Scotia Dance Centre
Arthur Erickson Architect
Vancouver, British Columbia
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Scotia Dance Centre Arthur Erickson Architect Vancouver, British Columbia
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About the building:
The Scotia Dance Centre has reused an existing historic Bank of Nova Scotia building on Granville Street (near Yaletown) and renovated it into a modern, energetic centre for the study of the dance arts.
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Side
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| Rear
corner of building. Rear facade fronts on permanent laneway. |
Looking up
through the glazed canopy along the side elevation. |
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| Upper
portion of front elevation of the building. Unbelievable web of streetcar
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Close
up of top front of building. Profiled glass forms the curved front wall.
A structural fan shaped glass canopy provides shelter for an outside sitting
space on the top floor. |
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| View along
the sidewalk at the side elevation of the building. |
Looking up
through the glazed canopy along the side street. Metal grating is used
as a finish at the base of the building in front of the profiled glass. |
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| Corner view
of building. |
South west
corner of building facing onto the Granville Street intersection. |
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| Detail looking
up the corner of the building showing profiled glass. |
Detail of
profiled glass connection at front facade of building. |
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last updated May 30, 2005
