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The architecture of Vancouver and the Greater Vancouver area consists of a variety of modern architectural styles, such as the 20th-century Edwardian and the 21st-century modernist styles. Initially, the city architects embraced styles developed in Europe and the United States, with only limited local variation.
Vancouver's planning process and Vancouverism have been widely criticized, including by prominent members of the planning and architectural communities in Vancouver, such as Patrick Condon, Scot Hein and Bing Thom, for a variety of reasons. Development potential on a site is typically divided into two categories, "outright" and "discretionary".
McCarter and Nairne, architects The Vancouver Club: 915 West Hastings 1912–1914 Sharp & Thompson, architects Alexandra Park Haywood Bandstand: 1755 Beach Avenue The Alexandra Park Bandstand is situated in a triangular-shaped park bordered by Beach Avenue, Burnaby Street and Bidwell Street in Vancouver's West End, overlooking English Bay. 1915
The Marine Building is a skyscraper located at 355 Burrard Street in Downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada near the Financial District. Completed in 1930, at the time of its opening it was the city's tallest skyscraper and it is listed among the best Art Deco buildings in the world.
World's fair architecture in Vancouver (6 P) Pages in category "Buildings and structures in Vancouver" The following 82 pages are in this category, out of 82 total.
The building was designed by architects Zeidler Roberts Partnership in joint venture with Musson Cattell Mackey Partnership and DA Architects + Planners. Canada Place is accessed via West Cordova Street and near Waterfront Station , a major transit hub with SkyTrain , SeaBus , and West Coast Express connections.
Vancouver [a] is a major city in Western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the city, up from 631,486 in 2016.
Vancouver's Chinatown was home to the largest Chinese community in Canada during the early 1900s, with 3,559 residents listed in the 1911 national census. [11] The Vancouver Asiatic Exclusion League, an all-European lobbyist group opposed to immigration from Asia, was established in 1907 with the goal of expelling Asians from the city. [12]