LEB we're using about half as much foam as for passive house classic.

It’s summer on the Rainway

Rebuilding the character home... bit by bit. Theseus would be proud.

The site design keeps a remnant idea of brewery creek ... but those 1000 parking stalls worth of cars are channeling right into the central valley greenway and skytrain ped traffic. I actually wish there was a whole lot less parking. If your rationale for 11 FSR is TOD, then do TOD all the way...

100' separation between towers... any idea how this compares to other recent projects in the city?

Popping up walls on the upper floor

The roof deck is intended to be shared.

I’ll just leave it at that

Small but important for scaling single stair buildings: The Villages plan increases the density for small lots in all existing R3 zones across the city, not just the new ones being created. From 1.45FSR to 1.6FSR for lots ~41' to ~53' wide (by 122') >> this would allow our "Four/Five" prototype

Vancouver: Single Stair Code + "Villages" Plan Critics will be critics, but the truth is we've never seen single stair urbanism in action in Canada (or most of North America). It's a new thing.

Cheers to the Rainway!

Lane building is backfilled. Should be able to start with plumbing and framing it up tomorrow.

Stacking legos.

Grateful for a campfire in July. Also mindful that it’s because our usual summer heat is currently baking the other half of the planet at the moment.

“Villages” plan coming to council July 14. bit.ly/4atYlgE You can now sign up to speak! What do I think about the plan? Well…. 🧵

We're in the process of redesigning a cabin project that started construction years ago, but had to be stopped (after the foundation was poured) so the owner could attend to other matters. Now we're working to simplify the concept (and budget) while working with the in-situ foundation structure.

Fresh caught sockeye salmon from the Skagit River. Reminds of living in Alaska where everyone stocked up on an annual bounty of wild salmon and halibut. Reminds me also that I need a sharper knife…

Soffit detailing in the rain...

The 4 townhouse units are taking shape. They’ll overlook Woodland Park.

We put one in this house in vancouver. 3 level. Large enough for a wheelchair and assistant. ~45k at the time. A commercial North American elevator might be 150k to 200k plus annual inspection fees etc and expensive parts due to the regulatory monopoly / restrictions.

LNG: climate pollution problems on this side of the water, and demand destruction by distributed solar on that side

...and shared roof decks

...and "Bike Oriented Development" with cargo bike garages

...and build accessible homes on small "Orphan" lots