Bryn Davidson - Lanefab
@lanefab.com
Vancouver, BC
Co-owner & Lead Designer
Lanefab Design/Build
Oori Architecture
B.Eng M.Arch
Build beautiful.
Build for a livable climate.
www.Lanefab.com
#ThickWallsAreSexy / #SingleStair #ElectrifyEverything / #Passivhaus #NetPositive
Co-owner & Lead Designer
Lanefab Design/Build
Oori Architecture
B.Eng M.Arch
Build beautiful.
Build for a livable climate.
www.Lanefab.com
#ThickWallsAreSexy / #SingleStair #ElectrifyEverything / #Passivhaus #NetPositive
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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab
@lanefab.com
· Nov 22
A short thread on going beyond #NetZero to build projects that are #NetPositive
First, I like to talk about "Projects" vs "Buildings".
It's an important distinction, because its not just about the physical artifact, but also:
where it is located?
what does it replace?
First, I like to talk about "Projects" vs "Buildings".
It's an important distinction, because its not just about the physical artifact, but also:
where it is located?
what does it replace?
Xmas and thanksgiving dinner are behind us so it’s time to party
December 26, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Xmas and thanksgiving dinner are behind us so it’s time to party
Reposted by Bryn Davidson - Lanefab
Who needs a village when you can have parking lots?
December 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Who needs a village when you can have parking lots?
This is some solid zoning nerd content
This one is really old! It came to America with the first comprehensive zoning code (NYC 1916), and was borrowed from European rules dating back at least to the 19th century. Here’s the evolution of Paris’s sky exposure plane by year: hal.science/hal-01903202...
December 26, 2025 at 3:18 PM
This is some solid zoning nerd content
Reposted by Bryn Davidson - Lanefab
Five Million Rides and Counting: Paris’s Busiest Bike Lane Sets Record.
momentummag.com/five-million...
momentummag.com/five-million...
Five Million Rides and Counting: Paris’s Busiest Bike Lane Sets Record
By the time the counter on Boulevard de Sébastopol in Paris ticked past five million trips , the moment had taken on a symbolic weight.
momentummag.com
December 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Five Million Rides and Counting: Paris’s Busiest Bike Lane Sets Record.
momentummag.com/five-million...
momentummag.com/five-million...
Couldn’t resist
(No chimney in this all electric building - but the roof access stair is convenient)
(No chimney in this all electric building - but the roof access stair is convenient)
December 25, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Couldn’t resist
(No chimney in this all electric building - but the roof access stair is convenient)
(No chimney in this all electric building - but the roof access stair is convenient)
So - what’s worth seeing in Toronto today?
December 22, 2025 at 2:50 PM
So - what’s worth seeing in Toronto today?
5 years ago, winter solstice.
Three of us spent the night in the partially built tiny house shelter prototype that Lanefab built (on the grounds of the Insulspan prefab factory).
Unfortunately we never could find a piece of land where it could function as an emergency shelter / temporary home.
Three of us spent the night in the partially built tiny house shelter prototype that Lanefab built (on the grounds of the Insulspan prefab factory).
Unfortunately we never could find a piece of land where it could function as an emergency shelter / temporary home.
December 21, 2025 at 2:19 AM
5 years ago, winter solstice.
Three of us spent the night in the partially built tiny house shelter prototype that Lanefab built (on the grounds of the Insulspan prefab factory).
Unfortunately we never could find a piece of land where it could function as an emergency shelter / temporary home.
Three of us spent the night in the partially built tiny house shelter prototype that Lanefab built (on the grounds of the Insulspan prefab factory).
Unfortunately we never could find a piece of land where it could function as an emergency shelter / temporary home.
Wouldn’t see this in Vancouver…
A single family home rezoned to house a nano-brewery in the garage.
One of the co-owners of the brewery lives there while others volunteer their time.
A single family home rezoned to house a nano-brewery in the garage.
One of the co-owners of the brewery lives there while others volunteer their time.
December 20, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Wouldn’t see this in Vancouver…
A single family home rezoned to house a nano-brewery in the garage.
One of the co-owners of the brewery lives there while others volunteer their time.
A single family home rezoned to house a nano-brewery in the garage.
One of the co-owners of the brewery lives there while others volunteer their time.
December 20, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Wouldn’t see this in Vancouver…
A single family home rezoned to house a nano-brewery in the garage.
One of the co-owners of the brewery lives there while others volunteer their time.
A single family home rezoned to house a nano-brewery in the garage.
One of the co-owners of the brewery lives there while others volunteer their time.
Wait what?
How much are we spending to establish a surveillance city?
How much are we spending to establish a surveillance city?
Coming up on The Early Edition - our show director, Laurence Watt, looks at security cameras for the upcoming FIFA World Cup games in Vancouver, the latest episode of "The Pitch: Vancouver's Road to the 2026 World Cup."
The signs are already up near BC Place:
The signs are already up near BC Place:
December 20, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Wait what?
How much are we spending to establish a surveillance city?
How much are we spending to establish a surveillance city?
Ok, that's a wrap for 2025.
1 baby, 3 weddings, new plexes and family size LWHs, red seal and passive house certifications, embodied carbon modelling, policy wins (and losses), but mostly a good team working to make good homes.
We'll see you in 2026.
1 baby, 3 weddings, new plexes and family size LWHs, red seal and passive house certifications, embodied carbon modelling, policy wins (and losses), but mostly a good team working to make good homes.
We'll see you in 2026.
December 20, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Ok, that's a wrap for 2025.
1 baby, 3 weddings, new plexes and family size LWHs, red seal and passive house certifications, embodied carbon modelling, policy wins (and losses), but mostly a good team working to make good homes.
We'll see you in 2026.
1 baby, 3 weddings, new plexes and family size LWHs, red seal and passive house certifications, embodied carbon modelling, policy wins (and losses), but mostly a good team working to make good homes.
We'll see you in 2026.
Our newest Red Seal carpenter, Hunter, modelling his new LF carhartt jacket.
December 20, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Our newest Red Seal carpenter, Hunter, modelling his new LF carhartt jacket.
“...at the beginning of the twenty-first century, the paramount challenge facing American cities is how to add density to the 50’-wide lots of single-family homes nestled in greenery.”
- @maxpodemski.bsky.social in "A Paradise of Small Houses"
When we're ready to take the leap beyond duplexes...
- @maxpodemski.bsky.social in "A Paradise of Small Houses"
When we're ready to take the leap beyond duplexes...
December 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
“...at the beginning of the twenty-first century, the paramount challenge facing American cities is how to add density to the 50’-wide lots of single-family homes nestled in greenery.”
- @maxpodemski.bsky.social in "A Paradise of Small Houses"
When we're ready to take the leap beyond duplexes...
- @maxpodemski.bsky.social in "A Paradise of Small Houses"
When we're ready to take the leap beyond duplexes...
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NEWS: They're adding Trump's name to the Kennedy Center building right now. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Kennedy Center adds Trump’s name to building
The signage change follows a vote by the board of trustees to rename the performing arts complex the Trump Kennedy Center.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:32 PM
🤢
holy @!#
It looks like the final adopted update to Burnaby's R1 zoning is really bad.
The allowable footprint area for a house and LWH is now capped at either 30% or 40% of the lot.
This change appears to kill the current design for one of our projects, and the housing library designs.
It looks like the final adopted update to Burnaby's R1 zoning is really bad.
The allowable footprint area for a house and LWH is now capped at either 30% or 40% of the lot.
This change appears to kill the current design for one of our projects, and the housing library designs.
December 18, 2025 at 6:28 PM
holy @!#
It looks like the final adopted update to Burnaby's R1 zoning is really bad.
The allowable footprint area for a house and LWH is now capped at either 30% or 40% of the lot.
This change appears to kill the current design for one of our projects, and the housing library designs.
It looks like the final adopted update to Burnaby's R1 zoning is really bad.
The allowable footprint area for a house and LWH is now capped at either 30% or 40% of the lot.
This change appears to kill the current design for one of our projects, and the housing library designs.
Whole lot of trucks at 6th and Brunswick
December 18, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Whole lot of trucks at 6th and Brunswick
More $#!+ from south of the border
“NCAR has played a greater role in advancing weather prediction & atmospheric modeling than perhaps any other single entity in the world,” says @weatherwest.bsky.social
Dismantling NCAR would be “like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.” KH
Dismantling NCAR would be “like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.” KH
Trump administration plans to break up largest federal climate research center
Russ Vought, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, said the National Science Foundation "will be breaking up" the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado.
www.nbcnews.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:10 AM
More $#!+ from south of the border
In vancouver (bc) it’s hard to find a tear down for less than $1.5m
If the worst single-family house in your n’hood costs over $1 million, then your n’hood should be zoned for apartment buildings.
(It’s pretty much that simple)
(It’s pretty much that simple)
December 18, 2025 at 4:44 AM
In vancouver (bc) it’s hard to find a tear down for less than $1.5m
Speaking of single family homes, we're continuing to tinker with the window layouts and interiors for the large lane house on the west side
December 18, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Speaking of single family homes, we're continuing to tinker with the window layouts and interiors for the large lane house on the west side
If the worst single-family house in your n’hood costs over $1 million, then your n’hood should be zoned for apartment buildings.
(It’s pretty much that simple)
(It’s pretty much that simple)
December 17, 2025 at 9:50 PM
If the worst single-family house in your n’hood costs over $1 million, then your n’hood should be zoned for apartment buildings.
(It’s pretty much that simple)
(It’s pretty much that simple)
Congrats Nick on passing the @ipha.bsky.social exam - You're Lanefab's latest certified passive house designer!
December 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Congrats Nick on passing the @ipha.bsky.social exam - You're Lanefab's latest certified passive house designer!
💪🌡️
Mega heat pumps are coming. It’s great to see that so many projects are now underway around the world.
There’s a real competition on who builds the biggest heat pump.
Technology has come a long way and keeps getting better.
There’s a real competition on who builds the biggest heat pump.
Technology has come a long way and keeps getting better.
December 17, 2025 at 3:31 PM
💪🌡️
December 16, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Adding this book to my Santa wish list
December 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Adding this book to my Santa wish list
Interesting single stair report from MN coming out - where they did a whole lot of data analysis and comparative life safety modeling.
In short, it adds substance to what we’ve been arguing:
Single stair is a lot safer than two stair buildings with long hallways, and much safer than single fam
In short, it adds substance to what we’ve been arguing:
Single stair is a lot safer than two stair buildings with long hallways, and much safer than single fam
December 15, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Interesting single stair report from MN coming out - where they did a whole lot of data analysis and comparative life safety modeling.
In short, it adds substance to what we’ve been arguing:
Single stair is a lot safer than two stair buildings with long hallways, and much safer than single fam
In short, it adds substance to what we’ve been arguing:
Single stair is a lot safer than two stair buildings with long hallways, and much safer than single fam