We are a practice dedicated to city building and the creation of beautiful buildings. It is a carefully curated tome of ians thoughts and reflections on creating and building a body of work from 1992 to 2012. The founder of westbank, a vancouverbased realestate development and culture. The dashing founder and boss of westbank corp is not a man.
Dec 21, 2019 loved and loathed, vancouver developer ian gillespie lures the worlds wealth with luxury towers back to video threequarters of the buildings in this city look like a piece of s. The butterfly effect this short film explores the process of conceptualizing and designing the vancouverbased butterfly building through the expressions of westbank founder ian gillespie and the architectural team from bing thom architects. Westbank gets seattles ok for first light condo tower. Westbank projects developer ian gillespie takes control of. Dec 01, 2017 this short film explores the process of conceptualizing and designing the butterfly, a special moment on the skyline of downtown vancouver, bc through the expressions of westbank founder ian.
Our book design was part of a multifaceted marketing program involving media events, a pavillion installation and exhibition, printed material in various forms including the book, social media, a collectable poster series and an evening with ian gillespie, bjarke ingels and artist douglas coupland at the roy thompson hall. Currently displayed near vancouvers fairmont pacific rim, the popup exhibition just like the book celebrates westbank s evolution into a culture company photo credit. Ian gillespie is a builder on a mission to stretch the. Vancouvers ian gillespie lures the worlds wealth with. While his buildings come with high price tags, theyre also bringing worldclass art to cities around the globe. Ian gillespie is a builder on a mission to stretch the boundaries of.
A few years earlier, his company, westbank, had built vancouvers tallest tower, the 62storey shangrila, and redeveloped the historic woodwards site in the citys hardscrabble downtown eastside. When i met ian gillespie a few years ago, he gave me a book of his thoughts. A glimpse of ian gillespies fight for beauty popup exhibition in. The building was designed by cheng and built by westbank, and is coowned by gillespie and business magnate jim pattison. Currently displayed near vancouvers fairmont pacific rim, the popup exhibition just like the book celebrates.
Leslie van duzer gillespie author see all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Westbanks ian gillespie says vancouver is filled with mediocrity and. Real estate developer ian gillespie is a popular target in debates over the changing social and cultural landscape of vancouver. Developer ian gillespies westbank returns with seattle tower. Vancouvers future, this book will help you understand the. Developer ian gillespie is much in the news these days. Loved and loathed, he lures worlds wealth with luxury towers. Ian gillespie is a builder on a mission to stretch. Ian gillespie vice principal rye studio school linkedin.
The lowrise complex wont mask and may enhance much of the sublime view from the 450foot shaw tower gillespie is building in partnership. One of gillespies early collaborators is architect james cheng, whose firm designed westbank buildings such as the residences on georgia, the shaw tower and the shangrila vancouver and fairmont pacific rim hotels. Join facebook to connect with ian gillespie and others you may know. Theres many artists in the world who have created great work, but they dont have. Eight weeks ago we opened our exhibition, gesamtkunstwerk, to engage the community in conversation about city building and to also afford vancouverites the opportunity to peek under the hood of what we think is a pretty special project. Building the future ian gillespie and a culture company. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover ians connections and jobs at similar companies. Embarking on his ambitious reinvention of oakridge, the westbank founder. May 17, 2011 vision vancouvers mayor gregor robertson and council were asked by the community to buy it, but they declined, likely because they wanted a showcase for their newly minted stir program. Westbank founder and ceo ian gillespie at vancouver house, at the. He has published books and organized exhibitions to chronicle westbanks work.
See the complete profile on linkedin and discover ians. Westbank founder ian gillespie, chatting with some of the. Westbank is canadas leading luxury residential and mixed use real estate development company. Vancouver developer spins two different stories about soaring prices. The exhibition fight for beauty is a physical manifestation of the book of the same name by westbank founder ian gillespie, who archinect previously interviewed here. Ian gillespie upper canada college toronto, canada area.
Gillespie founded westbank, based in vancouver, british columbia, in 1992. Nov 17, 2017 the founder of westbank, a vancouverbased realestate development and culture company, gillespie has undertaken a great number of projects throughout his career, building along with them a. On this day, gillespie buzzes across the plaza for lunch at the fairmont pacific rim, also designed by cheng and coowned by westbank. Nov 11, 2019 vancouver house, on the downtown peninsula by the edge of false creek, is due for completion this year. Ian gillespie, president of westbank projects left, during an april 2, 2009 media tour of the woodwards development in vancouvers gastown neighbourhood. The power of architecture to inspire art gallery of. The most influential honorary torontonians of 2015. The fight for ugly, or why art cant sell condos the tyee. The book was accompanied by a popup exhibition to celebrate. View ian gillespies professional profile on linkedin. A few years earlier, his company, westbank, had built vancouvers. He completed a business degree at the university of british columbia 1985 and an mba at the university of toronto, 1986 after which he began his development career with shopping centre developer schroeder properties in vancouver.
If it bothers ian gillespie that hes the most vilified developer in. Westbank operates from the shaw tower on a rarified chunk of waterfront real estate. The next issue of gray magazine, on newsstands april 1, 2019, will feature ian gillespie, founder of the leading canadian real estate development company westbank. Linkedin is the worlds largest business network, helping professionals like ian gillespie discover inside connections to recommended job candidates, industry experts, and business partners. It was 2010, and he was already an established developer. One of gillespie s early collaborators is architect james cheng, whose firm designed westbank buildings such as the residences on georgia, the shaw tower and the shangrila vancouver and fairmont pacific rim hotels. Loved and loathed, vancouver developer ian gillespie lures the worlds wealth with luxury towers back to video threequarters of the buildings in this city look like a piece of s. Ian gillespie cofounder talentedge staffing linkedin. Ian gillespie talks piece of shit vancouver real estate. A glimpse of ian gillespies fight for beauty popup. The real estate company is active across north america with a range of developments, including district energy systems and affordable housing.
Ian, i think, has been very successful at creating beautiful projects. Nov 14, 2017 sponsored by westbank and inspired by company founder ian gillespies book of the same title, the installation features fashion, sculpture, film, and a shane koyczan poem all displayed next. The man who famously declared that his development firm westbank corp. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the. Real estate developer ian gillespie is a popular target. Westbanks oakridge development will have artfully curated. During the unveiling of the oakridge redevelopment project in vancouver, gillespie talked to trend hunter about the role of innovation in building more livable, sustainable cities and about the importance of promoting the arts as part of our built environments. Inspire a love of reading with prime book box for kids discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1, 2, or 3 months new customers receive 15% off your first box. Written by senior editor rachel gallaher and photographed by tanya goehring, the profile explores the developers deep interest in the arts, and his various efforts to give back to the communities he builds in. In the 27 years since gillespie founded westbank, one.
Ian gillespie is the founder of westbank, canadas leading luxury real estate development company. Jun 07, 2019 this, no doubt, will be cause for a round of twitter chatter aimed at westbankowner ian gillespie, who is often painted as public enemy number one for selling to investors and commodifying. The exhibition fight for beauty is a physical manifestation of the book of the same name by westbank founder ian gillespie, who archinect. The shared vision of big architects, westbank and allied. Building artistry hardcover january 1, 2012 by ian. Nov 20, 2019 ian, i think, has been very successful at creating beautiful projects. Oct 19, 2017 all of this is expressed through the eyes of ian gillespie, founder of westbank, in his fight for beauty the name of the exhibition, which is based on gillespies book of the same name. Westbank is accused of playing both wealthy foreign buyers and local affordable housing advocates. View ian gillespies profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community.
Vancouvers ian gillespie lures the worlds wealth with luxury towers. Ian gillespie london, united kingdom professional profile. A realestate development and culture company has created an. With a foreword by leslie vanduzer, director of school of architecture and landscape architecture university of british columbia, building artistry is the first book by westbank president and founder ian gillespie. Image of ian gillespie in front of a sculpture of cubes. For ian gillespie of westbank, it isnt necessarily about the quantity of projects produced, its the quality. He launched his gesamtkunstwerk exhibit a week ago as part of the buildup to vancouver house, the bjarke ingelsdesigned tower that will be blooming flowerlike thin stalk, showy beeattracting thing on top next to the granville bridge. Today, gillespies company, westbank, is 25 years old and has dozens of architecture and art projects underway in vancouver, toronto, seattle, calgary, and. Dec 21, 2019 in contrast to his churlish assessment of vancouver, westbanks ian gillespie has ridden the wave of internationalism and foreign money that defines the city ian young in vancouver published. Currently displayed near vancouvers fairmont pacific rim, the popup exhibition just like the book celebrates westbanks evolution into a culture company.
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