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Sharon and Mike Matas work at large wood table in the studio while their daughter plays.

The studio is furnished with a massive wood table, a sofa, and built-in Western Red Cedar shelves.

Steel can be one of the options used on the exterior of the ADU.

"Attracted to the Lantern House for its tranquility and the healing properties of its designs, the previous owners invited the Dalai Lama, who blessed the home during his 2014 visit to Vancouver,

Large windows and skylights ensure ample natural light sweeps throughout the interiors.

Thanks to a 2000 renovation led by Hollingsworth's son, Russell, the home is twice the size of other Neoteric homes, offering 3,865 square feet of living space across two levels.

"With the Lantern House, Hollingsworth tapped into Japanese wabi-sabi principles that seek to eliminate the inessential and find beauty in unembellished, humble materials,

A strong believer that homes should harmoniously merge with their natural surroundings ("of it, not on it"), Fred Hollingsworth aimed to articulate such vision with his Neoteric collection of homes. This includes the Lantern House, which appears to rise from the North Vancouver slopes.

The Lantern House is one of the only residences in Canada to have been personally blessed by the Dalai Lama.