Type of Project: Professional
Year: 2025
Client: West Coast Modern
My Involvement in the Project: Research & archival sourcing, editorial copywriting, social media copywriting, graphic design, digital storytelling and content strategy
Big Idea:
This cedar-and-brick West Coast home, designed in 1965 by Budapest-born modernist Peter Kaffka, carries echoes of Vancouver’s architectural legacy, right down to fragments of the Burrard Street Bridge set into its twin fireplaces.
Designed for one of the engineers behind the Burrard Street Bridge, the home stands as a quiet monument to two men who saw design as legacy: Kaffka, whose early work in Hungary blended romantic nationalism with form, from a time when buildings were meant to carry the soul of a nation; and the engineer who helped shape one of Vancouver’s most enduring structures.
Perched above Eagle Harbour, the house looks out over forest, inlet, and sky, still and elevated, like the eagles that sweep the tree line.
“Educated in Budapest in the 1920s, his early career was shaped by romantic nationalism, a movement that saw architecture as a vessel for cultural identity.”
“Before unveiling our latest discovery, we’re pausing to reflect on Edgecombe House in Vancouver. An architectural treasure by Peter Kaffka. ”
Peter Kaffka City Collection
Editorial Photography: Derrick Pham
