Date and time:
Saturday May 11, 1:30-4pm
Sunday May 12, 1:30-4pm
Location:
Bright Pearl sculpture at the corner of Government and Fisgard Street
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ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION OF BC
The Architecture Foundation of BC, Victoria Chinatown Museum Society, and Discover the Past present a guided architecture tour through Chinatown, covering historical moments, traditional typologies and discussing roles designers have in preserving Chinatown. The tour will wrap up with a drink and an opporunity to meet and chat with other participants.
On Sunday, the tour will finish at Ugly Duckling, where owner Corbin Mathany has created a signature cocktail designed to acknowledge and celebrate the buildings architecture and storied history in Victoria’s Chinatown.
Participants will have the opportunity to view ceramic artist Peter Flanagan’s work at the Ugly Duckling. Energetically large in scale the work offers a ceramic canvas on which he explores a multitude of surface treatments. Historic brick walls and the contemporary porcelain chargers create a textural feast for the eyes
Photo: Brian Norwick
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CHINATOWN ARCHITECTURE
The Architecture Foundation of BC, Victoria Chinatown Museum Society, and Discover the Past present a guided architecture tour through Chinatown, covering historical moments, traditional typologies and discussing roles designers have in preserving Chinatown. The tour will wrap up with a drink and an opporunity to meet and chat with other participants.
On Sunday, the tour will finish at Ugly Duckling, where owner Corbin Mathany has created a signature cocktail designed to acknowledge and celebrate the buildings architecture and storied history in Victoria’s Chinatown.
Participants will have the opportunity to view ceramic artist Peter Flanagan’s work at the Ugly Duckling. Energetically large in scale the work offers a ceramic canvas on which he explores a multitude of surface treatments. Historic brick walls and the contemporary porcelain chargers create a textural feast for the eyes
*Some elements of the tour are not accessible due to some areas only being accesible through narrow stairways*
Photo: Brian Norwick
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