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Smallworks Studios Find more space, more options, and more life
with Smallworks. Infill Housing Solutions | www.smallworks.ca

Because this is our primary focus we are able to provide expertise and innovation in the building of your small home. We work closely with our customers in developing the perfect small home for their needs. Our support extends into the following areas:

* pre-sale site inspection and consultation
* custom or standard designs
* building permit application and acquisition
* in house

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* pre-fabricated, precision quality homes
* on site construction management
* a variety of comfort, aesthetic & ecological options

Some say a home reflects a person’s state of mind. Wide, light-filled, and composed. The qualities we found in the homeo...
20/05/2026

Some say a home reflects a person’s state of mind.

Wide, light-filled, and composed. The qualities we found in the homeowner herself. Her strength reveals itself through the material, spatial, and housing choices she makes.

It’s rare but tangible—to be able to do a small architectural project entirely around yourself.

Near & Dear, Vancouver, 2026.
A 1433sf laneway home on a 50’ lot in Shaughnessy.

Designed and built by Smallworks.

https://www.smallworks.ca/projects/near-and-dear

Photography:

18/05/2026

Hey, remember moving out? We’re moving back in.

So say the young folks in our laneway homes. Most of Smallworks laneway houses are built for multigenerational living. Aging parents, adult kids, grandkids, and pets all sharing one property to make housing work.

A culturally longstanding way of living is becoming new again. So much so that we need to spotlight these lived experiences in our new series, “Millennials in Laneway Houses,” which explores how rising housing costs are reshaping family life in Vancouver.

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Millennials in Laneway Houses Ep.1
Featuring Fiona, her husband, and their two daughters in Burnaby

https://www.smallworks.ca/journal/millennials-in-laneway-houses-ep1

Floor Area 1485 sqft | 2-Level | 3B2B | 60’ Lot
Completed in 2026

Designed and built by Smallworks.

17/05/2026

Spotted a Smallworks laneway home on a sunny walk today.

Happy weekend, y’all.

13/05/2026

Your legacy isn’t something to address quietly when your life is done changing, rather, it’s something you can actively shape while you’re still living it.

Find out how to start early. Read our latest journal, “Build Your Legacy—Rethinking Estate Planning with a Laneway House.”

https://www.smallworks.ca/journal/build-your-legacy

Literally, it’s walking distance to her family.Opening the door, the home extends into a shared yard. Considered as part...
11/05/2026

Literally, it’s walking distance to her family.

Opening the door, the home extends into a shared yard. Considered as part of daily life, it becomes a short, scenic walk to her old house, where her son’s family now lives.

At her luminous open kitchen, she decides whether it’s a day for quiet moments or entertaining. On a lucky day, they get onion and butternut squash soup from Mom, still hot from the stove.

That’s the magic of laneway house living right behind your old house.

Near & Dear, Vancouver, 2026.
A 1433sf laneway home on a 50’ lot in Shaughnessy.

https://www.smallworks.ca/projects/near-and-dear

Photography:

See what a mother built for herself.Entering her next chapter, a mother decided it was time to make room for herself. So...
10/05/2026

See what a mother built for herself.

Entering her next chapter, a mother decided it was time to make room for herself. So she moved out of the big house… into a better house.

To all the mothers out there—today and every day—we’re in awe of your tenacity, flexibility, fun, and love.

Near & Dear, Vancouver, 2026.
A 1433sf laneway home on a 50’ lot in Shaughnessy.

https://www.smallworks.ca/projects/near-and-dear

Photography:

Smallworks’ upcoming multiplex involves your opinion.A duplex and a laneway house on a corner lot in Marpole. You alread...
08/05/2026

Smallworks’ upcoming multiplex involves your opinion.

A duplex and a laneway house on a corner lot in Marpole. You already weighed in on the exterior colour. Next up: the flooring on the ground level.

Hardwood throughout?
Or concrete on the ground floor and hardwood upstairs?

The question is simple: would you pay a premium for hardwood throughout—or is concrete sexy?

Let’s hear it. Cast your vote below👇
(And leave us a comment on why!)

We’ll announce the winner in stories—and you’ll see your flooring choice come to life in Marpole next year.

05/05/2026

Smallworks operates on both sides of middle density.

On one side, we work directly with families, delivering what’s possible and what’s optimistic. On the other, we invest significant effort behind the scenes, working with municipalities to make that work viable.

When families sign with us, we’re committed to carrying their project through permitting and zoning hurdles, all the way to completion.

But by then, much of the groundwork has already been laid.

What truly requires persistence is the ongoing effort to push the envelope—to ensure bylaws work with us, not against us.

04/05/2026

Spring. Is it a good time to start something that lasts?

At the very least, spring is the season when we appreciate things close to the ground, such as roundabout gardens at crossroads, sock tan lines at the ankles, quickly melting ice cream... and ground-oriented housing.

Our site supervisors have been sending us glimpses of spring through the window openings they’re framing. At our HQ, we’re surrounded by a kind of quiet, flowery optimism.

It makes us wonder:

If you’ve been following along, does spring not make you itch to start something of your own?

02/05/2026

Laneway housing is a medium through which homeownership, estate planning, multigenerational living, and the notion of family are rethought.

When families come together to add housing on existing lots, they do so not as a means to an end, but as the start of a whole new way of being together—physically, financially, and otherwise.

Stay tuned as we share the many family stories behind our recent builds.

Family first.

Have a project in mind for your family? Let’s chat.
https://www.smallworks.ca/get-started

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