McIntyre House: UBC SALA: West Coast Modern House Series

The genesis, development and life-long occupation of the McIntyre house,

built in 1972 as part of a multiple-dwelling subdivision, provides

possible answers to some very pressing contemporary design questions.

How might one live near the city and be respectful of nature? How might

efficiently built dwellings also be spacious and dense site occupation

still allow for privacy? This history is recounted through text

augmented by photographs and site diagrams, house sections and plans.

They reveal a modern architecture on the west coast that resulted from

an interplay of both the physicality of the land and a culturally imbued

landscape.