Richard Henriquez - Building Stories

Richard Henriquez: Building Stories, commissioned by Marcon, captures Richard’s passion as one of Canada’s finest architects through interviews, animation, collage and, above all, the historical context of each building project.

Richard’s many awards include the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada’s Gold Medal in 2005, a Governor General’s Medal in 1994 and the Order of Canada in 2017 for his contributions to architecture in Canada.

“We got to do a deep dive into the man and his work,” enthuses All in Pictures producer Leah Mallen.

The documentary showcases Richard’s insatiable creativity as an artist. His mesmerizing in-home cylindrical Memory Theatre, which he designed, is re-imagined from the “cabinet of curiosities” made popular in the Italian Renaissance. Wood shelves and cabinets on a glass floor soar upwards towards the beamed ceiling’s skylight, displaying models, drawings and family mementoes.

A few of Richard’s projects include the Sylvia Tower, the Presidio, the aforementioned Eugenia Place, the Sinclair Centre and the BC Cancer Research Centre in Vancouver; and Mirabel by Marcon in Vancouver’s West End.