Vancouver Art Gallery abandons Herzog & de Meuron plan after a decade

Vancouver Art Gallery has parted ways with Swiss architecture studio Herzog & de Meuron after nearly a decade of planning a new building in Vancouver's downtown.
The announcement comes after preliminary construction was halted in late summer on the site – a parking lot in the heart of Vancouver, which is one of the last undeveloped sites in the city's dense urban core.
Vancouver Art Gallery (VAG) cited financial concerns, especially post-pandemic inflation, as the primary reasons