Vancouver Art Gallery Association Invites 14 Canadian Architectural Firms To Submit RFPS

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Larwill Park (181 W Georgia, Vancouver) site of new Vancouver Art Gallery (photo courtesy Google Maps, July 2024)

The Vancouver Art Gallery Association's board of trustees has launched a new request for proposals.

This comes after the gallery announced in December it had pressed pause on the design for the new building and parted ways with the Swiss architectural firm Herzog & de Meuron.

The gallery association told the Canadian real estate magazine Storeys that it had invited 14 Canadian architectural firms to submit ideas. Those firms include: 

• Diamond Schmitt (Vancouver)
• Formline Architecture & Urbanism (West Vancouver)
• Hariri Pontarini Architects (Toronto)
• HCMA (Vancouver)
• Henriquez Partners Architects (Vancouver)
• Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg KPMB (Toronto)
• Michael Green Architecture MGA (Vancouver)
• Office of Macfarlane Biggar OMB (Vancouver)
• Patkau Architects Inc. (Vancouver)
• Perkins+Will (Vancouver)
• Revery (Vancouver)
• Saucier+Perrotte Architectes (Montreal)
• Teeple Architects (Toronto)
• 5468796 Architecture Inc. (Winnipeg)

“Our goal is to create a new building that celebrates art in all its forms and is emblematic both of our country and our mission, but that also prioritizes achievability, practicality and fiscal responsibility,” said Vancouver Art Gallery CEO and Executive Director Anthony Kiendl. 

“Inherent in this choice is a careful assessment of how we can engage our community in meaningful ways; build within our means, and realize a new gallery that reflects Canada's extraordinary architectural talent.”

Source: Storeys

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