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1991 – The Eugenia, Vancouver, British Columbia

Architect: Henriquez Partners Architects When Henriquez planned Eugenia Place in Vancouver’s West End, he also took into account the surrounding ecosystem. His architectural renderings included the...

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1973 – Provincial Law Courts, Vancouver, British Columbia

Architect: Arthur Erickson The seven-storey Law Courts building is organized into four major components: public space, courtrooms, judges’ chambers and administrative and support facilities. Major...

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1968 – H.R. MacMillan Planetarium, Vancouver, British Columbia

Architect: Gerald Hamilton & Associates Originally built as the Centennial Museum, the H.R. MacMillan Planetarium is a striking building as it seems to hover over the treetops, appropriately...

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1936 – City Hall, Vancouver, British Columbia

Architect: Townley & Matheson Vancouver City Hall opened December 4, 1936 and was designated a heritage building in 1976. The building was designed by the architectural firm of Townley and...

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1932 – Burrard Street Bridge, Vancouver, British Columbia

Architect: Sharp & Thompson A fine imposing bridge built high to allow for ship traffic. Major J.R. Grants’s steel structure contrasts with the architects, much loved, concrete pylons featuring...

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1930 – Marine Building, Vancouver, British Columbia

Architects: McCarter & Nairn Inspired by New York’s Chrysler Building, and one of the most prominent legacies of Vancouver’s growing prosperity. During the 1930′s it was the first “modern”...

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1912 – The Sylvia Hotel, Vancouver, British Columbia

Architect: W.P. White Originally built as an apartment block, the Sylvia Court, it was converted to an hotel during the Depression of the 1930′s. It was named after owner Abraham Goldstein’s...

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1909 – Hotel Europe, Vancouver, British Columbia

Architect: J.E. Parr & T.A. Fee Angelo Calori commissioned this building as an hotel, his name and commissioning date is inscribed above the main doorway. The Hotel Europe was the earliest...

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1901 – Residence in British Columbia

Architect: Robert Mackay Fripp According to architect Jeremy Ashford of Auckland NZ: “To my knowledge no such house was built in Canada. The building illustrated was built in Auckland, New Zealand, in...

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1899 – Molsons Bank Building, Vancouver, British Columbia

Architect: Taylor & Gordon Designed for Quebec-based bank Molsons on West Hastings Street, and demolished in 1973. Related Posts: 1902 – Merchants Bank, Main Street, Winnipeg 1899 – Dominion Bank,...

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1898 – Passenger Depot, Canadian Pacific Railway, Vancouver, British Columbia

Architect: E. & W.S. Maxwell Constructed on Granville Street, and demolished in 1912. Related Posts: 1905 – Former Canadian Pacific Station, Winnipeg, Manitoba 1889 – Windsor Station, Montreal,...

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1896 – Post Office & Customs, Inland Revenue, Victoria, British Columbia

Architect: Thomas Fuller Demolished in 1955. Related Posts: 1896 – St. Patrick’s Church, Castlerea, Co. Roscommon 1896 – Gallaher Tobacco Factory, York Street, Belfast 1896 – ‘Cold Harbour’, Liphook,...

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1893 – Competitive Designs for new Government Buildings, British Columbia

Architect: Dick & Wickson Related Posts: 1871 – The County Court, Barnsley, Yorkshire 1893 – Portrush Railway Station, Co. Antrim 1893 – Hotel Metropole, O’Connell St., Dublin 1893 – Unbuilt...

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1892 – New Cathedral at Victoria, British Columbia

Architect: A.R. Scott Interior Perspective View of premiated design as published in The Building News, October 28th 1892. As early as 1870 there had been plans for a new Cathedral and in 1891, a...

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1892 – House, Vancouver, British Columbia

Architect: Fripp & Wills Related Posts: 1892 – New Cathedral at Victoria, British Columbia 2005 – BC Cancer Research, Vancouver, British Columbia 2005 – Chancellor House UBC, Vancouver, British...

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