SMStudio includes pool with underwater windows in "bold yet friendly" Vancouver house

Gridded fibre-cement cladding and a swimming pool with underwater windows feature at the East Van Residence in Vancouver by Canadian firm SMStudio.
The project is in Hastings-Sunrise, a residential neighbourhood in East Vancouver, a mixed residential and industrial area that borders the city's harbour.
SMStudio designed the concrete-clad home to replace a "tired, 1950s bungalow"
The home replaces a "tired, 1950s bungalow" that did not accommodate the client's needs, said SMStudio, a local firm l