This building will be the first art gallery in North America built to the standards of a passive house.
The Vancouver Art Gallery has received over $ 29 million in federal funding, taking it one step closer to a new location in downtown. It is scheduled to open in 2027.
The funds will be used to build a new gallery. This is the first art gallery built to North American passive house standards. Cambie Street and Beatty Street near the Queen Elizabeth Theater.
The majority of the funding, $ 25 million, is funded by the Canadian Infrastructure through a green and comprehensive community building program, with the remaining $ 4.3 million funded by the Department of Canadian Heritage.
The gallery has been campaigning for years to raise money for a new facility beyond the space of the Old Courthouse at 750 Hornby Street.
The Chan Center for the Performing Arts, a new building called the Vancouver Art Gallery, has a versatile indigenous community house, theater, public art space, and programming for people who have reached their limits. -The group provided. It will be approximately 300,000 square feet, including 82,000 square feet of gallery space.
Vancouver Art Gallery CEO Anthony Kiendl said the new site will become a leader in environmental sustainability with federal funding. The building is equipped with solar heating, triple glazing and heat pumps. It is also advertised to exceed the net zero carbon standard for energy.
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The Vancouver Art Gallery wants to start building a new downtown house next year
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Free admission to the Vancouver Art Gallery thanks to a $ 1 million donation
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Vancouver Art Gallery welcomes the $ 40 million Chang family donation
With a federal donation, the Art Gallery has raised nearly $ 270 million for a $ 400 million project.
This project is also heavily backed by private donors, including a$ 100 million donation from the Audain Foundationand a$ 40 million donation from the ChanFamily Foundation.. The state government has donated $ 50 million.
When the Odein Foundation donation was announced in late November, the art gallery said it expects construction to begin this year.
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