B.C. Electric Building, 970 Burrard St.
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Electric president Dal Grauer commissioned the modernist office building at Nelson and Burrard for the company’s headquarters.
A proponent of progressive design, Grauer sanctioned a shallow diamond-shaped building to ensure that all employees sat within 15 feet of a window—a shape highlighted by the blue-green-black exterior mosaic by Bertram .
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Binning House, 2968 Mathers Cres., West Vancouver
The 1941 Binning House in West Vancouver set the stage for the modern architectural movement in Canada.
Celebrated artist, educator, and modernism enthusiast Bertram Charles Binning constructed this two-bedroom house for personal use.
In adapting modernism to Vancouver during the war years, Binning sought to create a practical housing model with po.
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Dominion Building, 207 West Hastings St.
At 13 storeys, the notable red and mustard Dominion Building at Hastings and Cambie was Vancouver’s first “high-rise.” New building technologies and a real estate boom converged to bring the steel-framed tower—then the tallest in the British Empire—to fruition in 1910.
It was a grand gesture during a period of economic and population growth for Van.
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Macmillan Bloedel Building, 1075 West Georgia St.
The MacMillan Bloedel Building demonstrates Brutalist Modernism that prevailed in Vancouver during the late-1960s.
Architects Arthur Erickson and Geoff Massey envisioned the distinctive Georgia Street tower for the Canadian lumber firm MacMillan Bloedel.
The firm occupied 11 of the 27 floors during its heyday, before being acquired by a U.S.-based .
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Marine Building, 355 Burrard St.
In 1930, the 21-storey Marine Building was developed by a Toronto-based brokerage house as a home for the Vancouver Merchants’ Exchange.
With its intricate art deco detailing and iconic references to historical ships at sea, the building instantly became a milestone.
Just before opening day, The Vancouver Sunintroduced the tiered structure in an ei.
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Museum of Anthropology, 6393 Northwest Marine Dr.
For decades, First Nations tools and ceremonial objects were safeguarded in the basement of the University of British Columbia’s main library.
In 1976, these objects finally found a permanent home in the Museum of Anthropology.
Funds to construct the museum were gifted by the federal government to celebrate the 100th anniversary of B.C. entering Co.
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Sam Kee Building, 8 West Pender St.
The narrowest building in the world guards the western entrance to Chinatown.
At only six feet wide, the Sam Kee Building was constructed in 1913 by owner Chang Toy.
Prior to this, the City had expropriated 24 feet of the property to widen Pender Street.
But the industrious owner decided to develop his lot anyway, based on a bet with a business ass.
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Sun Tower, 128 West Pender St.
Publisher Louis D.
Taylor commissioned a 17-storey landmark to house his newspaper The Vancouver Daily World.
The tenacious future eight-time mayor aspired to build an office tower that would trump the nearby Dominion Building as the tallest in the British Empire.
The lofty goal was capped by a Beaux-Arts dome and cupola, and embellished with an in.
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Westcoast Transmission Building, 1333 West Georgia St.
The dark-glazed cube building at West Georgia and Broughton was built in 1969 for the Westcoast Transmission Company.
It was an avant-garde design for the firm’s downtown head office.
Steel cables dangled 12 floors of office space from a central concrete core, leaving 36 feet exposed at the bottom for the building’s dramatic entrance.
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