West Coast Modern has listed the Fred Hollingsworth-designed Lantern House for sale in North Vancouver. An early example of West Coast modernism, the 1950-built home is one of the few remaining Neoteric houses designed by Hollingsworth and is one of the only private residences in Canada to have been personally blessed by the Dalai Lama.
“Leading modernist architects like Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright and Arthur Erickson all drew design inspiration from Japan – and Fred Hollingsworth was no different,” says Trent Rodney, Co-Founder at West Coast Modern. “With the Lantern House, Hollingsworth tapped into Japanese wabi-sabi principles that seek to eliminate the inessential and find beauty in unembellished, humble materials.”
Located at 825 Forest Hills Drive in North Vancouver’s Edgemont Village neighborhood, the Lantern House features five bedrooms and 3.5 bathrooms over three levels on an 8,625-square-foot lot. Exposed timber beams and large picture windows blur the line between the interior and the lush greenery and Japanese pond outside. The spacious 3,865-square-foot layout is double the size of other Neoteric homes thanks to a 2000 renovation that saw Hollingsworth’s son, Russell, gracefully add a second story to the home.
Born in England and based in Vancouver, Fred Hollingsworth was a strong advocate for “truth” in architecture – privileging natural or locally produced materials and believing that homes should fit into their natural surroundings (“of it, not on it”). With his Neoteric collection of homes, Hollingsworth sought to articulate his vision for the modern home – a repeatable post-and-beam design, customizable for each family and in harmony with nature.
Attracted to the home for its tranquility and the healing properties of its design, the previous owners invited the Dalai Lama to bless the home during his 2014 visit to Vancouver.
“The Lantern House is rooted in its natural surroundings as though it were growing right out of the North Vancouver slopes,” continues Rodney. “It is a serene base from which to engage with the world and is ready to heal its next custodian.”
The Lantern House is being offered at $3,285,000. The home will be open for public tours beginning Sunday, November 12th.
Photography by Barbara Tili courtesy of West Coast Modern.
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