There’s a particular kind of light in West Vancouver that feels almost architectural … filtered through cedar branches and softened by the ocean mist, caught in long horizontal lines where glass meets forest.
Currently pulling double duty as a visitors center and the gateway through which guests can enter the Neon Museum’s vintage sign boneyard, the Visitors Center started out in 1961 as the LaConcha Motel’s lobby building.
The Big Island doesn’t announce its midcentury heritage with flashy towers like Honolulu. Instead, it reveals itself through open air lobbies, lava rock walls and buildings designed to catch breezes rather than attention.
There’s a particular kind of light in West Vancouver that feels almost architectural … filtered through cedar branches and softened by the ocean mist, caught in long horizontal lines where glass meets forest.
Currently pulling double duty as a visitors center and the gateway through which guests can enter the Neon Museum’s vintage sign boneyard, the Visitors Center started out in 1961 as the LaConcha Motel’s lobby building.
The Big Island doesn’t announce its midcentury heritage with flashy towers like Honolulu. Instead, it reveals itself through open air lobbies, lava rock walls and buildings designed to catch breezes rather than attention.
