Forrest Residence, Thompson, Berwick, Pratt Architects, 1962-1963. Photo: Selwyn Pullan, 1962. Collection of West Vancouver Art Museum.
Forrest Residence, Thompson, Berwick, Pratt Architects, 1962-1963. Photo: Selwyn Pullan, 1962. Collection of West Vancouver Art Museum.
Forrest Residence, Thompson, Berwick, Pratt Architects, 1962-1963. Photo: Selwyn Pullan, 1962. Collection of West Vancouver Art Museum.
Forrest–Baker House, 1962
- Constructed 1962-1963
- Location West Vancouver, BC
- Architect
Ron Thom, Dick Mann,
Thompson, Berwick & Pratt Architects - Use Dwelling
- Recognition
Massey Medal for Architecture, 1964
Primary Building, West Vancouver Survey of Significant Architecture
Of Heritage Value, West Vancouver Community Heritage Register - Features Ron Thom and the Allied Arts, Travelling Exhibition & Publication, 2013-2015
West Coast Modern Home Tour, 2008 - Status Threatened with Demolition
In the News
- New owner pledges to save threatened Ron Thom masterpiece home, Ben Richter. April 12, 2020. North Shore News.
- West Van council teeters on saving Ron Thom house, Ben Richter. March 13, 2020. North Shore News.
- West Van may protect threatened Ron Thom masterpiece, Ben Richter. January 14, 2020. North Shore News.
- Ron Thom ‘Masterpiece of Architecture’ Faces Possible Demolition, Jessica Hardy. January 6, 2020. Montecristo Magazine.
- LETTER: Forrest-Baker house a modernist icon worth saving, WCML. December 30, 2019. North Shore News.
- Editorial: To save our heritage, we need modern tools. December 19, 2019. North Shore News.
- What West Van must do to save heritage houses, Peter Miller. December 14, 2019. The Global Canadian.
- West Van Blocks Destruction of Rare Ron Thom House, For Now, Ben Richter. November 20, 2019. North Shore News.
- The Vancouver Architect Who Made Nature His Muse, Adele Weder. September 6, 2013. The Tyee.
- A West Vancouver Tear-Down Wins it’s Buyer’s Heart, Adele Weder. April 13, 2012. The Globe and Mail.
- An Inside Tour of a Ron Thom Home. April 13, 2012. Updated April 30, 2018. The Globe and Mail.
Sources
- Forrest Residence: Statement of Significance. Donald Luxton & Associates. February 2020.
- West Vancouver Survey of Significant Architecture 1945-1975. F.G. Architecture & Planning Consultants, 1994.
- Massey Medals for Architecture 1964. November 1964. RAIC Journal.
- Robins, T., Brigette Shim, Thomas Symons, Adele Weder (2013). Ron Thom and the Allied Arts. West Vancouver Museum.
- Shadbolt, Douglas (1995). Ron Thom: The Shaping of an Architect. Douglas & McIntyre.
- Design for Living: West Coast Modern Homes Revisited (2019). West Vancouver Art Museum, District of West Vancouver.
- Weder, A., Kiriko Watanabe, Donald Luxton, Barry Downs (2012). Selwyn Pullan: Photographing Mid-Century West Coast Modernism. Douglas & McIntyre.
- Bellerby, G (2014). The West Coast Modern House: Vancouver Residential Architecture. Figure 1 Publishing.
