Post Office Sold

News this week on a few fronts. The Vancouver Post Office has been sold and faces a future of 'mixed-use development'. Which hopefully means the building will be retained in some significant form.

It has also been announced that Patkau Architects have been chosen to design the new Presentation House Gallery in North Vancouver. This comes hot on the heels of the announcement that Patkau will design the Audain Gallery in Whistler.

Patkau + Thom

Exciting upcoming projects for Patkau Architects and Bing Thom Architects. 

It will be particularly nice to see a cultural facility designed locally by Patkau.

Forum on VAG

While we're on the subject of Robson Square, there will be an open forum on the future of the Vancouver Art Gallery this Thursday at 7pm.

Panelists include a broad range of Vancouverites, from Michael Audain, Joost Bakker and Heather Deal to Gordon Price and Ian Wallace. Billed as a dialogue on the VAG's potential move and "its implicatons for planning of civic space", it's being sponsored by UBC, SFU, Architecture Canada and RAIC.

Bring your opinions-- it should be an interesting night.