The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts is located on the campus of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. This state-of-the-art performing arts venue, constructed with over 6,500 cubic metres of concrete which can be seen throughout the building and completed in 1997, holds the 1,200-seat Chan Shun Concert Hall, the flexible-seating Telus […]

When in Vancouver, any visitor interested in architecture and design should visit the University of British Columbia (UBC). One of the main buildings on campus is the Life Sciences Centre (LSC), designed by B+H Architects (this project was completed by Bunting Coady Architects, whose operations were acquired by B+H in 2010) in joint venture with Diamond […]

The Vancouver Art Gallery (VAG), located in Vancouver, Canada, is the fifth-largest art gallery in Canada and the largest in Western Canada. The VAG has 41,400 square feet (3,850 m2) of exhibition space and a permanent collection of about 10,000 artworks including more than 200 major works by Emily Carr, the Group of Seven, Jeff Wall and Marc Chagall. Currently, only 3% of the collection is on […]

The Aquabus is a privately owned and operated ferry service that provides commuter and sightseeing services to locations all along False Creek in central Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The Aquabus started service in 1986. The Aquabus Ferry Company fleet is currently composed of twelve vessels divided into two classes: Seven Traditional Aquabus vessels (running year round with a carrying capacity of twelve, […]