EVERY HOMEOWNER A PRETENDIAN?: On Locke, Abstraction, and the Architecture of West Coast Modernism.

The article focuses on how West Coast Modernist architecture intertwines with settler colonial ideologies to shape identity and property relations in British Columbia. Topics include the architectural movement's appropriation of Indigenous dwelling themes, the historical impact of Lockean property theory and neoliberal enclosure, and the role of single-family homes in reinforcing settler claims to land and cultural belonging.