Vancouver Living – September-October 2019

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the home hAs geothermAl heAting And

cooling for low emissions and re-circulation of rain water

to use for landscaping, and concrete and Pennsylvania

blue stone walls that retain heat or cold very well. That

means Park Lane, located in West Vancouver’s Altamont

neighbourhood on the waterfront, has the capability,

with the addition of solar power which it is designed to

accommodate, to be fully net zero.

Brought to life by architect Paul Grant, the home

was inspired by the vision of the great Frank Lloyd

Wright, who had his own passions for utility and sustain-

able innovation.

“This house was designed, I would say, from the inside

out, meaning you want to know how things flow into the

house,” Umedaly says. “A lot of that came into the design:

the processes that take place. I got the furniture ordered

before the house was designed. You look at all those

things and all the people that are going to live in the home,

MEALS PREPARED IN THE

EXPANSIVE KITCHEN AND

SERVED IN THE DINING ROOM

ARE ACCOMPANIED BY SWEEPING

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