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Jenesys Buildings offers three different houses that are designed to comply with Vancouver’s laneway housing regulations.

The Flex-Haus model from Wheelhaus is a street-legal RV/tiny home designed for easy mobility.

The open-plan kitchen, dining area, and living space are arranged in a 16-square-foot volume that features a vaulted ceiling, lending a sense of spaciousness.

The architect worked carefully to create ample storage for myriad uses, since the space doubles as a wet bar for entertaining due to its proximity to a garden terrace.

Solomon Troupe Architects designed this 430-square-foot backyard bedroom suite for the owners to retreat to when their family comes to visit.

Homeowner Amy Clark requested the restored front doors be painted red like an Eero Saarinen womb chair. The "hat" roof's original shingles and metal soffits were removed and replaced with Kebony wood.

On a rustic strip of coastline near Puerto Escondido, Mexico, S-AR designed a beach getaway with an open concrete grid that frames its natural surroundings.

A Firemaker stove is suspended from the ceiling in the open plan living space, to be enjoyed alongside the expansive views from the client’s vintage Ercol chairs and plush green sofa.

The cozy living area features a refurbished Børge Mogensen chair and a Recover sofa from Bolia. The coffee table was sourced from Jotex.

Perched below the Griffith Observatory and overlooking Hollywood is a lush lot crowned with four towering olive trees and a 1965 home designed by modernist architect Craig Ellwood. When a young couple purchased the home in 2018, it needed substantial work. For a historic restoration, they called on Woods + Dangaran, a local firm fluent in modernist history. The team completed a meticulous restoration of the home while keeping original components like the linear shape, open plan, and expansive windows. One of the most striking features is the original koi pond (a feature deemed so essential that its preservation was a condition of escrow) that is now crossed via a bridge that leads to a new lap pool—perhaps the biggest intervention on the property.

Master bathroom

All three bedroom suites come with a soaking tub overlooking ocean views.

The lower floor houses a spa, gym, and office. A built-in bathroom by Espace Cuisine includes a sauna.

A bathroom with a corner shower.

Bathroom

A look at the couple's adjoining bathroom.