Rancher House
Introducing the next West Coast Modern home—a never-before-seen restoration of a classic Bob Lewis home.
Celebrity manager from Los Angeles and local architect pair together to restore a 1950s single level mid-century modern home. The couple leaned into a vision that is as true to its Californian influences as it takes advantage of its forested setting of the Pacific North West.
Curbing the trend of many similar homes being demolished or insensitively renovated, this duo set an important precedent for what a mid-century modern home can be in Vancouver.
Featured in the Western Living magazine, the Rancher House maintains its soul from the 50s while being remastered for today and is ready for its next custodian.
516 W 22nd St
North Vancouver, BC
Neighbourhood
Central Lonsdale
Designer
Bob Lewis
Designed and Built
1958
Price
$2,385,000
Specification
Mid-century Modern
Program
West Coast Modern
Floors
1 Level
Rooms
5 Bed 3 Bath
Building
2,254 sqft
Lot
11,122 sqft
Featured In
“If you’re a fan of West Coast modern design, Bob Lewis is likely already on your radar. The designer/builder was well known for his post-and-beam designs on the North Shore, particularly in North Vancouver.”
– Western Living, September 22, 2022
“This week we stop into a restored home by Canadian architect Bob Lewis…”
– Monocle Magazine, November 16, 2022
Bob Lewis
Pioneering the Post-and-Beam Boom
Bob Lewis, of Lewis Construction Company, was head of the most successful design-build firm in the post-war West Coast Modern movement. Such a prolific company that in its heyday employed 80 skilled men on a permanent basis and was was building 100+ homes a year, Lewis Construction was known as the ubiquitous design-build firm populating the North Shore with unapologetically simple
post-and-beam homes. Championing functional good design that was versatile and affordable, each Bob Lewis home was a unique post-and-beam configuration. A total of 114, or more than one third, of the houses designated as architecturally significant in the West Vancouver Survey of Significant Architecture was designed and built by Lewis Construction Company.
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