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?
Vancouver afternoon stroll
February 11, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Vancouver afternoon stroll
Or we could not spend all that money trying to greenwash LNG and use the electricity elsewhere
Opinion: Energy pragmatism is essential for affordability as B.C. budget day approaches vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...
February 11, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Or we could not spend all that money trying to greenwash LNG and use the electricity elsewhere
Stepped roof (five and a half storeys).
Single stair accessible flats amid single family homes.
Working to find the balance.
Single stair accessible flats amid single family homes.
Working to find the balance.
February 10, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Stepped roof (five and a half storeys).
Single stair accessible flats amid single family homes.
Working to find the balance.
Single stair accessible flats amid single family homes.
Working to find the balance.
Hey @pfbvan.bsky.social do you have the “Good Building Book”
February 10, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Hey @pfbvan.bsky.social do you have the “Good Building Book”
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This season's Personal Climate Strategy Workshop starts Thursday.
I'd really appreciate your help spreading the word.
Please repost, forward or copy onto little notes and share via carrier pigeons.
Thanks!
alexsteffen.substack.com/p/it-will-ch...
I'd really appreciate your help spreading the word.
Please repost, forward or copy onto little notes and share via carrier pigeons.
Thanks!
alexsteffen.substack.com/p/it-will-ch...
"It Will Change the Way You Think About Planning for Your Future."
Learn how to find your path through the chaos. Begins February 12th!
alexsteffen.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:44 PM
This season's Personal Climate Strategy Workshop starts Thursday.
I'd really appreciate your help spreading the word.
Please repost, forward or copy onto little notes and share via carrier pigeons.
Thanks!
alexsteffen.substack.com/p/it-will-ch...
I'd really appreciate your help spreading the word.
Please repost, forward or copy onto little notes and share via carrier pigeons.
Thanks!
alexsteffen.substack.com/p/it-will-ch...
Should be a good run 😛
February 8, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Should be a good run 😛
Reposted by Bryn Davidson - Lanefab
Apartments are safer and more affordable than single-family homes. Why do we treat them like a hazard? www.vox.com/future-perfe...
The hidden double standards driving our housing crisis
Apartments are safer and more affordable than single-family homes. Why do we treat them like a hazard?
www.vox.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Apartments are safer and more affordable than single-family homes. Why do we treat them like a hazard? www.vox.com/future-perfe...
Vancouver's evolving low-rise neighbourhoods:
= Single Family
+ Lane Houses
+ Multiplex
+ Accessible Flats
= Single Family
+ Lane Houses
+ Multiplex
+ Accessible Flats
February 7, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Vancouver's evolving low-rise neighbourhoods:
= Single Family
+ Lane Houses
+ Multiplex
+ Accessible Flats
= Single Family
+ Lane Houses
+ Multiplex
+ Accessible Flats
So we had a project lead that was generated through a chatgpt search.
This is good for us as a one off, but I'm wondering when the various AI services will start charging for increased visibility / placement.
Seems inevitable.
We pay for google search ads, but not yet for AI.
This is good for us as a one off, but I'm wondering when the various AI services will start charging for increased visibility / placement.
Seems inevitable.
We pay for google search ads, but not yet for AI.
February 6, 2026 at 6:29 PM
So we had a project lead that was generated through a chatgpt search.
This is good for us as a one off, but I'm wondering when the various AI services will start charging for increased visibility / placement.
Seems inevitable.
We pay for google search ads, but not yet for AI.
This is good for us as a one off, but I'm wondering when the various AI services will start charging for increased visibility / placement.
Seems inevitable.
We pay for google search ads, but not yet for AI.
Great to try out e-voting for the @onecityvan.bsky.social nominations. I believe the poll is open until Feb 11.
Hopefully e-voting will be part of the municipal election platform going forward.
(Yes I voted to renominate @lucymaloney.bsky.social for council )
Hopefully e-voting will be part of the municipal election platform going forward.
(Yes I voted to renominate @lucymaloney.bsky.social for council )
February 6, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Great to try out e-voting for the @onecityvan.bsky.social nominations. I believe the poll is open until Feb 11.
Hopefully e-voting will be part of the municipal election platform going forward.
(Yes I voted to renominate @lucymaloney.bsky.social for council )
Hopefully e-voting will be part of the municipal election platform going forward.
(Yes I voted to renominate @lucymaloney.bsky.social for council )
Hi Bsky - If you like our climate friendly homes, rainway work, tiny house prototypes, single stair buildings, or west coast / mid century modernism… we’d appreciate a positive review on Google:
g.page/r/CaQJoX_DZa...
g.page/r/CaQJoX_DZa...
Sign in - Google Accounts
g.page
February 4, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Hi Bsky - If you like our climate friendly homes, rainway work, tiny house prototypes, single stair buildings, or west coast / mid century modernism… we’d appreciate a positive review on Google:
g.page/r/CaQJoX_DZa...
g.page/r/CaQJoX_DZa...
Looking for a name for these.
Infill Micro Towers?
Accessible Stacked Flats?
Traditional Apartment Buildings?
Super SSMUH?
Infill Micro Towers?
Accessible Stacked Flats?
Traditional Apartment Buildings?
Super SSMUH?
6 Storey, Single Stair, Accessible 12 Plex
1.75 FSR
(1.6 FSR + 10% passive house bonus)
30% Lot Coverage = more green space than adjacent houses
1.75 FSR
(1.6 FSR + 10% passive house bonus)
30% Lot Coverage = more green space than adjacent houses
February 4, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Looking for a name for these.
Infill Micro Towers?
Accessible Stacked Flats?
Traditional Apartment Buildings?
Super SSMUH?
Infill Micro Towers?
Accessible Stacked Flats?
Traditional Apartment Buildings?
Super SSMUH?
6 Storey, Single Stair, Accessible 12 Plex
1.75 FSR
(1.6 FSR + 10% passive house bonus)
30% Lot Coverage = more green space than adjacent houses
1.75 FSR
(1.6 FSR + 10% passive house bonus)
30% Lot Coverage = more green space than adjacent houses
February 4, 2026 at 12:40 AM
6 Storey, Single Stair, Accessible 12 Plex
1.75 FSR
(1.6 FSR + 10% passive house bonus)
30% Lot Coverage = more green space than adjacent houses
1.75 FSR
(1.6 FSR + 10% passive house bonus)
30% Lot Coverage = more green space than adjacent houses
My favourite executive director @juliaboyledavidson.bsky.social (Ishtar Women's Resource Society) was on site in Langley today to open a new 2nd stage transition house with YWCA @bchousing.bsky.social and @christineboyle.bsky.social
February 3, 2026 at 11:40 PM
My favourite executive director @juliaboyledavidson.bsky.social (Ishtar Women's Resource Society) was on site in Langley today to open a new 2nd stage transition house with YWCA @bchousing.bsky.social and @christineboyle.bsky.social
RFK and Miller toast their success.
Officials at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas, are working to contain a further spread of measles after two infections were reported this weekend.
February 3, 2026 at 7:17 PM
RFK and Miller toast their success.
This sucks. There are so few decent trails where you can go off leash.
Fewer off-leash dog trails planned for Vancouver's Pacific Spirit Regional Park vancouversun.com/news/local-n...
February 3, 2026 at 4:50 PM
This sucks. There are so few decent trails where you can go off leash.
Reposted by Bryn Davidson - Lanefab
Australian households — already world leaders in the number of rooftop solar panels per capita — installed as many batteries in the second half of 2025 as they did during the previous five years combined
Australia’s World-Leading Solar Drives Residential Battery Boom
Australian households — already world leaders in the number of rooftop solar panels per capita — installed as many batteries in the second half of 2025 as they did during the previous five years combined.
bloom.bg
February 3, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Australian households — already world leaders in the number of rooftop solar panels per capita — installed as many batteries in the second half of 2025 as they did during the previous five years combined
Looking at detached home prices vs zoning changes (up-zoning) in Vancouver, year over year % change
Upzoning:
2004 - Full basements
2009 - Add LWHs
2012 - Larger LWHs
2018 - Duplex (no change)
2023 - Multiplex and/or larger LWHs
Upzoning:
2004 - Full basements
2009 - Add LWHs
2012 - Larger LWHs
2018 - Duplex (no change)
2023 - Multiplex and/or larger LWHs
February 1, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Looking at detached home prices vs zoning changes (up-zoning) in Vancouver, year over year % change
Upzoning:
2004 - Full basements
2009 - Add LWHs
2012 - Larger LWHs
2018 - Duplex (no change)
2023 - Multiplex and/or larger LWHs
Upzoning:
2004 - Full basements
2009 - Add LWHs
2012 - Larger LWHs
2018 - Duplex (no change)
2023 - Multiplex and/or larger LWHs
Reposted by Bryn Davidson - Lanefab
Monstrosities? For two years I reviewed every new single family application over 5000 square feet, a number over 10,000sqft, one over 34,000 square feet for a family of 4. I never saw an article calling any of those buildings "monstrosities". It is a wild world.
February 1, 2026 at 6:40 AM
Monstrosities? For two years I reviewed every new single family application over 5000 square feet, a number over 10,000sqft, one over 34,000 square feet for a family of 4. I never saw an article calling any of those buildings "monstrosities". It is a wild world.
Reposted by Bryn Davidson - Lanefab
Breaking News: A federal judge ordered the release of a 5-year-old boy and his father from immigration custody, condemning their removal from their Minneapolis neighborhood as unconstitutional. The detainment of the boy, Liam Conejo Ramos, by immigration officers had caused widespread outrage.
Judge Orders Release of 5-Year-Old Detained by Immigration Agents in Minnesota
The treatment of Liam Conejo Ramos, pictured wearing a blue winter hat and Spider-Man backpack while in the custody of immigration agents, drew outrage across the country.
nyti.ms
January 31, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Breaking News: A federal judge ordered the release of a 5-year-old boy and his father from immigration custody, condemning their removal from their Minneapolis neighborhood as unconstitutional. The detainment of the boy, Liam Conejo Ramos, by immigration officers had caused widespread outrage.
"Imagine if every city had 12 different parts of town that defined what kind of Apple computer you can buy, and if your Neighbours could complain and make you buy a PC instead."
* Trying to explain zoning to tech investor guys who want to be the Steve Jobs of housing disruptors.
* Trying to explain zoning to tech investor guys who want to be the Steve Jobs of housing disruptors.
January 30, 2026 at 10:31 PM
"Imagine if every city had 12 different parts of town that defined what kind of Apple computer you can buy, and if your Neighbours could complain and make you buy a PC instead."
* Trying to explain zoning to tech investor guys who want to be the Steve Jobs of housing disruptors.
* Trying to explain zoning to tech investor guys who want to be the Steve Jobs of housing disruptors.
When you're installing a lot of sub-slab foam, in the rain
January 30, 2026 at 6:54 PM
When you're installing a lot of sub-slab foam, in the rain
My Persian staff have been going through the wringer, trying to hear from family members in Iran. There's plenty of bad stuff happening in north america and around the world, but this is also pretty terrible.
Like many British Columbians, I’m alarmed by the violent crackdown on protestors in Iran. This week I spoke with the Prime Minister about the need to support and stand with Iranian Canadians worried about loved ones.
January 30, 2026 at 6:21 PM
My Persian staff have been going through the wringer, trying to hear from family members in Iran. There's plenty of bad stuff happening in north america and around the world, but this is also pretty terrible.
Crunching more numbers for a "Baugruppe".
Assuming 12 partners buy this $2.5m lot on the west side and co-develop a 12 plex, then they could have a 920sf 2br and den for ~800k (but not a simple or straightforward process!).
A more conventional developer could could sell at ~$970psf or $900k.
Assuming 12 partners buy this $2.5m lot on the west side and co-develop a 12 plex, then they could have a 920sf 2br and den for ~800k (but not a simple or straightforward process!).
A more conventional developer could could sell at ~$970psf or $900k.
January 30, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Crunching more numbers for a "Baugruppe".
Assuming 12 partners buy this $2.5m lot on the west side and co-develop a 12 plex, then they could have a 920sf 2br and den for ~800k (but not a simple or straightforward process!).
A more conventional developer could could sell at ~$970psf or $900k.
Assuming 12 partners buy this $2.5m lot on the west side and co-develop a 12 plex, then they could have a 920sf 2br and den for ~800k (but not a simple or straightforward process!).
A more conventional developer could could sell at ~$970psf or $900k.