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Preferred Title:
Chan Centre for the Performing Arts Work_PrefTitle Chan Centre for the Performing Arts Preferred Title false
Image View:
General view of the lobby, looking east, showing the outer wall of the oval auditorium Image_Title General view of the lobby, looking east, showing the outer wall of the oval auditorium Image View false
Creator:
Bing Thom Architects (Canadian architectural firm, founded 1980) Agent_Display Bing Thom Architects (Canadian architectural firm, founded 1980) Creator false
Location:
site: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Work_Location_Type_Display site: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Location false
Cultural Context:
Canadian Work_Culture Canadian Cultural Context false
Style Period:
Modernist; Modern Work_StylePeriodDisplay Modernist; Modern Style Period false
Work Type 1:
concert hall Work_Worktype1 concert hall Work Type 1 false
Work Type 2:
theater (building) Work_Worktype2 theater (building) Work Type 2 false
Classification:
architecture Work_Classification architecture Classification false
Material:
concrete; zinc Work_MaterialDisplay concrete; zinc Material false
Technique:
construction (assembling) Work_Technique construction (assembling) Technique false
Subjects:
Performing arts; interior; auditorium Work_Image_SubjectDisplay Performing arts; interior; auditorium Subjects false
Description:
"The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts fits snugly against the north-edge slope of the University of British Columbia, next to the rose gardens. Designed as a series of cylindrical shapes and curving in a sophisticated simplicity of detail, the Centre is sleek. Its soft grey tones are complemented by luminous panels of zinc attached diagonally across the outside curves of the concert hall. * Although it perches before the vast expanse of Howe Sound, framed by the rugged North Shore mountains, you can't see the view for the trees. That is because the architect, Bing Thom, had it his way. * "Some of the planners at the university said, 'Well, the most important part of the site is the view. Chop down all of the trees,'" Thom recalled of the earliest stages of his work on the Centre. "I said, 'No, no, no. The most important part of the site is the trees, because when you have a performance at night there are no views. Everything is dark, whereas if you light the forest, you will then appreciate the forest.
Collection:
Archivision Addition Module One LocalCollection Archivision Addition Module One Collection false
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1A1-BTA-CC-B3 Image_OriginalVendorID 1A1-BTA-CC-B3 Identifier false
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

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