BEHIND THE MIRROR: Stanley Kwok in Conversation with Trevor Boddy
Date: Thursday, April 19, 2012
Time: 7:00pm (Doors at 6:30pm)
Location: Museum of Vancouver (MOV), 1100 Chestnut St (Kitsilano)
Cost: $15 | $10 for MOV Members, Students*, and RAIC Members *please bring ID. Includes admission to Art Deco Chic & Neon Vancouver | Ugly Vancouver. RSVP: http://behindmaraya.eventbrite.com
Reception with cash bar and light refreshments to follow.
Join us for a special live interview with Stanley Kwok about the foundation of “Vancouverism”, as started along False Creek. Find out the why and how behind the mirrored “twinning” of Vancouver’s False Creek and Dubai’s Emaar Marina.
This presentation is part of The Maraya Project: Waterfronts of False Creek and Dubai
February 29-May 20, 2012
www.marayaprojects.com
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Stanley Kwok was President of BC Place Corporation from 1983-1987 where he oversaw the management of BC Place Stadium. Later, he was instrumental in developing two significant master plans: the 160 acre, $3 Billion Concord Pacific Place along False Creek on the former Expo ‘86 grounds, and the 1,000 acre waterfront development for Emaar Properties known as the Dubai Marina.
Trevor Boddy has written on architecture and cities for the Globe and Mail, The Vancouver Sun, Edmonton Journal, Ottawa Citizen, Seattle Times, Georgia Straight, Architectural Review, Architectural Record and global design magazines published in German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese and Arabic. Boddy lectures globally on contemporary design and city-building.