prior built work / small-footprint residential / Vancouver

Vancouver Laneway Homes

Selected built laneway homes led through design development, permit coordination, and delivery while at Smallworks.

Built compact laneway home with dark exterior siding and warm interior lighting. — Completed laneway home exterior.

This work was completed during Syn Jahan's time as Lead Designer at Smallworks, a Vancouver laneway-home design-build firm.

Projects moved from the client brief and compact planning through design development, permit and consultant coordination, and construction delivery.

At this scale, generosity is produced by precision: daylight, storage, circulation, ceiling volume, and the relationship between interior and garden.

The built work forms the practical foundation for the studio's current homes, land and compact-housing research. Read the Vancouver laneway house guide or explore Homes + Land.

Custom kitchen with a full-height storage wall in a completed Vancouver laneway home. — Custom kitchen and storage wall.

Completed laneway home with red cedar siding, seen from the lane. — Built red laneway home exterior.

Completed white kitchen beneath a vaulted ceiling. — Completed kitchen under vaulted ceiling.

Kitchen and dining area of a completed laneway home, with built-in seating. — Built kitchen and dining space.