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May 15, 2014

Westbank Salon Series: Bruce Haden

Bruce Haden is a Principal Partner at the national architectural and planning firm DIALOG. He is the DIALOG Partner-In-Charge for the Vancouver House collaboration with Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) of New York.

He has also been a design leader for the firm on many widely recognized projects including the globally published and awarded Nk’Mip Desert Culture Centre and the LEED Platinum-targeted UBC Student Union Building.

Bruce has twice chaired the City of Vancouver Urban Design Panel, and has taught at the UBC School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA). He is a respected commentator on architecture and urbanism, previously serving both as local Vancouver Correspondent to Canadian Architect Magazine and Design Correspondent for CBC Radio’s Early Edition.

Haden is the past Chair of the Board of Directors of the Contemporary Art Gallery in Vancouver.

His salon is on Tuesday May 20, 2014 at 5:30pm. RSVP here!

There’s still time to tweet your questions for Bruce to @gwerkca — don’t forget to use the hashtag #gwerksalon. The chosen winner will join Bruce, exhibition curator Trevor Boddy and other guests at ORU for a continued evening of conversation after the salon.

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