A large glass facade rises to a dramatic peak, accounting for more than half the rear of this 4,000-square-foot home on Gabriola Island. Ships that ply the Georgia Strait, an occasional orca or dolphin, the Coast Mountains and, on a clear day, the Vancouver skyline are all visible through the large steel-framed glass panels.
It’s a stunning tableau for homeowners Bram and Joanna Vandenberg.
In architectural parlance, the big window is called a curtain wall, and it’s difficult to believe it was not part of the plan for the home’s design from the get-go…
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PHOTOGRAPHY: ADRIEN WILLIAMS & JEFFERY JAMES
