Groveland House // McLeod Bovell Modern Houses

West Vancouver, Canada

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A gentle three-story sloping site offers significant connections to grade on all levels of the house: a putting green on the upper floor, pool and entertainment on the middle level and more intimate views to natural bedrock al the lower level.

A wide footprint and generous building area allows the central living portions of the house to expand into double-height spaces.

These tall spaces interact with a large roof plane with a shaped underside.

This roof acts to bind the house together and create diverse, deep covered exterior spaces at all levels..

Groveland House Gallery

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