Prefab Laneway House: 12′ x 20′

Prefab Laneway House:

Designed as a place for visitors to rest their travel-weary bones this Guesthouse concept could easily be adapted as a Laneway House for the Vancouver marketplace.


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Gambier Island Homesteaders – Remote Island Living

Gambier Island Homesteaders

Q&A with Gambier Island homesteaders James and Lara

Gambier Island

January is that time of year where people take stock of their lives and ask that all important question: “What am I doing with my life?” Usually this results in a few trips to the gym and then it’s back to business as usual.


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Backyard Bedroom: Home in a 96 Sq/Ft box

Vancouver Backyard Bedroom

Backyard Bedroom Kit: A Teenage Dream

Backyard Bedroom Kit: Our customer came to Westcoast Outbuildings with a problem. Their children were growing up right before their eyes. Brother & Sister once happy to share a single bedroom, it was now rapidly becoming a dysfunctional situation.


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Backyard Office & Storage By Modern-Shed

Backyard Office Kit by Modern-Shed

A Backyard Office Close to Home.

SEATTLE — Chris Hansot was used to paying $400 a month for an office in Queen Anne he barely used. It got him thinking about a Backyard Office.

The software salesman travels regularly for work around the Northwest and Canada,


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Frank Lloyd Wright please design me a dog house for Eddie.

frank lloyd wright

Frank Lloyd Wright… Please design me a dog house

In June of 1956, Frank Lloyd Wright — a man posthumously recognized as “the greatest American architect of all time” by the AIA — received an unusual letter from 12-year-old Jim Berger,




Vancouver Backyard Studio

Vancouver Backyard Art Studio

Vancouver Backyard Studio

Our client had a dilemma, he had just moved into a cute little East Vancouver BC bungalow  The upstairs was the perfect size for he and his wife and their two cats. In the basement was a revenue generating bachelor suite.


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Modern-Shed: Ultimate Fan Cave

Modern-Shed Prefab Man Cave / Seattle Seahawks Fan Cave

Modern-Shed Fan Cave

Modern-Shed SEATTLE — When Joe and Lisa Sakay moved into their new home in the Leschi neighborhood of Seattle this past June, they both felt as though the home was missing something.

“For some reason,


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Prefab Houses & Construction: Everything you wanted to know!

The Versatile Prefab House

Ever thought about owning a Prefab House? If you are as passionate about prefab houses and construction as we are they you’ve gotta check out this FREE Digital Issue of Dwell Magazine.