Illustrations by Bob McIlhargey and Lori Brown, pre-Expo 86.
Concept renderings of the Expo 86 site speculating on redevelopment of the land before Expo had even been built. As I mentioned previously on Illustrated Vancouver, architectural illustrator Bob McIlhargey, along with his wife and associate Lori Brown were largely responsible for much of the concept rendering work commissioned for Expo 86 from 1982-86.
I'm told by Lori this was one of two enormous "8 foot long" isometric drawings all drawn by hand, the other drawing featuring the entire Expo grounds. They were drawn prior to the site being purchased by Li Ka-shing and taken over by Concord Pacific.
Since Bob passed away in 1998, Lori Brown has continued working in architectural illustration, using both traditional and computer assisted tools; she has also taught illustration at Kwantlen University. Bob's lifetime body of work deserves much more attention than one or two posts could achieve; I hope to show more of this work in the future.
