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Vancouver has developed zoning to encourage high-density commercial, retail, and residential development around downtown and transit centres. [34] Between 2001 and 2011, the population of Vancouver's downtown doubled; including the West End, the downtown peninsula's population increased from approximately 70,000 to over 99,000. [35]
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".
Gerald Hamilton (1923-1999 [1]) was a Canadian architect best known for his buildings in Vancouver, British Columbia. Hamilton was born in Germany, but moved to the United Kingdom where he received training at Leeds University from 1940 to 1943. He joined the British Army from 1943 to 1947, before arriving in Vancouver in the 1950s. [2]
James K. M. Cheng (Chinese: 鄭景明) is a Canadian architect best known for his condominium towers in Vancouver, British Columbia. Cheng's designs, most notably the highrise towers, are noted for their extensive use of glass and for their contribution to the architectural style known as Vancouverism .
World Building (1912) Now Sun Tower. William Tuff Whiteway (1856–1940) was a Canadian architect best known for his work in the early 1900s in Vancouver, although he received commissions in various parts of the United States and Canada during his peripatetic career.
The building was conceived by Lt. Commander J.W. Hobbs, an entrepreneur from Toronto.Hobbs recognized that the opening of the Panama Canal in 1914 would greatly increase Vancouver's importance as a commercial port, and decided that the city needed a grand building, in the vein of the newly constructed Chrysler Building in New York. [4]
Vancouver specials were mass-produced between 1965 and 1985. [2] However, there are examples of homes built in the late 1940s which share the characteristics of a Vancouver special. [1] The houses were first built in southeast Vancouver in the early 1960s to serve newly-arrived immigrants from Europe. [3]
In 1981, Thom established his own architecture firm, Vancouver-based Bing Thom Architects. [1] In 1995, Thom was made a Member of the Order of Canada and he was a recipient of the Golden Jubilee Medal for outstanding service to his country.