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The Architectural Commission finally has approved, with conditions, a house that Canadian Adrian Tauro wants to build on the ...

As an example of Gothic architecture, it bears many iconic elements of the style: pointed arches, flying buttresses, tall spires, rib vaults, window tracery, and stained glass.

A similar style, Decorated Gothic, appeared in England in the late 13th century. “The English were very interested in decoration and articulation and linear patterns on surfaces,” Bork. says.

Style over substance. That best describes what has been troubling me about Vancouver’s architecture for some time now. In a column a few weeks back, I tried to explain my angst with the modern ...