Arts Umbrella opens its new arts education facility
Arts Umbrella opens its new arts education facility
Henriquez Partners Architects repurposes a building by Patkau Architects to expand the capacity of the Granville Island arts education centre.
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Arts Umbrella has opened the doors to its new 50,000-square-foot arts education centre on Granville Island. The new facility expands the centre’s capacity to provide programming and studio space for young people in Metro Vancouver.
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Arts Umbrella was founded in 1979 as a community-based organization that opened to 45 students on Granville Island. The initial building design for its new facility was completed in 1995 by award-winning architecture firm Patkau Architects, with the current repurposing led by Henriquez Partners Architects and consultants BTY Group (project management); ITC Construction Management Integral (mechanical); Glotman Simpson (structural); Nemetz (electrical); DWD (theatre de
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