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		<title>New Urban Outfitters Keeps Some Original Architecture</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 17:51:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pauline</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new Urban Outfitters will be opening on W. 4th on May 10th. It is located where the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce used to be (originally constructed in 1912). According to Vancity Buzz, the building  &#8221;maintains the integrity of the existing structure&#8221; and has kept some of the original materials. Knowing that the building has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DTES Project &#8211; Good or Bad?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:11:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pauline</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Sequel 138 project has received support from Vancouver city council and the development permit board. This is a controversial mixed-income project geared at balancing the Downtown Eastside with low and middle-income earners. Opponents are accusing them of gentrifying the area and would like to keep it strictly low-income. I&#8217;m not sure what to think [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wooden Skyscrapers?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:17:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pauline</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the world moving towards greener options for almost everything, we  could be looking at more and more buildings of wood instead of cement and steel. In a CNN article (http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/15/tech/eco-wood-skyscrapers/index.html), Architect Michael Green says that modern wood materials have been around for 20 years, but until recently it was used primarily in niche markets or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Specials and Their Big Come-Back!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 23:49:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katharine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s like the Michael Jackson of houses, who says old-school Specials can&#8217;t come back big and glam? Vancouver Specials were introduced in the Vancouver area in the 1960&#8242;s when new Canadians favoured an efficient way to buy their new first home. Usually the Specials have features like a balcone across the front of the house [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;The remaking of a stadium&#8217; — an exclusive look inside BC Place</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 17:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &#8212; The transformation of BC Place, one of British Columbia&#8217;s iconic pieces of architecture, is barely half-complete. From the outside, the grey lidless bowl with its trademark marshmallow roof now a distant memory sits in the middle of a jumble of construction material, looking like a worn crown with only half its spires. Inside, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Patkau Architects wins design competition</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 17:39:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MILL RUN, Pa. Patkau Architects of Vancouver has won the first ever design competition for on-site cottages near Fallingwater, considered Frank Lloyd Wright’s masterwork. Patkau designed six small, efficient and sustainable cottages to blend into the site. The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy will build the cottages on the grounds of the 2,024-hectare Bear Run Nature Reserve, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Architecture for Humanity explores creative uses of shipping containers for housing</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 18:12:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With a will to end homelessness in Vancouver, Architecture for Humanity is holding a charrette this Saturday (April 17) where six groups of designers will compete to create a viable housing option out of shipping containers (aka Intermodal Steel Building Units). Although this would serve as only a temporary measure to curb the growth of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spotted: Hotel in Hawaii is pretty in pink</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 17:14:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Royal Hawaiian Hotel is no ordinary building In cities like Toronto, where skyscrapers and other manmade structures tend to dominate features such as lakes, rivers and ravines, a disconnect from nature isn’t uncommon. (One of my favourite exchanges on the subject was overheard some years ago in St. Lawrence Market, where a visitor asked [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Modern architecture part of North Shore history</title>
		<link>http://victoreric.com/blog/archives/342</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:38:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When describing a house as a heritage building the thoughts of gable roofs, wood brackets and mullioned windows might come to mind, but here on the North Shore it&#8217;s a little different than you&#8217;d think. It&#8217;s important to consider what truly defines our architectural heritage and what buildings are worth preserving and why. Modern architecture [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Current Exhibit: BienVenue: 2010 Games Architecture</title>
		<link>http://victoreric.com/blog/archives/259</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:46:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Posted by: Architectural Institute of British Columbia February 10 – March 1, 2010 AIBC Gallery: #100 – 440 Cambie Street, Vancouver The Architectural Institute of British Columbia presents a unique exhibit from February 10 to March 1, 2010. Designed to coincide with the 2010 games, this exhibit will showcase the innovative work of B.C. architects [...]]]></description>
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