Monthly Archives: November 2012

111 Princess Avenue

Posted on November 23, 2012 by

The excavation has started for another of the City of Vancouver/BC Housing non-market housing projects, this one on the corner of Princess and Alexander. Until a few years ago Marie Gomez Place was here, a smaller non-market housing project from 1983 … Continue reading →

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Willow Pavilion

Posted on November 22, 2012 by

Here’s a recently completed project that received very little attention. In 2010 Vancouver General Hospital started to renovate the Willow Pavilion, a reinforced concrete six-storey building in the centre of the hospital campus. It was finished earlier this year after a … Continue reading →

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Evan – 1908 Scotia Street

Posted on November 17, 2012 by

Here’s another ‘artists studio’ project planned for the Brewery Creek area of Mount Pleasant. We suspect that these days that very few artists end up in these projects despite the units being designed to accommodate their use by artists. The scheme is designed … Continue reading →

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41 East Hastings Street

Posted on November 12, 2012 by

Here’s another Downtown Eastside rezoning proposal on East Hastings. This one is designed by Perkins + Will for Atira Development Society, with two floors of commercial space and twelve of residential above that. The housing mix is complex; there are 169 … Continue reading →

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