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City Hall launches arts centre offensive

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Paul Hillsdon

Five days after we said the performing arts centre project is dead on arrival, City Hall has proclaimed it is “moving ahead” with the facility. The Mayor’s Office announced today that is has hired Bing Thom Architects as the consultant … Continue reading →

Posted in City Hall, Whalley | Tagged bing thom, centre, city, dianne watts, downtown, performing arts, surrey | 1 Comment

Council misstepped keeping City Hall design private

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Paul Hillsdon

This summer, I visited Edmonton and explored their Civic Centre to get a feel for the types of facilities they’ve built to stimulate development downtown. Their pyramid topped City Hall is an architectural wonder, one that was obviously given much … Continue reading →

Posted in City Hall, Development, Whalley | Tagged architecture, bc, bing thom, City Hall, design, dianne watts, edmonton, kasian, surrey | 1 Comment

Photo tour of the City Centre Library!

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Paul Hillsdon

Media were invited to take a full tour of the nearly complete City Centre Library today. Other than connecting the computers, filling some more stacks, and hanging the public art, the gorgeous new building appeared ready for the public. Designed … Continue reading →

Posted in Development, Library, Whalley | Tagged bing thom, city centre, downtown, Library, surrey | 8 Comments

Globe features two stories on Surrey

Posted on February 20, 2010 by

The Globe and Mail has published two stories on Surrey. One, by urban critic Lisa Rauchon, describes efforts underway to urbanize our sprawled city: How Surrey accommodates an exploding population and ramps up development has enormous repercussions, not only for … Continue reading →

Posted in City Hall, Development | Tagged bing thom, city, dianne watts, frances bula, globe and mail, lisa rochon, national, news, suburb, surrey, townshift | Comments Off

Townshift finalists on Thursday @ SFU

Posted on February 1, 2010 by

Townshift, the international design competition of Surrey’s Town Centres, has wrapped up with 130 submissions from 10 countries around the world. An exhibition of the finalists will occur at 6pm, this Thursday February 5th, at SFU Surrey. At 7pm, there … Continue reading →

Posted in Events, Town Centre | Tagged architecture, bing thom, design competition, kwantlen, panel, sfu, surrey, town centres, townshift, trevor boddy, urban planning | 2 Comments

Surrey Civic Centre Project revealed!

Posted on September 27, 2009 by

Civic Surrey has obtained a pre-release copy of the SCDC’s brochure outlining the Surrey Civic Centre Development. The project has been tossed around for years under various names, including Central City II or the new City Hall complex, but it … Continue reading →

Posted in City Hall, Development, Library, Parks and Rec, Social Services, Transport, Whalley | Tagged bing thom, bus loop, central city, central library, City Hall, civic centre, civic plaza, council chamber, exchange, expansion, extension, hotel, kasian architecture, office, performing arts centre, project, rec centre, sfu, skytrain, surrey, surrey central, tower, university | 7 Comments

Central City Tower II?

Posted on November 26, 2008 by

Discussions continue about the relocation of City Hall, and there seems to be no hard plan to actually make it happen. One of the major questions is whether this will be a partnership with Central City or not. The Central … Continue reading →

Posted in City Hall, Development, Library, Whalley | Tagged bc, bing thom, central city, city centre, City Hall, dianne watts, Library, linda hepner, mall, museum, new, office, rumours, skytrain, surrey, tower performing arts centre | Comments Off