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Vancouver Magazine: Gregory Henriquez

June 14th, 2011 · 1 Comment

Gregory Henriquez and his father Richard are two architects who have marked this city indelibly.

There has been a lot written about their individual approaches to architecture, available for all to read. Ihstead, in this profile, I look at the personal and professional relationship between the two and its effect on Gregory.

http://www.vanmag.com/News_and_Features/Profile_Gregory_Henriquez

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  • ThinkOutsideABox

    Architects who, like Henriquez, actually speak to those affected by their projects are in high demand.

    I can think of at least two Henriquez projects in which that is not true. And no, multiple private meetings between Henriquez and the mayor’s hand-picked West End advisory committee, which are closed to the public, do not count.

    One is 1215 Bidwell, the former Millennium project that the city took a mortgage out on. The other is 1401 Comox. Conversely, instead of Henriquez, the public relations company Pottinger & Assoc were sent in instead, but were found to be advertising false claims about what was permitted on site, creating further damage.

    They remain uncomfortable reminders that good architecture and social-mission idealism don’t always prevail.

    What social mission would that be Frances? The ‘let’s abuse STIR by building high end market rental and enrich the developer with obscene density bonus’ mission?

    Glad that a voice is being given to the most vulnerable in our city. Let us know when the ‘feed the starving developers and their architect front men of Vancouver’ charity campaign starts.

    I know that the West End is a few kilometers away from Kingsway and Broadway but I would have hoped that other stories get the level of unbiased scrutiny as let’s say, what we’ve seen here for The Rize.