Exploring Vancouver

Barry V. Downs, architect:
This new companion guide to the architecture of Vancouver is long overdue. For the unfamiliar and the discerning it makes good reading and is a healthy reminder of how rich an architectural fabric we have in this growing city. For the reader, this edition provides a better balance of information than previously available. There is a substantial focus on the work of the second half of this century -- here we see the origins and flowering of the West Coast Style, the architecture of social conscience, ten years of post modernist work, both inventive and frivolous.

Karen Romell:
An informative visual feast of Vancouver's most interesting architecture. This pocket-sized guide will make any walk down Vancouver's streets a fascinating education in our history.