Happy’s House

Flirtatiously hugging the corner of a souvenir store in downtown Vancouver, this half-house, half-bird seductively lures unsuspecting tourists to enter the denizens of bear and eagle teacups, maple-cream cookies and orca-patterned scarves and baseball caps. At night, illuminated peep-show windows luridly reveal the emporium within, like an anglerfish ready to pounce.

Title
Happy’s House
Location
Robson Street, Vancouver, BC
Client
Happy’s Souvenirs
Completed
1992
Studio Team
Bill Pechet, Granville Island Woodworks
Images
Bill Pechet