We’re excited to be hosting a webinar sharing the experience of our AFBC Board member, Scott Kemp, and architect Kelly Edzerza-Bapty who worked together on the Daylu Dena Cultural Centre.
Great timing to get 2 Core AIBC REP-LU with 48 days left before the AIBC credit deadline.
The online session will split into three parts:
1. Historic & Contemporary Legislation & Legal contexts concerning Indigenous communities and Land Rights since colonization unique to BC
2. Responsibilities of the Architect and Architectural Practice in Reconciliation
3. Learning From Indigenous resilience in considerations of Generational Architecture and review of projects that have created opportunities to maximize the benefit for Indigenous communities
Link for registration in bio.
Thank you to everyone who joined our @raic_irac conference sketching tour through Granville Island, and thank you to @neufarchitectes for co-hosting with us!
📷: @kelseywilkinson340
We’re excited to be running a pilot of our new False Creek walking tour this weekend!
It sold out quick, but don’t fret if you missed tickets, because it’s launching officially in June and will be running through the whole summer!
More info to come.
Still a few seats left for our event, in partnership with AIBC, regarding the EU-Canada Mutual Recognition Agreement.
We are hosting a small group of guests, and presenting a handful of speakers regarding the EU-MRA process for architects.
Time:
May 11, 2026
6 pm to 7:30 pm
Location:
AIBC Boardroom
100-400 Cambie Street
Vancouver, BC
If you wish to attend, please email [email protected] with your full name, email address, and designations (e.g. Architect AIBC, etc.). Tickets are limited with priority given to AFBC members. We will email a confirmation with further details.
RAIC Sketching Tour ( SOLD OUT )
Hosted with @neufarchitectes , join us as we take a 2.2 km urban sketching tour of Granville Island along a path that highlights a selection of waterfront transportation and infrastructure conditions.
From the False Creek Ferry dock, an active marine transit node connecting Granville Island to the broader False Creek network, to Tap & Barrel, a former industrial structure adapted for public use along the working waterfront, discover three sites that reveal how water, movement, and infrastructure have shaped the island over time.
The tour concludes at Sea Village, a residential edge where floating homes meet the working waterfront, offering a third perspective on the evolution of this unique landscape.
Project featured: Chain and Forge by @officemb.ca and the Vancouver House by @big_builds in the background
Are you joining the RAIC conference studio crawl? Our Architects in School (AiS) program is hosting an exhibit of our students work at the ZGF Office in the Marine Building, from 4-7:30 today (May 7th).
For more information on our AiS program, either as an architect to volunteer, or to register an elementary school for the program, please visit our website!
RAIC Conference this week!
We are proud to be community partners with the RAIC, with aligned values of building community and advocating for our field.
Find us through the festival:
Sponsoring the Sketching Table at the conference
Exhibiting the Architecture in Schools work as part of the Studio Tour
Thursday May 7, 4:00 - 7:30
Co-leading the Urban Sketching Tour: Vancouver Through Waterways with NEUF architect(e)s
May 8, 1:45 - 4:45
See you there!
Project: Senakw by @reveryarchitecture
Photo by: @el_monoceja
Join us for the Pilot run of our brand new walking tour! Our 2026 season is launching in June, but we’d love to have you next weekend to test out the False Creek route!
Tickets and tour info available in our bio.
See the City Differently: AFBC Sketching Tour ✏️🏛️
Slow down and experience downtown Victoria through drawing. Join the Architecture Foundation of BC for a guided architectural sketching tour that invites you to look a little closer at the city around you.
Beginning with a short introduction at Gallery Merrick, this relaxed walking tour makes several stops through downtown to explore architecture through quick, expressive sketches. Along the way, participants will be guided to observe proportion, material, rhythm, light, and detail—using simple prompts designed to help translate what you see onto the page.
No experience is needed, and all materials are provided—including a sketchbook and drawing tools to experiment with along the way.
The tour wraps back at Gallery Merrick, where participants can pin up favourite sketches, share observations, and enjoy light snacks and beverages provided by Softer Drink.
Whether you’re an architect, designer, or simply curious about the built environment, this is a hands-on way to see Victoria with fresh eyes.
📅 Date: Sunday, May 3
🕛 Time: 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
📍 Location: 560 Johnson St. #39
🎟️ Tickets: $10
♿ Accessible venue
📸 By attending, you consent to photography and video recording
ℹ️ Registration info may be shared with event organizers and Design Victoria
Find out more: designvictoria.ca
Starting off our new Now + Then series with one of the most architecturally stunning buildings in Vancouver, the Marine Building.
Opened in 1930, it instantly became the city’s tallest and most extravagant skyscrapers. Designed to resemble a “crag rising from the sea,” it’s covered inside and out with intricate sea creatures, ships, and ocean-inspired details.
But its story has a twist.
Conceived during a time of bold ambition and rapid growth, construction began just as the Great Depression took hold. Costs quickly spiraled, and despite its grandeur, the building became a financial burden. In 1933, it was sold for just $900,000, less than half of its $2.3 million construction cost, in an effort to recover losses during one of the most uncertain economic periods in history.
What was meant to symbolize prosperity instead became a casualty of it. And yet, nearly a century later, it still stands, an enduring reminder that even the most ambitious visions can survive the harshest beginnings.
