Canada Line | Completed

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Agreed on the functionalism and minimalism of the Richmond stations (and the M-Line). I can't see anything that doesn't need to be there. The curve in the roof forms a gutter over the columns, which also appear to act as downspouts (I think that's what you see come out under the platform).

A lot of contemporary architecture is too structuralist for my tastes. Cantilevers were popular for a while, curved glass and steel yarn is one of the flourishes that is popular now. These buildings are decorated in a way that looks futuristic or impossible to create a visual effect with some thin justification.

I could praise a typical Vancouver condo similarly, but the typical Vancouver condo (discounting the pomo ones) is less refined than these stations. (Condos are also a lot more complex than elevated metro stations.) Harbour green is getting really close, though. Woodwards too, actually.