Selwyn Pullan, 1957. Collection of the West Vancouver Art Museum.
Selwyn Pullan, 1957. Collection of the West Vancouver Art Museum.
Ken Dyck, 2013. Courtesy of the photographer.
Ken Dyck, 2013. Courtesy of the photographer.
Ken Dyck, 2013. Courtesy of the photographer.
Ken Dyck, 2013. Courtesy of the photographer.
Carmichael House, 1957
- Constructed 1957
- Location West Vancouver, BC
- Designer
Ron Thom (Thompson, Berwick & Pratt) - Use Dwelling
- Recognition
Massey Medal for Architecture (1961)
West Vancouver Community Heritage Register
Built in 1957 for Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Carmichael, the Carmichael House is one of a collection of homes designed by Ron Thom utilizing a hexagonal planning approach, a departure from the usual rectilinear plan. This unique approach was pioneered in Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hanna House (1936) in Stanford, California; Thom brilliantly harnessed this strategy as an effective way to design homes on West Vancouver’s famously irregular topography. Not only has the Carmichael House been sensitively updated by its current owners, but it is one of Thom’s few remaining 30-60 houses in the region.
