Vancouver Art Gallery
Vancouver’s historic court house underwent a major alteration over a three year period to become the new Vancouver Art Gallery. The Vancouver Art Gallery (VAG) is the fifth-largest art gallery in Canada and the largest in Western Canada. The gallery connects to the rest of the complex via an underground passage below Robson Street to an outdoor plaza, restaurants, the University of British Columbia’s downtown satellite campus, government offices, and the new Law Courts at the southern end.
Xypex was used to waterproof the large underground vault which will be used for storage of art works. The photograph shows the Xypex-treated roof of the vault prior to landscaping. In addition, Xypex was used to waterproof approximately 1,860 m2 (20,000 sq. ft.) of decks and planters located at the rear of the building.