so this is christmas

Windmills of your mind

Current listening 3

More soul than Richie Havens flip flops

The Fear - Music Video from Astray Films on Vimeo.

Current listening 2

Dudes got soul.

Ben Howard - Esmerelda from Astray Films on Vimeo.

Current listening

Foals.

Day Dreaming With....

Update.  Haunch of Venison show.  Futura Pointman robot.  Yup.

Daydreaming with... James Lavelle from Daydreaming with... on Vimeo.

Totally late with this stuff, like a year and a half.....James Lavelle, St Michaels church Camden.  Dante, Angel wings....this must have been incredible.

Daydreaming with... St Michael's from Daydreaming with... on Vimeo.

Tiny House

These guys were our neighbour last year at the Mt Baker parking lot where we camped out on the LBS weekend.  Wonder if they will be back for 2013.

An Onjuku Surf Shack

Lovely Japanese no nonsense clean lines and honest true materials

Onjuku Surf Shack from BAKOKO on Vimeo.

Tweed

Up date : Plattan are releasing these puppies October 25th.  On the Christmas list.....

It is the time of year a chap might start thinking about Tweed.  How cool does this look ? I think Vancouver needs one of these.  Who's in ?

THE HARRIS TWEED RIDE // PART 2 // GLASGOW from JAMIEV_ on Vimeo.

Nike x Undercover Gyakusou

New Favourite Norwegians

Some images from Reiulframstadarkitekter, our new favourite Norwegians.  I dont know if it is something about the climate, skies, landscape, whatever it is.  These folk kill it.  Lovely Lovely stuff.

The Smokehouse

A short film by Rohan Anderson one of the blokes behind the hunting / gathering / fishing / cooking blog Whole Larder Love and The Smith Journal .  Radical DIY living.  Discovered at the always brilliant 10engines

The Smokehouse from Smith Journal on Vimeo.

a gif file of one of renderings yesterday

It's been one of those days!

It's a hard life but someone has to do it..... wednesday renderings....

progress shots...

and the finished products.... 

Current listening part 2 Time On The Fucking Moon

Time On The Fucking Moon



if this doesnt make the hairs on your arms stand on end...well then....well then..... you must not be living.... :)

Current listening Matthew Dekay & Lee Burridge - Lost In A Moment

IV38 / Matthew Dekay & Lee Burridge - Lost In A Moment

Platforms for living

Open publication - Free publishing - More garden design

Preview

A sneak peep at some new promotional material.

Open publication - Free publishing - More bc

dunbar residence

Some before and after shots of the almost completed dunbar private residence.

Front_before                  

Front_afterSide yard_ before

Side yard_afterRear view towards house_before

Rear view towards house_after

Rear view towards laneway_before

Rear view towards laneway_after

and some lovely details.....

handrails, table and benches to follow.....

Pool

A new pool / outdoor spa we're working on.  Going to be fun.

Velodrome

In keeping with our current cycling obsession (and project about to come to completion this week), the Tom and Ed of the Chemicals have done this tastiness for the track cyclists in the Olympics.  Wicked.

We're close. Garden for bicycle builder.

The Games

Celebrating the forthcoming games in the UK our mate Ross has illustrated and made these wicked T shirts.  Kind of sums up the state of play really.  If you want one, go here.  

Futura x Hennessy (and the wild rabbit)

The Wild West

Just back from a much needed camping trip to the Wild West Coast of BC.  What a place.

Aitor Throup....from Burnley

Northern Genius.

New Stuff

Bits n bobs

Fragments of our new work

Friday Rendering

Image for our project in Downtown Vancouver...with Ronnie Wood.

Ibiza

Take a couple minutes

sometimes it's all about the luck of the draw

...and a lovely existing maple to work with!

west vancouver

One of our west vancouver job's is turning out very nice indeed!

Before & After

Weeping Willow

Just because.

Thursday Renderings!

Tuesday rendering

David 8

Big things have small beginnings. More human than human ?

New American Psychedelia

Big fans of this sort of thing at Considered Design. Steven Harrington's Studio. Rad as they say in Southern California.

Steve Harrington (US) from Beck's Green Box Project on Vimeo.

Garden for a Cycle Builder and his family

spring is coming along nicely.....

after.... west vancouver job nearly finished!

before.....

On Our Screens

Some of the things that are keeping us out of mischief right now.

Private residence, West Vancouver.





Howe & Drake. New tower and podium Downtown South.





Bridgeport Road Richmond. 2 boutique hotels and an office tower.