Architect-designed gingerbread houses

Some of the city’s most innovative architects and designers have entered a building competition where victory will be sweet. Ten hot firms—names like Battersby Howat, Bruce Carscadden Architect Inc., and Busby Perkins and Will—must come up with intensely modern structures that integrate lighting, landscaping, originality, and, of course, edibility. Yes, it’s the first Gingerbread Competition and Charity Auction, with their cliché-busting houses on display till Tuesday (November 25), the night of the bidding action, at design haven Vancouver Special (3612 Main Street), which cooked up the event with artistic collective Creative Room.