1100 Chestnut Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada
View More DetailsMid-century heritage Not only is the Museum of Vancouver a great place to learn about the city’s heritage, but it’s also located inside one of Vancouver’s most jaw-droppingly awesome mid-century… Read more…
Museum of Anthropology, Northwest Marine Drive, Vancouver, BC, Canada
View More DetailsBrutalist buildings Located at the University of British Columbia, the Museum of Anthropology is world renowned for its collection of Northwest Coast First Nations art and artifacts and is definitely… Read more…
1030 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada
View More DetailsMid-century modern buildings Designed by CBK Van Norman in 1955, the Burrard Building was the first office high rise to go up in downtown Vancouver using new post-war modernist design… Read more…
555 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada
View More DetailsMid-century brutalist buildings A Vancouver landmark since it went up in 1977, the Harbour Centre Tower was designed by the Webb, Zerafa, Menkes and Housden partnership employing the then, more… Read more…
970 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada
View More DetailsMid-century modern buildings Wanting to create a functional space that would house a downtown electrical substation as well as double as public art, BC Electric’s chief in the early 1950s,… Read more…
1600 Beach Avenue, Vancouver, BC, Canada
View More DetailsMid-century residential buildings Designed by Ojars Kalns (CBK Van Norman & Associates) and built in 1965, with a fourth tower added [to the original three] north of Harwood Street in… Read more…
Mid-century/contemporary furniture located in Vancouver’s Armoury Design District, the Living Space showroom was created by internationally recognized designer Omer Arbel and boasts 2 large levels of high end designer furniture and home… Read more…
Vintage mid-century fashion Many Vancouver vintage clothing stores have come and gone over the years but True Value Vintage has endured as one of the first and best places for… Read more…
Modern home/design accessories Named for the under appreciated architectural style of home design popular in Greater Vancouver throughout the 1970s – the Vancouver Special – it’s no wonder this busy… Read more…
Mid-century accommodations Opened in 1946 as the “2400 Court,” a reference to when Motor Courts proliferated Kingsway (the main route leading in and out of Vancouver at the time), the… Read more…
989 Nelson Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada
View More DetailsMid-century office buildings Designed by architects Ron Thom & Ned Pratt (1955-1957) to house the B.C. Read more…
Mid-century accommodations Built in 1948 by an ex Marine inspired by his time in the Pacific during World War II, the Polynesian-themed Waldorf Hotel and its Tiki Bar (designed by… Read more…
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