A new exhibition titled "Dreamers: The Art of Revery Architecture" has opened at the West Vancouver Art Museum, guest curated by Adele Weder and running until July 18, 2026. The show explores how aesthetic imagination and dreams can enrich the built environment, featuring works from Revery Architecture, the firm led by design principal Venelin Kokalov. Kokalov, who immigrated from Bulgaria in 2002, took over the practice after the death of his mentor Bing Thom in 2016, and the exhibition highlights the studio's hand-drawn, artisanal approach to architecture.
The exhibition matters because it positions Revery Architecture as part of a new West Coast movement that reasserts the value of art at the heart of architecture, challenging a profit-driven, rationalist approach to building. By emphasizing hand-drawing and poetic form over cost efficiency, the firm offers a counterpoint to the stark regularity of contemporary cities. The show also underscores the legacy of Bing Thom and the creative continuity of his firm under new leadership, supported by the Patterson Rozee Family Foundation.