Hotson, Norman, and Joost Bakker


HOTSON, NORMAN, architect, urban designer (b 1947) and JOOST BAKKER, architect, urban planner, artist (b 1948). They met in high school in Toronto, and both earned honours architecture degrees from University of Toronto. Hotson set up a practice in Vancouver in 1973. He and Bakker were hired by Public Works Canada to transform Vancouver's Granville Island from an industrial site into a mixed-use waterfront attraction. Their concept retained some industry while adding a public market, shops,...

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