WL Design 25 Winners 2025: Elegant Reinvention

Originally designed by architect Daniel Evan White for the Reynolds family in 1969 (hence the play in the name: reDEW House), this home, set on a narrow strip of beach in West Vancouver, suffered from years of awkward renovations that masked the beauty of the architect’s original intent. In stripping away those interventions, Nigel Parish, Tomas Machnikowski and Galo Oyarce at Splyce Design have restored the home back to the best of West Coast modern design while keeping contemporary needs in focus.

The new design opens the space up to ocean views with exposed original post-and-beam timber framing and new sliding glass doors that seamlessly connect the interior to the patio, deck and pool. In the centre of the home, a suspended staircase appears to effortlessly float over the entry and dining area, its thin steel profile designed to contrast with those beautiful, heavy timber beams. And while the home’s historical palette would have been steeped in woodsy browns, the team wasn’t attempting to leave anyone stuck in the past: it’s as bright and white as a gallery now, all the better to celebrate the vista beyond the walls

Project: ReDEW House entry/dining room
Designer: Splyce Design
Collaborators: Powers Construction (builder), Aspect Engineers (structural engineer),  Hinterland Design (custom dining tabletop fabrication), Metal Mart (steel stair fabrication)
Location: West Vancouver

Meet all of the 2025 WL Design 25 winners here.