| Building
Name |
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YEAR |
Architects |
Events |
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Pre-1900 |
Frank
G. Gardiner born (1878)
Charles J. Thompson born (1878)
George L.T. Sharp born (1880)
George C. Nairne born (1884)
C.F. Dawson born (1885)
John Y. McCarter born
(1886)
Percy C. Underwood born
(1894)
Peter Kaffka born (1899) |
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1900 |
Thomas
Black McArravy born |
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1901 |
|
Edward VII
ascends the throne |
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1902 |
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1903 |
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1904 |
S.P.
Birley born
William F. Williams born |
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1905 |
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1906 |
Charles
B.K. Van
Norman born |
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1907 |
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1908 |
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1909 |
Robert
A.D. Berwick born |
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1910 |
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1911 |
Warnett
Kennedy born
Frederic Lasserre born
Charles E. (Ned) Pratt born |
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1912 |
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1913 |
Robert
R. McKee born |
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1914 |
Keith
Davison born
John Howard Wade born |
World War I
begins |
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1915 |
John
C.H. Porter born
Charles D. Stockdill born |
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1916 |
Wolfgang
Gerson born
Harold N. Semmens born
Douglas C. Simpson born
Peter M. Thornton born |
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1917 |
Fred
Hollingsworth born
Duncan McNab born |
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1918 |
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1919 |
Kenneth
H. Gardner born |
The Bauhaus
is founded in Germany by Walter Gropius |
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1920 |
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1921 |
A. Gathe born
Roy Jessiman born |
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1922 |
Peter
Oberlander born |
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1923 |
Ron Thom born |
Le Corbusier
- "Towards a New Architecture" |
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1924 |
A.
Erickson
born
John A. Di Castri born
Zoltan S. Kiss born
Geoffrey Massey born
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander born |
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1925 |
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1926 |
Robert
Siddall born |
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1927 |
John W.
Armour born |
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1928 |
William
R. Rhone born |
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1929 |
Randle
Iredale born |
Black Friday
- the US Stock Market crashes |
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1930 |
Barry
V. Downs born |
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1931 |
Richard
Archambault born
Blair MacDonald born |
Building of
the Rockefeller Centre begins in New York |
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1932 |
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1933 |
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1934 |
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1935 |
|
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| Prince
Rupert Federal Building |
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1936 |
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1937 |
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| Powell
River Federal Building |
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1938 |
|
The Lions
Gate Bridge opens, linking the North Shore to Downtown Vancouver.
The National Housing Act is passed in Ottawa. |
Thornton
House
|
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1939 |
|
Canada
declares war on Germany |
| Revelstoke City
Hall |
|
Powell
River Store
|
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1940 |
|
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| Trail Pattern
Storage Building |
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| BC
Binning House |
|
1941 |
|
Canada
declares war on Japan |
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1942 |
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1943 |
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1944 |
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1945 |
|
Formal
surrender of Germany, followed by Japan. Many returning veterans
begin to arrive on the West Coast |
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1946 |
|
Establishment
of the UBC Department of Architecture, with Fred Lasserre as first
Director |
| Porter
House |
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1947 |
|
Le Corbusier
completes the "Unite d'Habitation" in France |
| Guardian
Angels Church
|
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1948 |
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| Vancouver
Vocational Institute |
| St.
Johns Shaunessy
|
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1949 |
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| UBC Wesbrook
Building |
| Granville
Chapel |
|
1950 |
|
The Korean
War begins, with the participation of Canadians through NATO |
|
Nanaimo City Hall
|
|
UBC War Memorial Gym
|
| St. Anselms Church |
|
Hycroft Towers |
|
Sky Bungalow |
| Westminster
Abbey
(begins) |
|
1951 |
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|
Copp House |
|
Gardner House |
| Kitimat |
|
1952 |
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| Vancouver
Post Office |
|
1953 |
|
The Korean
War is ended by armistice |
| Dal
Grauer Station |
|
1954 |
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| Vancouver
Public Library
|
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1955 |
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| Burrard Building |
| Lewis
Construction - Pool House |
|
1956 |
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| Imperial
Bank of Canada |
| Ocean
Towers
|
|
1957 |
|
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| Queen Elizabeth
Theatre |
| BC
Electric Vancouver |
|
1958 |
|
On June 17, a
portion of the Second Narrows Bridge collapses while under
construction, killing eighteen workers. |
|
Britannia Hangar |
|
Buchanan - UBC |
|
International House - UBC |
| UBC
Faculty Club |
|
1959 |
|
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| Parkview
Towers |
|
1960 |
|
The new
Second Narrows Bridge opens in August, spurring suburban development
in the eastern part of the District |
|
Chow Residence |
| Crescent
Apartments |
|
1961 |
| UBC
Power House |
| Vancouver
Park Board Offices |
|
1962 |
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|
Lasserre - UBC |
| Beach
Towers |
|
1963 |
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UBC Frederick Wood Theatre |
| Unitarian
Church |
|
1964 |
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|
Smith House II |
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1965 |
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| Baptist
Church - West Vancouver
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1966 |
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| Woyat
Bowie Building |
| MacMillan
- UBC |
|
1967 |
|
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| MacMillan
Bloedel Building |
|
1968 |
|
P.E. Trudeau
becomes Prime Minister of Canada |
|
West Coast Transmission |
|
Moore Building |
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1969 |
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1970 |
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