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Leckie Studio designed Penthouse at the new Bjarke Ingels's Vancouver House project in Canada

Project name:
Penthouse at Vancouver House
Architecture firm:
Leckie Studio
Location:
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Photography:
Conrad Brown
Principal architect:
Michael Leckie
Design team:
Leckie Studio team
Collaborators:
Built area:
3600 m²
Design year:
Completion year:
2021
Interior design:
Leckie Studio
Environmental & MEP engineering:
Structural engineer:
Lighting:
Bocci
Material:
Wood, Stone, Glass, Steel
Construction:
Tools used:
Client:
Private
Status:
Built
Typology:
Residential › Penthouse

Leckie Studio: This client with a penchant for travel hoped to transform her two-bedroom penthouse in the new Vancouver House tower was conceived as into a welcoming and a warm space for living, socializing, and displaying the client’s her collection of art and natural artifacts.

Positioned on the tower’s northwest side, the two-story unit features expansive views of English Bay and the North Shore Mountains, which the designers hoped to weave into a layered and balanced environment that looked both inward ands much as it did outward.

modern black kitchen design image © Conrad Brown

Through an iterative design process, the studio and client arrived at a highly bespoke, biophilic design that is attuned to the passage of time. Using the owner’s daily routinizations as a guide, the designers sequenced the interior to maximize views and quality of light. The second-floor master suite, where morning light is most abundant, opens onto a vista of the surrounding water. Procession from the master suite traces down a half-turn open stair, which features a copper-laced, firefly-like Bocci lighting installation made up of hand-selected, multicolored glass elements in pink, orange, umber, green, and blue. At sunset, the penthouse’s first-level kitchen, dining, and living spaces look onto are set aglow by the Vancouver city lights. In the living room, modular, multidirectional seating furnishings resemble landscape formations, supporting guests’ various postures and orientations.

penthouse living room with city view image © Conrad Brown

Spaces including the first-floor office, living room, and second-floor study look onto a lush, glass-walled atrium. This vertical garden forms a spine for the penthouse, extending through the second floor and onto to the unit’s roof terrace. Conceived as a microcosm of the Pacific Northwest rainforest, its centerpiece is a full-size red cedar tree that lends a contemplative and grounding element to the onlooking interiors. The terrarium further reinforces the sense of time passage within the project: The ecosystem surrounding this tree will be sustained nourished long term by a “nurse” log, which replenishes the space with nutrients from decay.

living room with inner courtyard garden image © Conrad Brown

A restrained material palette characterizes the interior project, and setsting a rich, organic background for the client’s impressive displays of art and artifacts from her travels. American black walnut makes up millwork in the living, kitchen, and bath areas, and is also seen in stair treads. Modern, blackened-steel accents run throughout. Floors, which feature radiant heating, are made of creamy travertine mare bianco, as are the custom-milled sinks in the bathrooms. Smoky fior de bosco marble linesgraces powder-room walls.

inner garden trees and plants image © Conrad Brown

The penthouse’s sizable kitchen opens onto a dining area, creating an ideal zone for entertaining. Extending the unit’s social areas by nearly 1800 square feet is the aA large roof deck, which can be accessed by a personal elevator, extends the unit’s social areas by nearly 1,800 square feet. There, architects have installed a custom-designed, stainless-steel hot tub, as well as an outdoor shower, a garden, a kitchenette, and plenty of seating, establishing a highly hospitable, open-air setting for family and friends.

steel staircase with wooden steps

wooden wardrobe

bathroom marble floor

hanging lights and staircase

modern hanging lights design

glass partition wall

staircase metal handrail

bathroom sink made with Natura stone

circular mirror at bathroom

hanging lamps

wooden door handle

modern bathtub

wooden door and parquet floor

bathroom lighting

bathroom washing basin

bathroom stone washing basin

pendant lamps

modern wooden kitchen with illumination

kitchen island design

kitchen sink and cabinet

kitchen island

black marble stone kitchen island

 

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By Naser Nader Ibrahim

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