Bryn Davidson - Lanefab

Happy Friday.

Here's a community of small lot single stair buildings mixed with multiplexes and single family homes.

Cream Pony officially opens its doors in Vancouver | Food & Drink A year after first announcing it, Cream Pony has officially opened the doors to its second location here in Vancouver.

Finally!

I actually know nothing about the food, but have been walking past the boarded up windows for a long time now. Good to see it coming back to life.

dailyhive.com/vancouver/cr...

Around 2003 is when vancouver finally started allowing accessory dwellings.

A point where it was acknowledged that single detached housing, by itself, was not up to the task.

Another from @tomflood.bsky.social

In 25-Country Survey, Americans Especially Likely To View Fellow Citizens as Morally Bad Across 25 countries, Americans are the most likely to see the morality and ethics of people in their country as somewhat or very bad.

a link to the report...
www.pewresearch.org/religion/202...

Part of why it feels different crossing the border from the US into Canada

This is a late mid century house in Crescent Beach that we renovated. The double height space was ideal for a feature light.

If you can’t beat em, join em

Too soon!

Thanks to all who came along on our first tour of 2026! It was informative & fun; great storytelling from @lanefab.com & Julie McManus. Pouring rain highlighted the function of St. George Rainway:
🌊 #stormwater retention and detention
🪱 capture of polluted sediment
🌿 phytoremediation
🌸 #biodiversity

Example 3BR, 1.5 Bath, 830sf.

Using our "4/5" split massing single stair prototype - assuming the city allows something like a 1.6FSR density as a baseline - it could also be 1.75 FSR with the additional 10% density bonus (for passive house / low embodied carbon)

You lose a bit of shared rear yard space but gain larger units.

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yes, that's 100% the nefarious scheme behind it all.
Make it so more people burn up in fires.

(at least that's what some people think who don't understand the issue at all but make all-knowing pronouncements online)

Our dapper duo

To Cut Housing Costs, Some States Are Easing Fire Safety Rules

@nytimes.com covers #singlestair with @holz-bau.bsky.social and @stephenjacobsmith.com and co

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/b...

The “west end model” of distributed density vs Character retention.

This was the fork in the road back in the 1970s when Vancouver opted to down zone much of the city to restrict new apartment construction, and to pivot to spot rezoning and character design guidelines.

Interesting, I saw a flash and heard the boom and thought it was strange lightning

4/5 massing from the lane, with parking and yard

1 Br apartments, where every unit has windows on 3 sides.

Would be great to see examples if you have photos.

I'm pretty sure that no one but me is calling it the Vancouver Stair, but I figured it was worth a try since its the key feature distinguishing Vancouver's single stair code update from BCs (which requires an interior separated stair).

Here's an example floor plan with three 1BR units per floor.
The wider front massing could hold a 3Br unit as an option.

yeah, 950sf and up can work if you don't have to include stairs.

4:30!

We had sketched this one a while back. 3 one bed units in front and 3 2 bed units in back

See you today at 4pm

For example my Vancouver (BC) pack.

This one reflects my own biases and housing interests, but I’ve heard that it’s been useful for those new to Bsky.

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Yep - a SungShill through and through

Moonrise right now

Support / promote local and regional starter packs so local gov and media can quickly find a following.

Also I’d like to see a list of govs / orgs that have gone off of X.