There are two schools of thought on laneway-home design: mimic the style of the main house or do something completely different. These days, Curtis Krahn leans to the second. “We don’t need to create ...

Lanefab Design/Build recently completed the city of Vancouver’s first Net-Zero Solar Laneway House. The house, built as an infill on an existing residential lot, is 1020 square feet with 1 bedroom and ...

There’s an alley renaissance going on around the world. It was born of a renewed love for urbanity that came along with the droves of young, artistic types shunning the ‘burbs and repopulating North ...

Results of this Olivia Bailey design are both beautiful and functional Designing a 560-square-foot laneway house came with numerous challenges but the result was both beautiful and functional, making ...

When former Vancouver B.C. mayor Sam Sullivan introduced the city’s groundbreaking Eco-Density initiative in 2006, one of the key goals was to increase the amount of affordable infill housing. Several ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A laneway home in Crescent Heights, designed by architect Kayla Browne of Bold Workshop and built by Meadow Sage Builders. (Credit ...

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Vancouver's Smallworks Pioneered North America's Laneway Housing Movement, Now Driving Continental Housing Revolution Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, July 31, 2025 -- Twenty years ago, Jake Fry ...

As part of our fundraising campaign, join DesignTO for an exclusive laneway house tour on Garden Avenue in Toronto’s Roncesvalles neighbourhood. Experience a light-filled 2,300 square foot, ...

We independently select everything we recommend. Buying through us may earn us a commission, which supports our work. Designing a 560-square-foot laneway house came with numerous challenges but the ...