In the post-war years of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, architects pioneering a new kind of modernism unique to the West Coast chose the North Shore as a place to build their family homes.
They included people like BC Binning, who built his own home in West Vancouver. With a flat roof and floor-to-ceiling windows that embrace the outside environment, it was regarded by many as the first Modern style home in Western Canada.
Contemporaries included emerging architects such as Ron Thom and Arthur Erickson.
The homes celebrate their environments of dense rainforest and rocky promontories. Floor plans were designed