Canadian studio RSAAW has renovated a mid-century household in Vancouver to include things like a double-peak library, all-white interiors and a treehouse in the backyard.


The challenge, called Berkley Dwelling, is a two-storey household with a darkish facade surrounded by trees in North Vancouver.

RSAAW designed the project in Vancouver
The walls and ceilings have been painted bright white

Nearby organization RSAAW reworked the family household into a vibrant and ethereal room by connecting its beforehand divided two concentrations and painting the gallery-like interior in white.

A slanted roof functions huge skylights that emphasise the central atrium room of the open up-plan ground ground. Prior to the renovation, this amount was a home finance loan helper suite.

Berkley House is in North Vancouver
The double-peak library by the stairs

“Family areas were being relatively cloistered, with minimum natural light moving into crucial locations,” said RSAAW.

Berkley House’s related levels are anchored by a double-height library fashioned by stacked bins of light-weight wooden. The wooden bookcase is built into the staircase linking the concentrations jointly.

“The home’s sense of room was additional augmented by vaulting ceilings all over the main ground, ” ongoing the studio.

“Adding outsized glazing to authorized for sights of the North Vancouver greenery in the back garden and further than, filling the household with light even on overcast days.”

RSAAW renovated the house's interior with a double height library
Significant skylights convey all-natural gentle into the house

The reduced level’s circulation was also improved by turning a former mechanical room into a hallway with discreet storage, which contrasts with the open up living area together with it that is filled with custom made millwork and pops of colour.

Formerly inaccessible attic space has been converted into a cosy kid’s playroom, with a multicoloured carpet that is echoed in the strips of painted timber that mark the entrance to a treehouse exterior.

RSAAW converted the property's attic into a cosy playroom
The kid’s playroom was formerly an attic

Created about a Douglas fir tree, the understated treehouse blends with its surroundings, injecting a playfulness to the in any other case small home.

RSAAW also replaced the home’s pressured-air central heating system with energy-successful underfloor heating and mounted triple-glazed windows all over the setting up.

A treehouse is built around a Douglas fir tree outside
Colourful slats feature in the treehouse

RSAAW is a Vancouver architecture business founded by Rafael Santa Ana.

Other current mid-century renovation assignments include a modernised Melbourne condominium by architect Murray Baker and artist Esther Stewart and a holiday getaway house on Fire Island in the Atlantic by American studio Andrew Franz Architect.

Images is by Ema Peter.