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two red chairs sitting in front of a white house with wooden balconies on the second floor

Ah yes, the Vancouver Special. Say what you will about their seemingly bland designs and rental suite horror stories, but these oft-overlooked designs represent much more than the sum of their (dated) parts. While our city’s older heritage houses are defined by their unique period-specific craftsman

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two story house plans with three bedroom and one bathroom

Beautiful renovated Vancouver Special for sale in East Vancouver. Vaulted ceilings, wooden paneling and beautiful views from the roof top patio!

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a two story house with wooden siding and balconies on the second floor, along with green grass

Ah yes, the Vancouver Special. Say what you will about their seemingly bland designs and rental suite horror stories, but these oft-overlooked designs represent much more than the sum of their (dated) parts. While our city’s older heritage houses are defined by their unique period-specific craftsman

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two story houses with balconies on the second floor

Vancouver's popular residential architecture from the 1960s offers lessons on function over form when it comes to addressing the housing crisis, writes Uytae Lee.

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two story houses with balconies on the first floor and second story above them

75 / 85 / 95 East 41st Avenue Kodachrome From : POP SNAP Chronicles (1976-82) Vancouver 1970's The term “Vancouver Special” refers to an architectural style of houses that were built between roughly 1965 to 1985 in Vancouver. The relatively cheap and easy to build houses were popular with house builders looking to fill the demand for new housing in the fast growing city. So many of the houses were built, and became such a common sight, that they were given the nickname of Vancouver Special…

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the kitchen is clean and ready to be used for cooking or dining room furniture, as well as other appliances

Despite being consistently maligned since they emerged in the mid-1960s, the humble Vancouver Special is currently enjoying a cultural and critical revival. Not because of what is was, but because of what it can be.

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a house with a blue front door and two windows on the second floor that overlooks trees

Despite being consistently maligned since they emerged in the mid-1960s, the humble Vancouver Special is currently enjoying a cultural and critical revival. Not because of what is was, but because of what it can be.

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