Title & Author:

Body heat : the story of the Woodward's redevelopment / edited by Robert Enright ; architecture by Henriquez Partners.

Publication:

[Vancouver] : Blueimprint, c2010.

Description:

367 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), map, plans, ports. ; 27 cm.

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Stories and more storeys : how Woodward's got rebuilt / Robert Enright -- A perfect storm / Chris Madconald -- The greening of Vancouver / Jim Green -- The world according to Woodpens / John Bishop and George Haywood -- Quality of lifer / Larry Beasley -- Rulers of engagement / Michael Flanigan -- Team 'w'ork / Ian Gillespie -- The healing place / Liz Evans -- Image breaker, image maker / Bob Rennie -- The competition -- Street smarter / Lee Donohue -- Ground leveller / Mark Townsend -- Squatter's rites / John Richardson -- A resourceful society / Ken Fraser -- Beach stormer / Peter Wood -- Strait talker / Dave Leung -- The principal of conservation / Hal Kalman -- Tales from the tower man / Kevan Losch -- The resilience of culture / Milton Wong -- One big tangled ball of speculation / Jon Stovell -- The importance of being gritty / Scot Hein -- Whole-filler / Shayne Ransay -- Deal-breaker, deal-maker / Lee Gavel -- Centre margin : composing Abbot & Cordova, 7 August 1971 / Reid Shier -- Pivoting history / Stan Douglas -- The practical utopian / Gregory Henriquez -- Architecture as the poetic expression of social justice / Alberto Pérez-Gómez.

Summary:

"Body Heat tells the story of the Woodward's Redevelopment in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver. The project is unique in the history of Vancouver due to it's scale, inclusivity, social aspirations and the complexity of the partnerships required. The book features 23 interviews with key participants in the redevelopment process"--Front flap.

ISBN:

9781897476017 (paperback)
1897476019 (paperback)

Subject:

Woodward's Limited History.
Woodward's Limited Histoire.
Urban renewal British Columbia Vancouver.
Architecture and society British Columbia Vancouver.
Rénovation urbaine Colombie-Britannique Vancouver.
Architecture et société Colombie-Britannique Vancouver.
Architecture and society.
Urban renewal.
Downtown-Eastside (Vancouver, B.C.)
Downtown Eastside (Vancouver, C.-B.)
British Columbia Vancouver.
British Columbia Vancouver Downtown-Eastside.

Form/genre:

Interviews.
History.

Added entries:

Enright, Robert.

Holdings:

Location: Library main canada 286959
Call No.: BIB 227533
Status: Available