Yew House is a minimal residence located in Vancouver, Canada, designed by Tom Chung in collaboration with Campos Studio. Yew House is situated on a small corner lot in Kitsilano, one of Vancouver’s original working class neighborhoods. Originally built in 1910, the house has undergone a patchwork of renovations with most of its land being sold off to accommodate a neighboring development in the 1970’s. Due to the sale of this land it is now impossible to build a new house of the same size on the lot. Following these zoning restrictions, the plan existing house was upgraded by gutting it down to the studs, re-insulating and seismically upgrading the timber shell. Having raised their family in this walkable neighborhood the owners wanted to find a way to create a home to suit their recent transition to semi-retired empty nesters through to retirement, and aging in place. Photo 1 of 252 in Interiors by Leibal

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Yew House is a minimal residence located in Vancouver, Canada, designed by Tom Chung in collaboration with Campos Studio. Yew House is situated on a small corner lot in Kitsilano, one of Vancouver’s original working class neighborhoods. Originally built in 1910, the house has undergone a patchwork of renovations with most of its land being sold off to accommodate a neighboring development in the 1970’s. Due to the sale of this land it is now impossible to build a new house of the same size on the lot. Following these zoning restrictions, the plan existing house was upgraded by gutting it down to the studs, re-insulating and seismically upgrading the timber shell. Having raised their family in this walkable neighborhood the owners wanted to find a way to create a home to suit their recent transition to semi-retired empty nesters through to retirement, and aging in place.