A Twist of the Rules: The Architecture of Paul Merrick

Paul Merrick, Sketch of the Merrick House (West Vancouver), ink on paper. Courtesy of Alastair Johnstone and Jeanette Langmann.

Current Exhibitions

A Twist of the Rules: The Architecture of Paul Merrick

Apr 21 –

A resident of West Vancouver for six decades, architect Paul Merrick has had a significant hand in shaping the skylines of West Vancouver, Vancouver, Victoria, and far beyond. He studied architecture at UBC and worked initially with Ron Thom at Thompson, Berwick and Pratt. Becoming Practice Chair there, he designed significant residential and commercial projects, such as Cathedral Place, in Vancouver. ..more

Past Exhibitions

2022

Rabbit Lane: Douglas Coupland - Mar 30 to May 28
Léon Coupey: My Dearest Kate - Jan 19 to Mar 12
Rebecca Bair: Deep Conditioning - Jan 19 to Mar 12

2021

Bobbie Burgers: The Hard Work of Spring - Oct 13 to Dec 11
Balanced Forms: Xwalacktun, James Harry, and Austin Harry - Jul 28 to Oct 2
A Modern Landscape: Takao Tanabe - May 26 to Jul 17
The Spaces Between Us: Jackie Wong - Mar 24 to May 15
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: Genius Loci - Jan 20 to Mar 13

2020

The Eyes Have Walls: Nicole Ondre and Mina Totino - Sep 30 to Dec 12
Gohar Dashti: Dissonance - Mar 17 to Sep 12
Presence & Absence: Nic Lehoux and Attilio Fiumarella - Jan 15 to Mar 8

2019

Landon Mackenzie: Recollect(s) - Oct 16 to Dec 21
Oh Nightingale: Parviz Tanavoli - Jul 24 to Oct 5
Design for Living: West Coast Modern Homes Revisited - May 22 to Jul 13
Jim Breukelman: Altered States - Mar 20 to May 11
Ron Stonier: A Concept of Time - Jan 16 to Mar 9

2018

Fred Hollingsworth: Art of Architecture - Oct 17 to Dec 22
A Generous Spirit: Highlights from the Permanent Collection - Jul 25 to Sep 1
What's Lost - May 16 to Jul 14
Vestige - Mar 21 to May 5
The Ceramic Art of Thomas Kakinuma - Jan 24 to Mar 10

2017

We All Drew, Always - Nov 8 to Dec 16
Eric Metcalfe: Gargoyles and Improvisations - Sep 20 to Oct 28
Home/Shelter/Belonging - Jul 19 to Sep 9
Renée Van Halm: Shape of Things - May 30 to Jul 8
Site Unseen: Gitga’at and West Vancouver Youth - Mural of Merging Voices - May 9 to May 20
Victor John Penner - Mar 29 to May 6
Ann Kipling - Jan 25 to Mar 25

2016

A Decade of Collecting Art at the West Vancouver Museum - Nov 16 to Jan 14
The Space In Between - Sep 13 to Nov 5
Why Design Now? - Jun 22 to Aug 27
West Coast Artists for Alzheimers - Jun 9 to Jun 11
Sanaz Mazinani: Mirrored Explosions - Apr 13 to Jun 4
SD 45 ONE.five - Mar 29 to Apr 5
Peter Aspell: Saints and Sinners, Mystics and Madness - Jan 13 to Mar 26

2015

Finding A Voice - Oct 14 to Dec 5
From the Inside Out - Jun 27 to Sep 19
Christos Dikeakos - Mar 25 to Jun 13
Selected Works from the Gordon Smith Collection - Mar 14 to Mar 14
Kim Kennedy Austin: Industry, Charity, Faith, Hope - Jan 14 to Mar 7

2014

Harry & Jessie Webb: Artists in Vancouver's Jazz Age - Sep 17 to Dec 6
The And of the Land: Perspectives on Landscape by Artists from British Columbia - Jun 18 to Aug 30
SD45 One: An Art Exhibition of West Vancouver Students Past and Present - Apr 10 to May 31
Ukiyoe Spectacular - Jan 9 to Mar 22

2013

Babak Golkar - Oct 11 to Dec 7
Ron Thom and the Allied Arts - Jul 5 to Sep 21
Barry Downs: Melding Architecture with Landscape - May 8 to Jun 15
Pierre Coupey: Cutting out the Tongue - Mar 6 to Apr 27
Ruth Massey - Jan 16 to Feb 23

2012

Selwyn Pullan: Photographing Mid-Century West Coast Modernism - Oct 10 to Dec 9
The New Design Gallery on the Frontier 1955–1966 - Jun 27 to Sep 15
The Mill Project - May 9 to Jun 16
A Journey Through Time - Mar 20 to Apr 28
At the Intersection of Art and Medicine - Jan 25 to Mar 10

2011

John Fulker: Images of Architecture - Nov 16 to Jan 14
Sonny Assu: Longing - Sep 14 to Nov 5
Gordon Smith - Jun 9 to Aug 27
Sylvia Tait: A Classical Spirit - Mar 13 to May 21
Big Ideas: Responding to Public Art - Mar 8 to Mar 26
Time (Time Again): Late Works by Lionel + John Vanderpant - Jan 12 to Feb 26

2010

Takao Tanabe - Oct 26 to Dec 23
WV Neighbourhoods - Sep 14 to Oct 16
Fragmented History: Objects and Meaning - Sep 14 to Oct 16
Lionel Thomas: Abstractions 1949–1990 - Jun 8 to Aug 28
Master of the Instant - Jun 8 to Aug 28
Monster - Feb 5 to May 8

2009

B.C Binning - Nov 10 to Dec 23
Greetings from Friends - Nov 10 to Dec 23
Joan Balzar 1960+ - Sep 8 to Dec 23
Simon Scott: The Architecture of Photography - Jun 24 to Aug 22
North Star: The Art of Lyle Wilson - Mar 4 to May 30

2008

Impressions of Nature: The Prints of Alistair Bell - Oct 7 to Feb 7