A monograph on The Liminal House, a stunning seashore home in West Vancouver The design intentionally breaks down the boundaries between the house and its natural environment McLeod Bovell have established a top-class reputation for their innovative and beautiful responses to the local landscape and their clients' briefs Features an introduction by the architect and critic Aaron Betsky Photography by the renowned specialist firm Hufton + Crow
Where something begins and ends | The liminal is a transformational state between the position where something meets, mixes, and merges. The Liminal House straddles a similar threshold between West Vancouver's natural stony seashore and its suburban residential neighborhood. Courtyards, cantilevers, and the extension of floor area over exterior space dismantles boundaries between the house and the natural environment in which it exists and a strategy of mixing and merging, where light is reflected and landscapes are invited towards the interior of the home, collapses a normal reading of interior space. The house is animated by the ever-changing outdoor atmosphere; expansive walls of sliding glass open to a dark pool that reflects and extends the environment near the ocean. Concrete, black stained Accoya wood, and coated aluminum plate are the only exterior materials as they are tough and long-wearing in harsh and ever-changing environments.
