What is Canadian Architecture?What is Canadian architecture? Thursday night’s book launch of Canada: Modern Architectures in History, by Rhodri Windsor-Liscombe and Michelangelo Sabatino, hosted by Infom…
Back to the Drawing Board for Chinatown's 105 Keefer StreetIn a not surprising but still stunning reversal the proposed 12 storey tower by Beedie Development on Keefer Street was…
Remarks on the draft design of Northeast False Creek Park“The gentrification of Chelsea was under way long before the High Line, although the park certainly helped to establish as…
Vancouver Heritage Foundation at 25Congrats to the Vancouver Heritage Foundation – celebrating 25 years (and 15 years for the Heritage House Tour.) More here. …
Public Art — Charles Dickens MuralIt’s at Charles Dickens Elementary school (17th and Windsor), and does not portray the English writer. It does portray a…
Ohrn Image — The Queen CharlotteVancouver’s West End is filled with beautiful old buildings, like the Queen Charlotte at 1101 Nicola. Thanks to the Vancouver…
Vancouver 1972 – 1982Vancouver photog Greg Girard has a show at the Monte Clark Gallery, featuring pix from a strange era in Vancouver: …
Building Resilience: Older Buildings in the Sustainable CityMark Thompson Brandt, Conservation Architect and Author, will discuss why it is important to sustainably upgrade our older building stock,…
Provincial Government Versus Mayors Council-"Ethical Issues Chipped Away Credibility"Rob Shaw’s article today in the Vancouver Sun does not pull any punches-and finally there is some truth-telling in the…
Good-byeTo this: The two-storey building at 1255 West Pender has stuck around a lot longer than anyone would have guessed,…
Vancouver Heritage Foundation's 15th Annual Tour15th annual Heritage House Tour After opening over 200 homes over the past 15 years we are excited to honour…
Dec. 19, 2022Vancouver’s “Dinosaurs Against Fossil Fuels” (DAFFS) Way Ahead of Their TimeSandy James Planner