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...
View Article1973 – 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...
View Article1968 – 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...
View Article1936 – 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...
View Article1932 – 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...
View Article1930 – 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”...
View Article1912 – 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...
View Article1909 – 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...
View Article1901 – 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...
View Article1899 – 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,...
View Article1898 – 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,...
View Article1896 – 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,...
View Article1893 – 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...
View Article1892 – 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...
View Article1892 – 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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