Located at the end of a quiet, residential cul-de-sac in a coveted Vancouver Westside neighbourhood, the Lakeberg Residence is a modernist icon that has been hiding in plain sight for the last 68 years, and that has seen a small series of careful owners preserve it all along this time. If rather discreet and private from the onset, one can easily recognise the distinctive touches that characterised the work of the pioneering Thompson, Berwick, Pratt & Partners, whether it is in the house’s low and wide tar-and-gravel roof, or its apparent generous use of vernacular materials.