A fundraising evening benefiting the Arthur Erickson Foundation programs and initiatives, including the Arthur Erickson House and Garden. Tickets are very limited, and will be released first come, first served.
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March 28, 5 to 8 pm
The Evergreen Building – 1285 West Pender Street
Hors d’oeuvres and first drink included; cash bar
Price is $125 each (with a $100 tax receipt). Click here.
5:00 Reception and Tours in the renovated main floor IBI Group studios in the Evergreen Building. At 5:15 and 5:30 IBI staff will take optional small groups of guests to their studios on upper floors, visiting the restored decks with their spectacular harbour views.
6:00 Talks: “Telling the Evergreen Story”
Architecture Critic/Curator Trevor Boddy will act as host, giving a short critical introduction: “Evergreen’s Sources and Influences: Plan 56 to Bjarke Ingels.”
- AEA Project Architect Barry Johns of Edmonton/Phoenix: “Evergreen’s Design in Detail.”
- Landscape Architect Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: “Keeping Evergreen: Planting and Replanting the Decks.”
- IBI Group President David Thom: “Why We Chose the Evergreen Building and Fought to Preserve It.”
- Francl Architects Principal Stefan Aepli: “Erickson’s Continuity: Shigeru Ban’s Design Rising Next Door.”
