Coastal design: B.C.'s other great architect finally in the limelight

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Coastal design: B.C.'s other great architect finally in the limelight

Archiseek / Canada / News / 2005 / August 2

The "West Coast style" of bringing the outdoors in and using natural materials as much as possible in a home is well-known to British Columbians but have you ever wondered who helped create this internationally acclaimed and popular form of architecture? The name Fred Hollingsworth may not be well known to the general public, but this quiet, unassuming 89-year-old North Vancouver resident can claim the distinction of helping create a design esthetic that has become a hallmark of coastal living. "I'm a very big fan of Fred Hollingsworth. He's really significant in terms of setting a style and standard," says Greg Bellerby, curator of Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design's Charles H. Scott Gallery and co-author of Living Spaces: The Architecture of Fred Hollingsworth.

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