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Surrey City Centre Library gets Huffington Post nod among top architectural...
Surrey’s flagship new library at City Centre drew rave reviews from Huffington Post’s design expert, Jacob Slevin, who named it one of the top 11 most memorable moments in worldwide architecture in...
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Surrey’s City Centre library wins awards
A pilot project involving the City of Surrey and Vancouver Area Cycling Coalition has identified the new City Centre library as the city’s most “bike-able” building. Four buildings were assessed for...
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Metro Vancouver’s tallest residential buildings
The tallest existing residential buildings in Metro Vancouver, and a few that are coming soon: The Shangri-La. Height: 646 ft roof (659 ft with spire) Living Shangri-La 1120 West Georgia St., Vancouver...
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Controversial Django Unchained action figures banned
Complaints from civil rights groups has prompted The Weinstein Company to halt production of action figures from their hit movie, Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained. Prices jumped to $2000 apiece on...
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Hazardous haze closes Malaysian schools
Schools were closed in the capital Kuala Lumpur and many neighbouring Malaysian states after air pollution from huge forest fires in nearby Indonesia soared to record levels. Vancouver has avoided a...
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RNC threatens boycott of networks over upcoming Hillary Clinton shows
Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee, has written letters to NBC and CNN threatening boycotts in the lead up to the next presidential election if they don’t cancel plans to air...
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U.S., Iran leaders talk for first time since 1979
Presidents Barack Obama and Hassan Rouhani, of the the United States and Iran, respectively, spoke with each other over the phone today, marking the first conversation between the countries’...
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Planned “It’s A Wonderful Life” sequel hits no-fly zone
Paramount has put the legal brakes on a proposed sequel to the classic holiday film It’s A Wonderful Life, which a Nashville production company told Variety magazine it was readying for a 2015 release....
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Rabid bat bites guitarist at Oregon campground music jam
A campground music session turned into a trip to the vet for an unfortunate Oregon man after he was attacked by a rabid bat while playing guitar in the woods south of Portland. The attack in Clackamas...
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By the Numbers: Waterfront Station gets a major overhaul
BY SUSAN LAZARUK THE PROVINCE The Station building at Vancouver’s waterfront, a 102-year-old building that’s now a modern transportation hub for Metro Vancouver’s subway lines and commuter ferry, is in...
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Letters: Vancouver Art Gallery, architecture, B.C. income tax, debt, national...
‘Ticky-tacky’ design for new art gallery is in ‘poor taste’ Please save us from being the laughing stock of the architectural world with these ticky-tacky boxes that reflect such poor taste for the new...
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Ambitious MashUp is Vancouver Art Gallery’s biggest show ever
Most of us may not be aware of it, but a large part of modern culture started with Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. The two artists, working separately and together in studios in Paris during a few...
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What is Textile Design? Artisanal Yoga Pants to Arty Slips…
I’m always interested in deepening my knowledge of other people’s professions and have often wondered about the seemingly complex world of textile design. I have invited textile designer and artisan...
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Reinventing Rotterdam
ROTTERDAM — It’s young, it’s hip — and it’s a city on the move. That is the vibe you get from this modern, upbeat and future-looking metropolis.Heavily bombed during the Second World War, Rotterdam...
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Paradise found in Punta Cana
Happily humming David Lee Roth’s lyrics “this must be just like livin’ in paradise” is a sign you’re on one heck of a vacation. From rock stars to shooting for the stars while away, Punta Cana has...
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Letters: Surrey shootings, Charter, bridge tolls, traffic deaths, Vision,...
Families of drug dealers must report them to end violence Our do-nothing mayor in Surrey, Linda Hepner, finally decided that it was time to say something about the recent rash of shootings but she...
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Five homes open their doors
Five beautifully renovated residences will be open to visitors this month when the Vancouver Heritage Foundation once again holds its Vancouver Special House Tour. The self-guided tour, which takes...
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The stories behind 10 magnificent mansions of Metro Vancouver
About a century ago, stately mansions lined the streets of the West End, Shaughnessy, Point Grey and other posh neighbourhoods across Metro Vancouver. Set in landscaped gardens, these abodes of the...
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The Morning Skate, April 19: Ledgeview burns down, Philly acts out, Bob Cole...
Ledgeview Golf and Country Club in Abbotsford has been home to some of Canada’s great golfers. Ray Stewart, James Lepp, Adam Hadwin and Nick Taylor have all laced them up in the Ledgeview clubhouse....
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Lodge hopping in Kiwi luxury
The land of the long white cloud: Majestic forests, rolling emerald meadows and dramatic fjords. From north to south, New Zealand is an immersion in Maori-dipped expressions, iconic outdoor adventures...
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