A Hong Kong-Born rchitect in Vancouver

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Philip Kennicott, Profile of Vancouver architect Bing Thom. 23
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/15/AR2010101503657.html

My comment:
(a) Bing Thom
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bing_Thom
(Bing Wing Thom 譚 秉榮; 1940- ; Born in Hong Kong, he immigrated to Vancouver, Canada with his family in 1950)
(b) sloop
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sloop
(c) Mr. Thom renovated, as opposed to built, Arena Stage.

(i) Fred A.Bernstein, Washington’s Fresh Coat of Greasepaint. New York Times, Oct. 10, 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/10/arts/design/10thom.html

(ii) Arena Stage (Washington, D.C.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arena_Stage_(Washington,_D.C.)

* Theatre in the round
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatre_in_the_round
(or arena theatre; the stage [is] on an even level with or lowered below the audience in a "pit" or "arena" formation./ Theatre-in-the-round was common in ancient theatre, particularly that of Greece and Rome but was not widely explored again until the latter half of the 20th century)

(d) edge city (n; first known use 1988): "a suburb that has developed its own political, economic, and commercial base independent of the central city"

All definitions are from www.m-w.com.
(e) consumerism (n): "the theory that an increasing consumption of goods is economically desirable; also : a preoccupation with and an inclination toward the buying of consumer goods"

(f) Fumihiko MAKI 槇 文彦
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fumihiko_Maki

* This is 槇.

イヌマキ
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%8C%E3%83%9E%E3%82%AD
(犬槇; 学名：Podocarpus macrophyllus)
(g) cant (vt): "to give a cant or oblique edge to: BEVEL  2: to set at an angle"

cant (n): "an external angle (as of a building)"

an illustration:
cant (architecture)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cant_(architecture)


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