The fate of a West Coast modernist architecture classic, Downs House II, hangs in the balance, as the structure perches on a cliffside overlooking West Vancouver’s Garrow Bay.
The second home of the late, great Vancouver architect Barry Downs, it is now up for sale but unlike many of his other residential designs, is not protected by West Vancouver’s heritage register. In a competitive real estate market, this means the house at 6664 Marine Drive – only 1,400 sq ft on a 22,000 sq ft lot – is in imminent danger of demolition.
