Reflection House

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Presenting The Reflection House.

Perched above the city like a treehouse, The Reflection House is a rare remastering of mid-century modernism—one of the last of its kind on Vancouver’s Westside. Over two decades, a creative duo reimagined the home as a quiet muse: light moves across original plaster walls, through framed openings, and toward a skyline view that stretches from the downtown core to the North Shore mountains. With a reflecting pool anchoring the experience and sculpted spaces designed to stir thought, it invites creativity from within.

A retreat in the heart of the city, The Reflection House now awaits its next custodian.

3962 Heather Street,
Vancouver

Neighbourhood
Cambie Village

Architect
Remastered by Alan Davies

Designed and Built
1956

Price
$3,170,000

Specification
Mid-Century Modern

Program
West Coast Modern

Floors
3 Levels

Rooms
3 Bed 3 Bath + creative studio

Building
2,180 sqft
Lot
3,144 sqft

Monograph Brochure

Floor Plan

In a city shaped by reinvention, this 1958 home chose reflection.

Hidden within the foliage of a coveted Westside community, the Reflection House has been quietly reimagined by an architect and artist over two decades.

Their shared vision: to treat a mid-century modern home not as a project, but as a process—an evolving canvas that honours the past while making space for stillness, for light, for thought.

A sanctuary for the creative mind.

For more than two decades, a creative duo quietly nurtured a life of rhythm and reflection inside their 1956 mid-century modern home on Vancouver’s Westside.

He was an architect—known for revitalizing heritage buildings and shaping civic landmarks across Vancouver and London—and a drummer in an alt-rock band for over 45 years. She is a visual fine artist whose practice spans sculpture, drawing, and printmaking, with work held in collections abroad.

Together, they treated the house not as a project, but as a retreat—a place where creativity could unfold slowly, shaped by stillness and light. They preserved the original fabric while introducing only gentle gestures: a tucked-away reading den, vertical cedar siding that echoed the trees outside, and a lower-level studio with French doors that open to the laneway breeze.

Mornings began in the studio. Evenings closed beside the shelves, as the reflecting pool cast branches and sky across the walls.

Over time, the house became a mirror—not just of its surroundings, but of the creative life it inspired within.

Remastered by Alan Davies

Former Principal Architect of Acton Ostry

You may not know the firm by name. But you’ve passed their buildings. Sat in their cafés. Walked beneath their rooflines. Looked out from towers they once sketched in silence.

Acton Ostry Architects has spent the last three decades shaping the quiet edges of Vancouver’s civic and cultural identity—restoring its

history, refining its skyline, and bringing intention to the everyday.

Before we share the story of the Reflection House—the private home of a former Acton Ostry Principal Architect—we’re pausing to honour the practice that helped define the city around it.