RE/MAX Lionel Lorence, Real Estate in Vancouver, It's the experience!

Vancouver Architect Arthur Erickson is best known for this classically elegant almost arabesque designs, frequently featuring a repetition of Moorish arches in subtly ornate compositions that someone once described as "poetic geometry". This discipline would seem to be far removed from a rustic home built with peeled cedar logs, rough beams, and used brick, and yet that is exactly what Arthur Erickson has undertaken in this delightfully warm, West Vancouver home. Custom built in 1963 by Arthur Erickson for his client, this home sits on a dramatic 1/2 acre rock shelf, where Erickson has taken his theme from the Oriental philosophy of Zen, which tells the artist to look for beauty in the materials at hand, in the honest form of rough textures and natural shapes. This very successful approach can be seen here in the effective combination of unexpected materials, peeled cedar posts from this property, the dark-stained rough cedar beams, the smooth white plaster, the extensive use of old brick, and the darkened oak floor. Much of the success of this house, however, is due to a wonderfully 3-dimentional floor plan that turns the living space into a series of visual experience that constantly lead you on to new vistas. Many house plans are completely static; this one has a feeling of movement and continuity that provides a stimulating looking shelter. You get this sense of movement from the moment you step up from the carport into an open brick courtyard between the two parallel wings of the house. The brick courtyard continues through the entrance hall and drops 2 steps to a glass-enclosed living room open to a brick terraces and partially enclosed courts which brings you to other areas of the house or to the naturally landscaped gardens and gorgeous outdoor pool. Bedroom wing of the house is built into the natural contours of the rocky site, overlooking a back garden which skillfully employs the native plant material. Front of the house looks out over Seal Rocks, Howe Sound to Bowen Island and Passage Island out beyond the mighty pacific to Vancouver Island!

Disclaimer: The Buyer(s) are aware that all house measurements and square footage, lot size and dimensions, and age of the property are approximate and definitely should be verified by the Buyer(s) to their own satisfaction.