Vancouver Special Renovation by Iconstrux Architecture

Chris Doray and Arno Matis from Vancouver, Canada’s Iconstrux Architecture provided a complete redesign for this 1960?s “Vancouver Special” house in Vancouver’s Dunbar neighbourhood. The term “Vancouver Special” refers to an architectural style of houses that were built between roughly 1965 to 1985 in Vancouver. The relatively cheap and easy to build houses were popular with house builders looking to fill the demand for new housing in... 

Casa De Luz by Charles Schreiber

Welcome to Casa De Luz, The House of Light. Originally designed in 1962 by Charles Schreiber. Casa De Luz was defined and recently rejuvenated by nationally acclaimed award winning designer Jeffrey Rausch. Defined as The House of Light for its walls of windows, interior glass doors, and upper perimeter clerestory windows. The East floor to ceiling windows capture incredible views of Camelback, minimalist xeriscape, and the lush desert landscape from... 

The Kevi chair is 50 years old

Many people have sat in the chair that turns 50 in the autumn of 2008. Its name is Kevi and it was designed in 1958 by the Danish twin brothers and architects Ib and Jørgen Rasmussen. 2.5 million chairs have been produced since it was designed, and lots of homes and offices today have a new or older Kevi chair. In the chair’s lifetime, it has received several design awards, e.g. for the Kevi wheel, which Jørgen Rasmussen designed for the chair...