A cousin to an example of the west-coast modernist style in Kitsilano – seen here – can be found on Nelson Street, west of Denman:
Hard to see behind the trees and landscaping? That’s the idea.
The use of exposed wood, spacious decks and horizontal articulation is so similar, I wonder if they were done by the same architectural firm.
André Molnar!
http://www.molnargroup.com/westwind.html
“The Westwind is a National Housing Design Council Award winner. It was also the first project in Vancouver’s history to be pre-sold before completion.”
This is worth skimming. It shows how really nothing has changed, except a few players.
From 1979 and the same themes are in the daily news today:
https://open.library.ubc.ca/cIRcle/collections/ubctheses/831/items/1.0100276