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It's Sunday May the 6 around 11:35PM and

A Design Gap? In Vancouver? You Don't Say...

The Globe and Mail had a story on the B.C. Lieutenant-Governor's awards in architecture this weekend. It would seem that even though condos - part of the multi-family housing category - are going up practically everywhere, they aren't worth of awards. Really? You mean these ridiculous marketing driven boxes aren't all that design-y or worth a damn. Interesting. The things the author calls, "Rodney Dangerfield of architecture" don't get any respect:

"But the real reason multiple-family housing rarely makes it onto design awards lists is that architects are not paid enough to do it well. The fact is that here in B.C. we devote around 4 per cent of total housing costs to all design fees (architecture, engineering, landscape), while we pay four times that amount for real estate marketing (advertising, display centres, agent's fees). Well, you get what you pay for."

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