6198 Gordon Place

The build

6198 Gordon Place is the kind of custom build that gets photographed for shelter magazines. The architectural language is unapologetically modern: dramatic cantilevered flat-rake rooflines with warm wood-clad soffits glowing under recessed downlights, full-height window walls wrapping the entire main floor, and a stone-clad foundation in vertical-set basalt panels that gives the whole structure its anchor against the West Coast forest behind it. Twin Peaks Construction delivered this from foundation to handover on a gated lot that gave us complete privacy during construction.

The entry sequence is the showpiece. A solid white-oak pivot door — easily 9 feet tall — opens into a two-storey foyer that climbs to the second floor through a cluster of dozens of crystal-rod pendants suspended from the ceiling. The staircase to the upper level is fully floating: white oak treads cantilevered from the wall with a frameless glass railing. There is no riser, no visible structure. From the front door, you can see straight through the home to the rear glass wall and into the landscaped courtyard.

Kitchen & family room

The kitchen is the heart of the main floor. White oak veneer cabinetry on the perimeter, contrasted with bright white slab uppers above the cooktop run. The island is finished in a single piece of polished white quartz with a waterfall edge on both ends and seats four. Crystal-rod pendants — the same family as the foyer chandelier — hang in a row down the centerline. Behind the cooktop, a clear glass backsplash window looks through to the courtyard. The appliance package includes a full Wolf cooktop and double wall ovens, a Sub-Zero refrigeration column, and a Miele coffee system integrated into the butler's pantry adjacent.

The family room sits beyond the kitchen, anchored by a black slate fireplace with a wall-mounted TV. The rear glass wall here disappears entirely with a four-panel slider, opening the family room directly onto a covered concrete patio with views over the pool and the rear yard.

Dedicated Chinese kitchen

One feature that genuinely separates a luxury Vancouver custom build from a flip is a dedicated second kitchen for wok cooking — heavy ventilation, separated from the showpiece main kitchen so the home's main living spaces stay clean during high-heat cooking. At Gordon Place, this is a fully outfitted second kitchen: Wolf double wall oven stack, full-height integrated refrigerator, dedicated dishwasher and prep sink, heavy-duty hood, white oak cabinetry that matches the main kitchen, and a frosted-glass door that closes off the entire run from the main living space. This is where the real cooking happens during entertaining.

Systems & comfort

The build includes the systems package you'd expect at this level: full air conditioning throughout, an integrated smart-home system tying together lighting, climate, and audio on a single touchscreen interface, and a private elevator serving all three floors — a meaningful feature for a 6,200 SF home and one that adds long-term value as the homeowners age in place. All the lighting is on programmable scenes, the climate zones are independently controlled per floor, and the home has redundant infrastructure run during framing so future smart-home upgrades don't require opening walls.

Private floor

Upstairs, the master suite is a full wing of the home. The ensuite is finished in Carrara marble with a soaking tub set against a horizontal feature wall, a fully glassed walk-through wet room with both a fixed glass partition and a frosted-glass privacy panel to the toilet, a double floating vanity in matching white oak, and a clerestory window high on the wall that lets in indirect natural light without sacrificing privacy. The master bedroom faces the forest at the rear of the property with floor-to-ceiling windows on two walls.

Lower level

The lower floor is built around a dedicated media room with acoustic-treated walls and a wall-mounted projection screen flanked by uplit white oak columns. Adjacent to the media room is a long gallery hallway floored in large-format porcelain that runs back to the wine room and a second guest suite. A separate sitting room with two navy velvet armchairs and its own gas fireplace provides a quieter retreat off the main media space.

Outdoor & rear elevation

The rear elevation at dusk is the photograph this project is known for — the cantilevered flat roof glowing with warm wood-clad soffits, every interior light on, the pool deck illuminated from beneath, and the landscaped garden wrapping around the lower-level walkout. The second-storey covered terrace runs the length of the rear of the master suite with a glass-railed deck — heated for year-round use — looking out over the lower courtyard and across the property's mountain views.

Process

This was a long-cycle build with high-end finish detailing throughout. Twin Peaks Construction coordinated the engineering, structural framing, the full envelope including the stone cladding and the custom wood-clad eaves, all interior millwork and the floating staircase, the high-end appliance package, and the site work including the pool deck and landscaping. Same crew, same standard, same finish — start to finish.

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