Gregory Henriquez

Gregory Henriquez is an architect best known for the design of several community-based mixed-use and social housing projects in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, British Columbia. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1963, he graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture from Carleton University in 1987 and attended the Master of Architecture Program, at McGill University in 1988 where he studied under Alberto Pérez-Gómez. In his book "Towards an Ethical Architecture" the authors discuss the urgent need to re-examine the role of ethics, activism and critical commentary in architectural practise. The discussion is founded upon the belief that meaningful architecture must be a poetic expression of social justice.

He is the managing partner of Henriquez Partners Architects and is currently in charge of the socially inclusive Woodward's Redevelopment, the largest mixed-use project in the history of Vancouver. He has won four B.C. Lieutenant-Governor's Awards, in 2004 received a Governor General's Medal in Architecture for the Lore Krill Housing Co-operative and was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts , in 2007 was elected as Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada and was awarded an Honorary Degree in History & Theory of Architecture from the McGill University.

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Contextual Wikipedia Links

*Woodward's building
*Alberto Pérez-Gómez
*McGill University School of Architecture
*Carleton University
*Public Housing
*Jim Green
*Stan Douglas
*Downtown Eastside
*Pivot Legal Society
*Insite

Related External Links

* [http://archrecord.construction.com/news/daily/archives/071227vancouver.asp Article by Linda Baker] - Woodwards in Architectural Record
* [http://www.amazon.ca/dp/1894965507 Towards an Ethical Architecture] - Architecture as a Poetic Expression of Social Justice
* [http://www.doctv.com/trailers/woodwards2.html DOCTV Teaser] -CBC Woodward's Competition Documentary Clip
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWfrunEOsrY YouTube] - The implosion of the Woodward's Building.
* [http://thetyee.ca/Views/2006/03/30/WoodwardsTakesShape/ Article in the Tyee] - Woodwards Story
* [http://vancouver.ca/greaterdot_wa/index.cfm?fuseaction=GVTV.storyDet&storyid=456 "Woodward's Design Competition"] from Greater Vancouver Television
* [http://vancouver.ca/Greaterdot_wa/index.cfm?fuseaction=GVTV.storyDet&storyid=458 "Architect Profile"] from Greater Vancouver Television
* [http://www.woodwardsdistrict.com/ Woodward's District] - Sales website for the new development.
* [http://vancouver.ca/corpsvcs/realestate/woodwards/index.htm The Future of Woodward's] - Official City of Vancouver site about the Woodward's building and redevelopment.
* [http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/greaterdot_wa/index.cfm?fuseaction=GVTV.storyDet&storyid=368 GVTV] - History of Woodward's.
* [http://ericdeis.com/images/woodwards-hipsters-drug-dealer Photo by Eric Deis] - Hipsters and Drug Dealer at Woodward's Demolition Site.
* [http://vancouverneon.com/p_woodwards1.htm Vancouver Neon] - Story of the Woodward's W Sign.
* [http://www.cdnarchitect.com/issues/ISarticle.asp?id=183240&story_id=320093919&issue=02012007&PC= An Ethical Plan] -Interview with Gregory Henriquez in Canadain Architect Magazine
* [http://www.arsenalpulp.com/contributorinfo.php?index=137 Stan Douglas: Every Building on 100 West Hastings]
* [http://archrecord.construction.com/projects/bts/archives/public/CoalHarbour/overview.asp Coal Harbour Community Centre] -Article on Architectural Record Website
* [http://alumni.carleton.ca/alumni/greatgrads_profile.cfm?gradid=252 Carleton University] - Great Grad Award
* [http://pricetags.wordpress.com/2008/09/15/new-stuff-3-woodwards/ Pricetag Blog] - Woodwards Progress Commentary
* [http://archrecord.construction.com/projects/bts/archives/parkinggarages/08_CordovaParkade/default.asp Cordova Parkade] - Article on Architectural Record Website

Related Reading

Baker, Linda. "Amid Gentrification, Vancouver seeks balance." Architectural Record , NO.1 (January 2008): 34. About the Woodward’s Redevelopment Project.

Berelowitz, Lance. Dream City: Vancouver and the Global Imagination. Vancouver: DOUGLAS & MCINTYRE, 2005. 103, 212-213. References Coal Harbour Community Centre and Lore Krill Housing Co-op.

Bermingham, John. "Record number sign up for condo's in Woodward's redevelopment," The Vancouver Province , A17, December 19 , 2005 . Downtown Eastside - 1,200 register for shot at 500 units.

Blomley, Nichola. Unsettling the City; Urban Land and the Politics of Property: Routledge, 2003. References Bruce Eriksen Place and Woodwards.

Boddy, Trevor. "Plastic Lion’s Gate." Vancouver: Representing the Postmodern City. Vancouver: ARSENAL PULP PRESS, 1993. 25-49. About Firehall Training Tower and history of Henriquez Partners.

——. “Canada's Poorest Postal Code” Globe and Mail (Toronto) January 11, 2006."

——. “Design is the mortar in social housing that works.” Globe and Mail (Toronto) December 1, 2006."

——. “In North Vancouver, the new Londale slowly emerges.” Globe and Mail (Toronto) November 23, 2007."

Bow, James. "Neighbourhoods get artistic makeover: From Toronto to Vancouver, artists help transform struggling areas." Real Estate Edge, March 7, 2008. P20.

Bula, Francis. "Can Woodwards be All," The Vancouver Sun , November 14 , 2005: . Downtown Eastside - It's an incredibly ambitious piece of urban planning backed by big dreams and good intentions. But is it achievable?

——. "Design Panel OKs Woodward's Project," The Vancouver Sun , December 8, 2005: B1 & 5. Panellists question the gating of public space.

——."When East Meets West," The Vancouver Sun , May 13, 2006: C1. Future of the Downtown Eastside up for grabs as developers scramble to take advantage of the success of the Woodwards Project.

——. "Common Vision," The Vancouver Sun , May 3, 2008: B1 & 3. Businessmen, activists join forces to help developers find solutions for Downtown Eastside.

Carmichael, Amy. "Urban Redevelopment with an Edge." Haves and have-nots to live together in housing plan for abandoned Woodwards. Globe and Mail, (Toronto), S1-2. August 8, 2005

Chodikoff, Ian. "An Ethical Plan." Canadian Architect 52, NO. 2 (Feb 2007): cover, 38-41. Interview with Gregory Henriquez about the book, Towards an Ethical Architecture.

Enright, Robert. "The Practical Utopian: The Architecture of Gregory Henriquez." Border Crossings Issues No. 100, Volume 25 No. 4, November 2006. 55-65. Interview with Gregory Henriquez about the Woodward's Redevelopment.

Grdadolnik, Helena. "Crosstown Examined." Canadian Architect 51, NO. 1 (January 2006): 20-25. About the Woodward’s Redevelopment Project.

——. "Putting Housing into Context." Canadian Architect 48, NO. 4 (April 2003): 20-23. About Dockside Live/Work Building and Lore Krill Housing Co-op.

——. "Woodward’s Takes Shape: Nothing Like it in North America." The Tyee. Vancouver, 30 March 2006. Online newspaper article. 24 May 2006.

Henriquez, Gregory. "The Endless Phenomenal Space of Frederick Kiesler", The Fifth Column 7 (McGill University), No 3 (1990).

Henriquez, Gregory, and Richard Henriquez. "The Ethics of Narrative at Trent University." Architecture, Ethics and Technology. Editors. Louise Pelletier and Alberto Perez-Gomez. Montreal: McGill Queen’s Press, 1994. 189-198.

Henriquez Partners Architects. "Lore Krill Co-op Housing." Canadian Architect 49, NO. 5 (May 2004): 42-43.

LaPointe, Michael. "A City, A Hole, A Dream: Woodwards." Tooth & Dagger, Issue 1, April 12, 2007.

Lorino, John. "The New City." How the Crisis in Canada's Urban Centres is Reshaping The Nation. Toronto: PENGUIN CANADA, 2006. 161-63. - Developing Quality Social Housing.

Mackie, John. "Renovations reveal reminder's of City's past." The Vancouver Sun, Nov 24, 2007.F10-11, About Woodward's ghost signs on 1908 Building.

——. "The Last Days of a Vancouver Icon." The Vancouver Sun, 16 September 2006., About Demolition of Old Woodwards Building

——. " 'W' removal marks start of Woodward's project." The Vancouver Sun, 24 June 2006., B8.

Martin, Brian. "Vancouver's Changing Face." Journal of Commerce, May 2, 2007. About Woodwards.

Macdonald, Nancy. "Hitting Gold on Skid Row, The most notorious slum in Canada gets a makeover." Mcleans Magazine, ( August 18, 2008 ): 18-19.

McMartin, Pete. "Clearly a Community Endorsement." The Vancouver Sun, April 25, 2006. Sale of Woodwards Building had a fever of an Oklahoma landrush.

Montgomery, Charles. "Sad City." Vancouver Magazine (September 2008): Can we design a City that makes us smile again? References the Woodward’s Redevelopment Project.

Matuk, Nyla. "Urban Housing Street Poetry." Canadian Architect 44, NO. 8 (August 1999): cover, 22-23. About Bruce Eriksen Place.

Olson, Sheri. "Coal Harbour Community Centre." Architectural Record 190, NO.3 (March 2002): 124-127.

Owen, Graham. "The Meaning of Construction, the Construction Of Meaning, Architecture Canada 1994: Governor General's Awards", The Royal Architecture Institute of Canada, 1994: 23-57.

Pemberton, Kim. "Marrying Architectural Vision to Values- Gregory Henriquez and Buildings that serve the Public Good." The Vancouver Sun, November 27, 2004, I4-5.

Rochon, Lisa. "From five star glam to Eastside Grim." Globe and Mail (Toronto) April 28, 2007.

——. “Vancouver Street Smarts.” Globe and Mail (Toronto) September 23, 2003."

——. “The Re-Generation: How Original Thinkers are Redefining the Power of Architecture." Insite Architecture, September 1994."

Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. "Lore Krill Housing Co-op and City of Vancouver Parkade." Architecture Canada 2004: The Governor General’s Medals in Architecture. Halifax: TUNS PRESS, 2004. 42-51.

Ruthen, Sean. "Woodward's Rising." architecture BC , Issue 27 (March 2008): Cover and 16-20.

Shotton, Elizabeth. "Taking in the View." Canadian Architect 46, NO.4 (April 2001): 20-25. About Coal Harbour Community Centre.

Taggart, Jim. "Cutting Edge." Canadian Architect, (May 2005): About the CNC Trusses at False Creek Community Centre.

Ward, Robin. "Low-income Highrise." Azure , (July/August 1998): p17. About Bruce Eriksen Place .

Watson, Heather. "Top Model: Westbank Wins the Woodwards War." Terminal City (Vancouver) July 16, 2004.

——. “The Woodward's Phoenix Rises .” Terminal City (Vancouver) October 14, 2004."

Weder, Adele. "It Makes a Village." Azure 22, NO.166 (March/April 2006): 94-98. About the Woodward’s Redevelopment Project.

Weir, David. Editor: "Towards an Ethical Architecture, Issues within the work of Gregory Henriquez", Vancouver, BLUEIMPRINT, December 2006. Contributors: Alberto Pérez-Gómez, Christopher Grabowski, Helena Grdadolnik, Jim Green, and May So. ISBN 1894965507

Documentary Television

Greater Vancouver Television, and Shaw Cable Network. Woodward’s Design Competition., 17 February 2005. VIDEO. 2006.

Greater Vancouver Television, and Shaw Cable Network. Woodward’s Developer/Architect Profile., 3 March 2005. VIDEO. 2006.

Duncan, Robert and Carolyn Schmidt. Woodward’s: the Competition. (Vancouver): INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY TELEVISION CORPORATION and CBC NEWSWORLD and with support from CBC BRITISH COLUMBIA, 2005.