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Spaced

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.

Spaced

SPACED // Tiny ‘Nature Villa’ in the Woods

It lacks a kitchen but we'd happily cook over a fire nearby just so we could sleep in that bed and hang on that deck...

Apr 7, 2021
Spaced / False Creek

Contemplating Life on a Handmade ‘Floating Island’

The big deck holds a BBQ, a herb garden, a hammock, and several other wonderful things besides (like a baby blue canoe).

Jun 24, 2020
Spaced

We’d Like to Self-Isolate in This Off-Grid Tiny House on the Other Side of the World

To be able to escape the city for the sake of social distancing is a dream worth having in these weird and dangerous times.

Apr 1, 2020
Spaced

We Dig These Cabins Designed For Sustaining Good Times in the Wild

The cool and remote constructions take full advantage of photovoltaic panels, grey/black water treatment and rainwater collection.

Feb 18, 2020
Spaced

Cool Treehouse Has a Suspension Footbridge That Leads to a Soaker Tub With a View

Located in the wilds outside Austin, the Yoki Treehouse offers a cozy, snow-free escape from the urban doldrums.

Jan 16, 2020
Spaced

We’d Totally Live in This Wine Cellar High Up in the Tyrol

Located high in the mountains near Neustift-Vahrn, the expansive underground wine cellars at Pacherhof could fit a family (or five).

Aug 27, 2019
Spaced

We Want This Beautiful, Shinsuke Fujii-Designed Home in Yokohama

We want the hell out of this house. The beautiful cherry trees would have to come with it. Otherwise the deal is off.

Aug 15, 2019
Spaced

‘Tree Houses’ on the Edge of the Italian Wilderness

Milan-based Peter Pichler Architecture has imagined a series of sustainable hideaways in the Italian Dolomites.

May 17, 2019
Spaced

Forbidding Concrete Exterior Hides ‘Tranquil House’

Japanese architecture firm FORM / Kouichi Kimura artfully makes a fortress-like home next to a factory and a highway seem liveable.

May 10, 2019
Spaced

This Cabin Is Nowhere Near As Rustic As It Looks

The exterior of this dilapidated-looking hideaway in the Swiss Alps is hiding a surprisingly modern three levels of cozy.

May 3, 2019
Spaced / Kitsilano

This Plant-Heavy Ho Chi Minh City Home for a Sunny Stretch of Kits, Please

Designed by Vo Trong Nghia Architects, the stunning "Stepping Park House" in Vietnam took the concept of the house garden inside.

Apr 10, 2019
Spaced / Strathcona

We Want This Parisian Live/Work Situation Here in Vancouver

We'd happily take this three bedroom house / workshop near the Rue des Martyrs if we could set it up here in Strathcona...

Jan 2, 2019
Spaced

We Want to Take Shelter in This Locally Designed ‘Great Lakes Cabin’

Vancouver firms Backcountry Hut Company and Leckie Studios collaborated on this low impact prefab, and we want it.

Dec 14, 2018
Spaced

Why Yes, We’d Love to Stay in This Cottage Made Entirely of Chocolate…

Chocolatier Jean-Luc Decluzeau designed and built this 200 sqft cottage constructed entirely of 1.5 tons of chocolate in France.

Oct 1, 2018
Spaced / The Islands

We’d Carry This One Room Cabin From New York to the Cowichan Valley

Designed by NYC firm JacobsChang, this place cost just $20,000 (USD) to build with the job being done over a weekend by the owners.

Sep 19, 2018
Spaced / Downtown

In a City of Shrinking Balconies, Could We Please Have Some That Bloom?

Architect Manuel Herz's 'Ballet Mécanique' apartments in Central Zurich could teach local developers a thing or two about balconies.

Sep 4, 2018
Spaced / False Creek

This Tiny Cabin for Beer Island, Please

With solar panels on its A-frame, the stilted construction has very little impact on its immediate environment and did not require building permits because of its diminutive size.

Aug 7, 2018
Spaced

The Norwegian Hideout of Our Dreams

This cool construction by TYIN Architects was built with the help of a group of students in just three weeks. Imagine the quiet within.

Jul 24, 2018
Spaced / Tofino

Wanting This Concrete Cabin in Mexico Near a Tofino Beach

Designed by Aranza de Arino (and available on Airbnb), it's close to the big wave surfer's paradise of Puerto Escondido.

Jun 19, 2018
Spaced / New Westminster

A Spartan Hideaway of Wood and Window

This minimalist, perspective-compressing 2016 home in Japan would suit an out-of-the-way slice of the Lower Mainland.

Jun 6, 2018
Spaced / West End

We Want This Tree-Inspired House in Toyko for Vancouver’s Ramenland

This house in Tokyo rises up from the street like a concrete organism, twisting and sprouting limbs in tree-like fashion.

May 22, 2018
Spaced / North Vancouver

An Isolated Cabin in Wales for a BC Backyard

We want this beautiful Welsh hideaway - clad in local slate with an interior of birch plywood - a lot closer to home.

Apr 9, 2018
Spaced / Downtown East Side

We’d Totally Live in This Danish ‘Krane’ if It Overlooked Vancouver’s Crab Park

The engine room of this massive crane on the shore of Copenhagen was renovated to include a spa, a meeting room and a suite for two.

Mar 21, 2018
Spaced

Trading a City Shoebox For a Mountain Retreat

This small house overlooking the Austrian Alps would suit the equally isolated acreage in BC that we have in mind for it.

Feb 28, 2018
Spaced

A Zeppelin-Shaped Cabin for Finn Slough

The Jules Verne-like "Mr. Plocq’s Caballon" is located on the shore of the Loire estuary in France, but we want it much closer.

Feb 15, 2018
Spaced / East Vancouver

Imagining This Swiss Concrete Cabin Under an East Vancouver Bridge

If enterprising skateboarders can hide DIY concrete skateparks in tunnels and under bridges, why not a cabin or two?

Jan 30, 2018
Spaced / The Islands

Imagining this Northern Californian Retreat in Some Vancouver Island Woods

This beautiful family complex would make for an excellent place to hide from depressing housing statistics.

Jan 22, 2018
Spaced / Squamish

Dreaming of a Modern Swiss Mountain Fortress in The Wilds near Squamish

In the depths of winter it's natural to think of home as a fortification against the elements. This place takes it a step further...

Jan 5, 2018
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