Buckland House
Presenting Buckland House.
Designed in 1951 by Thompson, Berwick & Pratt, the firm that introduced modernism to the region, Buckland House stands as a testament to an era of architectural freedom—one that can no longer be replicated. Built for a forest engineer and his family, this post-and-beam masterpiece was decades ahead of its time, where clarity of design and material integrity shaped a home that still feels visionary today.
Perched high in West Vancouver’s hillside, its cedar-clad structure and expansive glazing dissolve the boundary between indoors and out, embracing forested surroundings and sweeping ocean views. A home once at risk of being lost is now a reminder of how timeless design endures.
Now, Buckland House awaits its next custodian.
1015 Aubeneau Crescent
West Vancouver, BC
Neighbourhood
Sentinel Hill
Designer
Thompson, Berwick & Pratt
Designed and Built
1951
Price
$3,699,000
Specification
Mid-Century Modern
Program
West Coast Modern
Floors
3 levels
Rooms
4 Bed 4 Bath
Building
3,609 sqft
Lot
8,718 sqft
Why build a new modern architectural home when you can skip years of planning, permits, and rising construction costs—potentially saving millions by securing an architectural masterpiece, ready to make your own?
The Buckland House, originally commissioned for a forest engineer in 1951, offers its next custodian a rare opportunity to live in an expansive mid-century modern ocean-view home nestled in the forested hillside of West Vancouver.
A home that today’s designers strive to replicate but zoning laws will never allow to be built again. For those in the know, these irreplaceable classics are fast becoming the most sought after in Vancouver’s real estate market.
On the influence of Ned Pratt:
“Charles Edward (Ned) Pratt maintained that ‘these houses represent untiring efforts on the part of the architects to persuade the client into the contemporary frame of mind’. Pratt’s interest was in the use of a strongly-expressed structure as an ordering element, which allowed the wall to be filled with modular windows and panels. Along with his associate Robert Alexander Dean Berwick, Pratt helped to revitalize the established firm of Sharp and Thompson after becoming partners in 1945, turning it into the leading exponent of the modern style in Canada.”
– West Vancouver Survey of Significant Architecture 1945-1975
“Ned Pratt and Berwick hired me and others. He hired everyone: Erickson, Hollingsworth. Everyone worked there — it was sort of the graduate school.”
– Barry Downs, North Shore News, April 19, 2015
Thompson, Berwick, Pratt & Partners
Thompson Berwick and Pratt and Partners is an architectural firm that was founded in 1908 as Sharp and Thompson. The firm played a pivotal role in Vancouver and Canadian Architecture and began as an incubator for some of the most notable Canadian architects such as Barry Downs, Arthur Erickson, Fred Hollingsworth and Ron Thom. The firm became known for winning the 1913 international competition for the UBC Point Grey Campus master plan as well as becoming the university's official architecture firm.
Robert A.D. Berwick and Charles Edward (Ned) Pratt later joined the firm in 1937, which switched the firm's style to European modernism. Ned Pratt was an influential proponent of the clean-lined International Style of 20th century architecture. Notable projects include the Dal Grauer Substation, the first modernist building in the Vancouver’s West End, and the game-changer BC Electric Building, designed in collaboration with B.C. Binning. It closed in 1990.
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