Visions of the Good Life: Landscape architecture of Desmond Muirhead, Clive Justice & Harry Webb
The Archives is pleased to announce that the entirety of the architectural drawings of the partnerships of Desmond Muirhead, Clive …
Association of Architecture School Librarians Conference 2024
In March, I was fortunate to attend the annual Association of Architecture School Librarians (AASL) conference held this year in …
33,300+ Building Department Architectural Drawings Fully Described
We’re pleased to announce we’ve completed a major project to reprocess the entirety of the Building Department and Permits and …
When Houses Sprout Stores: Residential Streets Evolve to Commercial Streets
As you walk down various current-day commercial districts throughout Vancouver, have you ever noticed houses that appear to pop out …
From the Brambly Apartments to Blood Alley, Heritage Inventory has it all!
As of late last month another 7,083 Heritage Inventory photographs and 1,001 Intersection photographs have been uploaded to our online …
2001+: An Architectural Odyssey
The architectural plans in City of Vancouver Series 393: Building Permit Application Architectural Drawings are being described for inclusion in …
Vancouver’s unbuilt leisure palace
While working on rehousing some of our map collection, I recently came across drawings from one of the more interesting …
Our Summer Architecture Exhibit
The City of Vancouver Archives gallery space has been transformed, exhibiting concrete works created by Master of Architecture students from …