With our city now so laughably unaffordable, thousands of Vancouverites are stuck imagining wonderful homes instead of living in them. “Spaced” is a record of our minds wandering the world of architecture and design, up and away from the unrewarding realities of shoebox condos, dark basement suites, and sweet fuck all on Craigslist.

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(via) This stunning Tokyo townhouse was designed by Swedish firm Elding Oscarson to fit around an existing garden space. To this end, the glassed-in ground floor was sunk below street level — the effect being that interior eyes constantly fall upon the exterior greenery. The property is comparable in size to that of the neighbour’s, yet it looks and feels more expansive, promising calm rather than clutter. “Rather than making a house with many small rooms, we opted for a concept which gives a few large spaces in this small house”, the architects state. To cap it all off is a open rooftop deck that shares the same dimensions as the house’s perimeter footprint. You can almost taste the cold beers up there! We’ll take ours in the empty lot at 8th and Manitoba beside Jonathan Rogers Park, so the view from the roof includes the mountains and the city skyline. Cheers.