Liam Gillick was born in 1964 in Aylesbury, UK. He attended Goldsmiths College in London between 1984 and 1987 and has been teaching at Columbia University in New York since 1997. He lives and works in New York and London.
The Teak Bridge, framed with waterfalls on each side, flanks the main hotel entrance and beckons guests to enter. Its colourful glass-art reeds and plants drift in the water, connecting Fairmont Pacific Rim to nature.
Adad Hannah was born in New York in 1971, spent his childhood in Israel and England, and moved to Vancouver in the early 1980’s. He lives and works between Montreal and Vancouver.
Handcrafted in Italy by piano maker Paolo Fazioli, the custom-made piano holds pride-of-place in the hotel’s lobby lounge and features a unique three-dimensional design under the lid.
Zhang Huan is one of today’s leading contemporary artists. His submission sculptural proposal depicted a flock of fluttering birds taking flight from a rooted tree trunk.
Smooth “book matching style” marble flows through the airy hotel lobby. The Italian Bianco Statuario Marble is sent to China, where the book matching process takes place.
Acclaimed photographer, Fred Herzog is known primarily for his photos of life in Vancouver. His work focuses primarily on “ordinary” people, the working class, and their connections to the city around them.
