The only comprehensive handbook to Vancouver's architecture -- from the modest to the monumental Vancouver is still a young city, and its streetscapes and neighbourhoods reflect the city's constant state of reinvention. New buildings adapt the latest global architectural trends to the regional context or express the distinct local West Coast style; heritage buildings stand for earlier eras and continuity. The result is a dynamic urban landscape.
Highly readable and authoritative, this entirely updated edition of Exploring Vancouver is the definitive guide to the city's architecture -- from the breathtaking to the bizarre. Harold Kalman and Robin Ward, both longtime chroniclers of Vancouver's architectural story, take the reader on a walking or driving tour of 14 areas in and around the city and detail more than 450 of the city's most notable buildings, structures and landscapes -- from the historical to the high-tech -- ituating each in its social, cultural and historical context.
Divided into 14 distinct city areas, with a full-colour photo accompanying each entry, Exploring Vancouver is a perfect companion for both curious visitors and the many architectural enthusiasts who are proud to call this city home. Endorsed by the royal architectural institute of Canada.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 720.9711/33
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 23
- General Note
- First edition published in 1974 by ubc Press"--T.p. verso Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn-bc
- ISBN
- 9781553658672 9781553658665
- LCCN
- NA747.V3
- LCCN Item number
- K34 2012eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (viii, 336 p.)
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)slc00228570 (OCoLC)782878235 (CaOOCEL)443012
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Foreword 8
- Introduction 10
- A: Gastown and the Downtown Eastside 15
- B: Chinatown 37
- C: Strathcona 49
- D: Mount Pleasant and Fairview 65
- E: Grandview and East Vancouver 81
- F: South Vancouver 95
- G: False Creek 113
- H: Downtown 131
- I: The West End 169
- J: Shaughnessy Heights 197
- K: The West Side 211
- L: The University of British Columbia 235
- M: North Vancouver and West Vancouver 251
- N: Richmond, New Westminster and Burnaby 277
- Glossary 309
- Further Reading 318
- Index of Designers 319
- Index of Buildings 326
- Sponsors 345
