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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 29/09/2026

Can someone confirm if this response (upper photo) is real? If so I love it. Amazing.

First Nations' group holding a sign saying "got Balls? don't hide behind a mask" in response to a white nationalist group on the same bridge holding a sign saying "got bones?"

Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 28/09/2026

On a short/wide lot you can orient toward a shared yard to the south. This lot is 66x99, in an R3 zone in Vancouver. This might not pencil as Rental, but could work really well as a co-op or other form of Alt Ownership.

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 28/09/2026

The "Four/Five" Single Stair prototype includes a cargo bike garage at grade. All units have elevator access, a shared yard and roof deck, and a basement storage area.

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 28/09/2026

A few other variations on the FourFive in terms of style. The left one borrows heavily from our friends at MA&HG. The right borrows from one of our previous passivhaus projects. Given the political challenge with bringing apartments into detached 'hoods, the 'mod-wardian' is what we now lead with

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 28/09/2026

Also, vis a vis the original rendering. One commenter said (the least realistic thing is the Kei truck). To that person I offer this:

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 28/09/2026

Ah I missed the moonrise but it is nice out there

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 27/09/2026

On the boards again today but this time with the kiddo and doggo

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 27/09/2026

I’m not sure how this would fare with our code and climate - but the natural simplicity is amazing

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 26/09/2026

Nice morning to be out on the boards around Stanley park

4 paddle boarders with Stanley park and lions Gate bridge

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 26/09/2026

In the cargo bike garage! At-grade. Warm/dry. Auto open garage door. Dedicated spots with charging. Easy access to outside and the stair/elevator. Smaller bikes can be in the unit.

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 26/09/2026

Anyway, enough ranting about housing narratives that are past their due date, here’s a yard sign in the wild.

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 25/09/2026

perhaps hashtags are passé, but this one holds some nostalgia for us... and people will ask wtf we're on about, and we get to tell them about passive house and net zero construction methods at great length

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 25/09/2026

Too much of Vancouver has seen "Character Gentrification": extreme land value lift in areas where character zoning has excluded new apartments. We need to bring more housing options, incl sub $1m homes, more rental, more alt-ownership (like co-op, land trust) to these n'hoods.

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 25/09/2026

@onecityvan.bsky.social posted their housing platform. Lots to like: more housing options, more non market housing, better support for renters. Also, they're calling for affordable & accessible flats (like our Four/Five prototype 👇) to be allowed everywhere we already allow plexes and large homes.

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 25/09/2026

The Airbox charcoal filter is our most common go-to. You need enough cabinet space to fit the unit and slide out the replacement filter.

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 25/09/2026

For recirc hoods (used in parallel with HRV exhaust) you can use the small puck filters but we tend to add a large charcoal filter.

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 24/09/2026

2nd floor framed - moving on to the 3rd then the roof deck

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 23/09/2026

Most of our plex projects are for extended families sharing a property. It’s always a balance between providing private space, semi private / screened, and shared outdoor space. In some cases it’s about leaving enough side yard for privacy / shade trees.

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 23/09/2026

Some clients still want gas for cooking and fireplaces. We can do that, though we encourage all-electric builds. With gas cooktops we'll do direct exhaust kitchen hoods with makeup air. (You can't just put a jet engine hood into an airtight house and expect it to work without makeup air)

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 23/09/2026

This duplex will borrow some ideas from our other recent net zero and passivhaus plex projects: All electric, thick walls, triple glazed windows, HRVs and heat pumps, low embodied carbon construction (with cellulose insulation and reclaimed wood).

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 23/09/2026

We've used entry path boardwalks in the past when we wanted to float above the landscape or protect tree root zones. This example is the Wedge House, a renovation/addition to an existing A. Erickson house in North Van that we did a few years ago.

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 23/09/2026

3 storey massing looks taller compared to a typical detached bungalow, but it allows for less reliance on basements, more accessible homes (in some cases) and in this case - it's easier to work around existing trees.

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 23/09/2026

Vancouver west side, net zero duplex amid mature cedar trees. Work in progress. Some trees will be removed but we've put the front access garages at grade and the upper floors overhang the driveway to protect the root zones of the trees in the front.

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 23/09/2026

I have the “skeptical dog” model

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 22/09/2026

This is another cargo bike share system from Montreal. My French wasn’t good enough to actually understand the rider’s description of how it work - but sounds a bit like EVO car share?

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 22/09/2026

If you want affordable housing without towers...

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 22/09/2026

If you want modest, accessible, sustainable housing that isn't just a speculative investment: Make it legal across the city. Make it as easy to permit as a 'Mansion'

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 21/09/2026

What comes after the Villages Plan? There's a lot we can/should do city-wide in our R1 zones. * Allow strata lane houses * Allow more plex units per lot (on big lots) * Allow corner stores * Allow smaller lots * Allow Accessory Commercial Units * Allow 'Affordable-Ownership' Small Apt. Buildings

12 unit small lot apartment building, 50x122, 1.6 FSR.
We could allow this citywide, for rental and non market ownership in our R1 plex zones.

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 21/09/2026

The foreground townhouse district is probably the closest thing we have to Montreal's 3 storey plex urbanism, though these aren't small-lot buildings, so it's not quite as fine grained and diverse. A nice area to live/bike/walk, though I'd rather have small quirky shops nearby vs Broadway