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Reviews: Sweet Virginia is noirish, The Dancer, flashy, and two films on Indigenous issues

Also what a Big Time architect is doing locally and three more good ones from the European Union Film Festival

Vancouver Art Gallery unveils new building design to mixed public review

VANCOUVER — If the intention behind unveiling the striking conceptual design for the new Vancouver Art Gallery was to get people talking, then the mission has already been an unbridled success....

Music and architecture tackle sustainability

Sound Space Architecture, a concert by Vancouver New Music and hosted at UBC's CIRS building explored sustainability in new ways.
Bjarke Ingels

Gesamtkunstwerk and Vancouver House: "Vancouverism 2.0"

Reimagining the foot of the Granville Bridge.

Ron Thom's West Van masterpiece: Sneak peek at the Carmichael Residence

Fascinating architecture in the hills of West Vancouver.

Emily Carr Continuing Studies helps teens jumpstart their education in art and design

Innovative program gives teens hands-on studio time to develop skills and a portfolio.

What's your vision for Vancouver's viaducts?

Public voting is open until Sunday in the City's competition for new solutions around the viaducts.

Films to see at VIFF on Days 1 & 2

Isabelle Huppert plays a mom who exploits her daughter in the French film My Little Princess.

VO Photo Pool: Architecture and light

Blue skies and beautiful city views. This is Vancouver.

Books as building material

The LYNNsteven Boutique in Gastown, opened early this year, challenges the definition of a well-rounded book collection.