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https://scmp.com/lifestyle/article/1854465/vancouvers-city-glass-punchy-designs-and-litlle-showmanship-go-long-way Lifestyle
In Vancouver's City of Glass punchy designs and a little showmanship go a long way
New top-heavy towers set to make conspicuous statements in a city known for skinny buildings
Vancouver House has won praise for its honeycomb facade. Photos: Westbank Corp, Bjarke Ingels Group
When Douglas Coupland called Vancouver the "City of Glass" in a 2000 book of the same name, the moniker stuck - not because the author/artist was making some kind of metaphorical statement about the city's character, but because it was literally true.
Vancouver's housing boom, which started in the mid-1980s and has continued until now, with few interruptions, has left it with a thicket of glass-walled apartment towers that seem almost apologetic about their intrusion into the city's beautiful natural surroundings.