Category Archives: False Creek

Pinnacle – West 2nd Avenue

Posted on March 9, 2013 by

Pinnacle have now effectively completed their next phase of their South East False Creek development, two buildings with the taller one on the corner of West 2nd and Manitoba. In October 2012 we said we expected it should be possible to tell if the render looked … Continue reading →

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False Creek Barrier

Posted on April 1, 2012 by

Here’s a first look at the latest proposal to solve the increasingly urgent problem facing the city in terms of sea level rise. While the city authorities are now requiring all projects being built in future to be at least a … Continue reading →

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A Splash of Eastside Colour

Posted on January 9, 2012 by

During construction the new Trillium Park field house certainly wasn’t turning any heads, that is until the paint brushes came out. The bold colour scheme is a welcome pop in the otherwise bleak landscape that surrounds the seven acre Trillium … Continue reading →

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Centre for Digital Media

Posted on September 8, 2011 by

Here’s the first building (finally!) being built on the Great Northern Way campus shared by all Vancouver’s significant post-secondary institutions. This Musson Cattell Mackey designed building has 76 rental studios for students as well as a 15,000 square feet meeting, teaching and studio … Continue reading →

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‘Containers’ – Terminal Avenue Offices

Posted on September 8, 2011 by

It’s hard to believe that all the office proposals that are lining up for approval will get built anytime soon, but that doesn’t seem to be slowing the developers down yet. The first of this two building project is now … Continue reading →

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1050 Expo Boulevard

Posted on July 24, 2011 by

Another of the non-market sites being built with BC Housing funding on City-owned sites moved a little closer to development in July. 1050 Expo Boulevard was originally going to be a 139 unit 9 storey high concrete structure. Presumably the … Continue reading →

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Science World

Posted on June 15, 2011 by

While BC Place’s conversion from a mushroom to a web gets most of the attention, the six-legged spider at the end of False Creek has been receiving a substantial makeover – and unlike the stadium it has stayed open. Science World … Continue reading →

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