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2000 Annual Meeting
Vancouver, BC, October 13-15
The Friday opening reception was held at the Vancouver Rowing Club in Stanley Park. Delegates were enthralled by an illustrated lecture by prominent Vancouver landscape architect Cornelia Hahn Oberlander. An optional event was a night-time tour of Vancouver's neon - in a vintage bus - with Vancouver neon afficionada John Atkin.
Following a continental breakfast at the Vancouver Art Gallery (1906, Francis M. Rattenbury with alterations by Arthur Erickson in 1979), members presented eight papers in two concurrent sessions.
Session A:
* Anne Lawrason Marshall. "Teaching Other Architectural Histories"
* Don Luxton. "Building the West: the Early Architect of British Columbia"
* Gregory D. Thomson. "Performance or Artifact: The Preservation of Function in Experimental Building systems in Early Modern Architecture"
* Stephanie White. "Small Embassies on an Internation Border" Candian Customs Buildings at Unites States Crossings"
Session B
* Jana Tyler. "Vancouver's Better Housing Scheme and the Lumber Industry"
* Davis Rash. "W. Sam Chin: Chinatown and Beyond"
* Michael Houser. "Don Byers and the Universal Plan Service"
* Wendy R. McClure. "Restoring a civic Culture: Profiles of Western Railroad Towns
Alan Liddle presented a plenary address entitled "Me and Frank: Building Wright's Chauncey Griggs House." He brought with him Wright's original plans for the home.
The business meeting was held during the lunch period in the Chief Justice's Courtroom at the Vancouver Art Gallery.
The afternoon session featured three tours. A Downtown Walking Tour with Marco D'Agostini of DOCOMOMO.BC presented significant landmarks on Burrard and Granville Streets including many from the early modern movement. Gastown and Chinatown with Donald Luxton of Heritage Vancouver showcased Vancouver's designated historic areas, the birthplace of Vancouver. Exploring Vancouver with Hal Kalman was a bus tour which showed the highlights of Vancouver's urban development and major landmarks.
The closing banquet was held at the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia. The highlight of the evening was an illustrated talk by Arthur Erickson, architect.
Sunday included a tour of Downtown South and Concord Pacific Place and a boat tour of Burrard Inlet.
Posted September 02, 2004