YWCA (now demolished) Vladimir Plavsic & Associates / CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE / Imperial Bank / W Hastings St. Charles Paine & Associates / TORONTO DOMINION BANK / Docomomo International / MACMILLAN / /
Continent
North America / Europe / /
Country
Netherlands / Canada / /
Currency
USD / / /
Event
Man-Made Disaster / /
Facility
Burrard Building / Coal Harbour / Evergreen Building / Vancouver Community College / Now Vancouver Community College / Revelstoke City Hall / Simpson’s Vancouver Public Library / Marwell Building / Dunsmuir BURRARD BUILDING / Marwell Office Building / Canadian Pacific Railroad station / Moore Building / Columbia University / BC Electric Building / Customs Building / DEMOLISHED BUILDING / Victory Square / International Style building / Lever Building / TD Building / Powell River Company Store / Oceanic Plaza / DAL GRAUER SUBSTATION / Crown Life building / Marine Building / GUINNESS TOWER / Vancouver Vocational Institute / CANADA CUSTOMS BUILDING / McGill University / Crown Life Plaza / Van Norman’s Burrard Building / / /
IndustryTerm
aluminum-clad steel cables / difficult sloping site / glassed-in banking hall / massive substation equipment / retail store / storey retail space / public practical tools / triangular site / steel / /
MusicGroup
B.C. / /
NaturalFeature
North Shore Mountains / West Coast / Burrard Inlet / Haddon Island / /
Organization
International Modern Movement / Columbia University / Vancouver Community College / Society for the DOcumentation and COnservation / Modern Movement / Bauhaus School / Vancouver Vocational Institute / Moderm Movement / McGill University / Vancouver Heritage Foundation / Docomomo.bc / Post Office / /
Person
Lionel Thomas / Bob Berwick / Bing Thom / Stuart Tarbuck / Ron Thom / Otto Safir / Van Norman / Walter Gropius / B.C. Binning / Ned Pratt / John Roaf / Jordi Bonet / K. Van Norman / Simpson / Arthur Erickson / Paul Merrick / C.B.K. Van Norman / / /
Position
Queen / structural engineer / architect / same architect / project architect / founder / tapered shape architect / renowned local artist / artist / engineer / /
DAL GRAUER SUBSTATION, 1953 Photo credit BC Hydro From 1953 BC Electric Annual Report …at the beginnings of our movement stood an idea, not an obsession with specific forms and techniques. The activities of