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Guildford Mall (Woodward’s), 1966

Guildford Mall (Woodward’s), 1966

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📢 On January 26th, join the West Coast Modern Leag

📢 On January 26th, join the West Coast Modern League, with Addition Agency, for the next in our On the Boards speaker series. We welcome Vancouver-based ceramic artist Andrea Copp (Andrea Copp Ceramics) and artist/designer Mike Seymour (SFossils), each sharing their latest works and research within practices that both articulate intuitive, material-led experimentation with sculptural and functional prerogatives, shaped by life experience, place, community, and technique.

Andrea Copp works primarily in a variety of stoneware and porcelain clays, with ties to both Canada and the UK. Her practice spans sculptural and functional forms, including one-of-a-kind collectible works, paper-thin porcelain sculptures, a sculptural table, wall-based tile pieces, and intuitive rock sculptures. Layered with poetry, story, and emotional landscape, Copp’s work explores inner and outer worlds through material, intuition, and balance, shaped by lived experience and place.

Mike Seymour’s artwork situates itself within the disciplines of craft, design, and sculpture. His process involves an experimental approach to combining and using craft and industrial processes and hands-on collaboration with craftspeople and technicians. Deliberately suspending his focus between crafts such as metalworking, enamelling, glass working and ceramics, combining processes and materials almost haphazardly, his interest lies in bypassing a kind of technical ability to allow the material and techniques to influence the works.

JANUARY 26 • 2026 | 5:30PM–7:00PM
ADDITION AGENCY | 1675 WEST 2ND AVE | VANCOUVER BC
DOORS OPEN 5:30PM | PRESENTATION 6:00PM
FREE EVENT WITH REGISTRATION

Arrive early to view works currently exhibited at Addition Agency.

LINK IN BIO TO REGISTER

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@sfossils

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From all of us to all of you, we wish you a Happy

From all of us to all of you, we wish you a Happy New Year and all the best in 2026! We have another exciting year of projects and events ahead that we can’t wait to share with you. Thank you for your continued support. Have a blast tonight! ⁠
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Happy New Year from the⁠
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Dodek House, 1958/67
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From our families to yours, we wish you a healthy,

From our families to yours, we wish you a healthy, festive holiday full of warmth and good cheer.

Happy Holidays from the
West Coast Modern League!

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Taylor House, 1983
Designed by Daniel Evan White

We are closing out 2025 after a busy start to the

We are closing out 2025 after a busy start to the year and a hiatus from events over the past six months, but come January we will be back at it with our next On the Boards talk in Vancouver.

The League is excited to welcome local artists, designers, and makers Andrea Copp and Mike Seymour to share their recent works.

Stay tuned for our announcement and to register.

ON THE BOARDS |
ANDREA COPP & MIKE SEYMOUR

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@andreacoppceramics
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[Image–Mike] Luis Valdizon @whentheyfindus
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The longevity of Bob Lewis' modern homes, the vast

The longevity of Bob Lewis' modern homes, the vast majority of which are still standing today, including some with their original owners, speaks to the liveability of their spaces and the efficiency and adaptability of the structures for families of a variety of sizes. Renovated and adapted, Cleestad House is among those still standing 65 years after it was first built.

Cleestad House has been added to the League's online Modern Places catalogue.

If you live in a Bob Lewis house, we want to hear from you. @wcm_league with @northshoreheritage are researching the life and works of Bob Lewis and his mid-century design/build company Lewis Construction.
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Wishing for fresh pow. Taken on a snowy day in 2

Wishing for fresh pow.

Taken on a snowy day in 2019, these 1977 townhouses by Geoffrey Massey reflect one of the iconic modern architectural forms of 1970s Whistler. The resulting interiors are a chef's kiss of the cosy and playful spaces that you want to hang out in after a long day on the slopes.

Link in bio for MODERN PLACES, the League's ongoing survey of modern west coast buildings & projects.
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Look up, way up! It's the 1980 O'Sullivan/Donaldso

Look up, way up! It's the 1980 O'Sullivan/Donaldson House by the late Canadian architect's architect Peter Cardew. Built on the side of a steep and runoff-prone site, the home is elevated on steel columns to allow the natural landscape to remain mostly untouched, and for anything coming down the hill to move through. A bridge from the high side of the property provides access, slicing through the home's interior and ending at a fully glazed western wall with expansive ocean views. Commissioned by two working professionals who wanted extra room for work and guests, the design pushed beyond a conventional layout by incorporating two dens and guest accommodation.

Link in bio for MODERN PLACES, the League's ongoing survey of modern west coast building & projects
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While much of what Bob Lewis built can be found on

While much of what Bob Lewis built can be found on the North Shore, there are pockets of his homes scattered across the Lower Mainland. Built in 1960, Gibson House sits in a quiet neighbourhood south of the Fraser River and takes on a more sprawling, single-storey plan combining a gentle gable with his usual flat roof form. A somewhat unique house within his overall body of work while including quintessentially Lewis details.

Gibson House has been added to the League's online Modern Places catalogue.

If you live in a Bob Lewis house, we want to hear from you. @wcm_league with @northshoreheritage are researching the life and works of Bob Lewis and his midcentury design/build company Lewis Construction.
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Domestic modernism retaining its slice of suburban

Domestic modernism retaining its slice of suburban forest in a quickly expanding urban environment. Reynolds House by Thompson, Berwick & Pratt, completed in 1973. Now included in the League's Modern Places catalogue.

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