
Exploring Vancouver
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Robin Ward is an architectural critic and writer, artist, graphic designer, and historian. Born in Glasgow, he studied at the Glasgow School of Art, a building that inspired his fascination with architecture, and worked a design manager for the BBC and a freelance writer and book-designer in London. He moved to Vancouver in 1988, a city which he had first visited in 1972. He is a Canadian citizen resident in Edinburgh.
John Roaf has specialized in architectural photography for 40 years. He was born and educated in Vancouver, and studied architecture at the University of British Columbia. John is a Canadian citizen resident in Chichester, UK.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Map of Vancouver
- Gastown and the Downtown Eastside
- Map A
- A1 Byrnes Block
- A2 Ferguson Block
- A3 Dunn Block
- A4 Europe Hotel
- A5 100-block Alexander Street
- A6 Inform Interiors
- A7 Malkin Building
- A8 Gaslight Square
- A9 First Malkin Warehouse
- A10 Leckie Building
- A11 Edward Hotel
- A12 Gastown Steam Clock
- A13 Hudson House
- A14 The Landing
- A15 Holland Block
- A16 Horne Block
- A17 Canadian Pacific Telecommunications Building
- A18 Flack Block
- A19 Dominion Building
- A20 The Cenotaph
- A21 The Architecture Centre
- A22 Vancouver Community College Downtown Campus
- A23 Sun Tower
- A24 Five-Fifty Beatty
- A25 Woodward's Redevelopment
- A26 Paris Block
- A27 Portland Hotel
- A28 Pennsylvania Hotel
- A29 B.C. Electric Railway Company Building
- A30 The Warehouse Studio
- A31 Four Sisters Housing Co-operative
- A32 Vancouver Court Services (Provincial Criminal Court)
- A33 Bruce Eriksen Place
- A34 Bank of Montreal
- A35 Carnegie Community Centre
- Chinatown
- Map B
- B1 Sam Kee Building
- B2 Chinese Freemasons Building
- B3 International Village and International Village Mall
- B4 Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden
- B5 Chinese Cultural Centreof Greater Vancouver
- B6 Rennie Collection at Wing Sang
- B7 Chinatown Plaza
- B8 The Keefer
- B9 Chinese Benevolent Association
- B10 Mon Keang School
- B11 Chin Wing Chun Society
- B12 Vancity Chinatown Community Branch
- B13 Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
- B14 HSBC Building
- B15 Murrin Substation
- B16 Nationalist League (Kuomintang) Building
- Strathcona
- Map C
- C1 Winchcombe House
- C2 MacLean Park Housing Project
- C3 Jackson Apartments
- C4 The Schoolhouse
- C5 McNair House
- C6 Lord Strathcona Elementary School
- C7 Jackson Garden
- C8 Korean Foursquare Gospel Church
- C9 Heatley Block
- C10 Schara Tzedeck Synagogue
- C11 500-block Hawkes Avenue
- C12 Koo's Corner
- C13 Paneficio
- C14 Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church
- C15 Rogers Sugar Warehouse
- C16 Ballantyne Pier
- C17 American Can Company
- C18 Vancouver Japanese Language School & Japanese Hall
- C19 Mission to Seafarers "Flying Angel Club"
- C20 Empire Stevedoring
- C21 Tamura House
- C22 Canadian Fishing Company
- C23 Firehall Arts Centre
- C24 St. James' Anglican Church
- Mount Pleasant and Fairview
- Map D
- D1 Artworks
- D2 NEC Native Education College
- D3 Brewery Creek Building
- D4 Western Front Society Building
- D5 One Kingsway
- D6 Quebec Manor
- D7 Lee Building
- D8 Heritage Hall
- D9 Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral
- D10 The Cornerstone
- D11 Isis & Isis Cottage
- D12 Davis House
- D13 Labour Temple
- D14 The Crossroads
- D15 Vancouver City Hall
- D16 City Square
- D17 Jim Pattison Pavilion, Vancouver General Hospital
- D18 B.C. Lung Association
- D19 B.C. Cancer Agency Research Centre
- D20 Heather Court
- D21 The Sixth Estate
- D22 Takehara Tenements
- D23 BowMac/Toys "R" Us Sign
- D24 Hodson Manor
- D25 James England House
- D26 Holy Trinity Anglican Church
- D27 1508 West Broadway
- D28 Stanley Theatre
- D29 Madrona Apartments
- Grandview and East Vancouver
- Map E
- E1 Odlum Drive Live-Work Studios
- E2 Beck Block
- E3 Britannia Community Services Centre
- E4 Shiv Mandir Hindu Temple
- E5 Kurrajong
- E6 Georgia Green
- E7 Stevens' Folly
- E8 Vancouver East Cultural Centre
- E9 W.H. Copp House
- E10 St. Francis of Assisi Church & Friary
- E11 Harris House
- E12 Lakewood Residence
- E13 Victoria Court
- E14 Babies Cottage
- E15 New Brighton Park
- E16 Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing
- E17 Pacific Coliseum
- E18 First PNE Prize Home
- E19 Garden Auditorium
- E20 E-Comm
- E21 Provincial Industrial Home for Girls
- E22 Trev Deeley Motorcycles/Deeley Motorcycle Exhibition
- E23 Vancouver Technical Secondary School
- E24 Commercial-Broadway SkyTrain Station
- South Vancouver
- Map F
- F1 Walden Building
- F2 300-block East 28th Avenue
- F3 Nat Bailey Stadium
- F4 Bloedel Conservatory
- F5 Cowie Row Houses
- F6 Mountain View Cemetery
- F7 Memorial Park South Field House
- F8 South Community Health Centre
- F9 Value Village
- F10 Corpus Christi Church
- F11 Laneway House
- F12 6288 Windsor Street
- F13 Vancouver Specials
- F14 Pope House
- F15 Universal Buddhist Temple
- F16 Langara College Library
- F17 Punjabi Market
- F18 Sunset Community Centre
- F19 Ross Street Sikh Temple
- F20 Sir James Douglas Annex
- F21 2015 Fraserview Drive
- F22 Fraserview Golf Course Clubhouse
- F23 La Petite Maison Housing Co-op
- F24 Brittany
- F25 Killarney Community Centre Pool
- F26 Cooper House
- F27 Sir Guy Carleton Elementary School
- F28 Collingwood Branch Library
- F29 Purdy's Chocolate Factory
- F30 2400 Court
- F31 Earles Station
- F32 Renfrew Branch Library
- F33 St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church
- F34 St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church
- False Creek
- Map G
- G1 Burrard Bridge
- G2 Seaforth Armoury
- G3 Arts Umbrella
- G4 Emily Carr University of Art + Design
- G5 Ocean Cement
- G6 Granville Island Public Market
- G7 False Creek Co-operative Housing
- G8 Heather Point
- G9 682-698 Millbank
- G10 False Creek Energy Centre
- G11 Olympic Village/The Village on False Creek
- G12 Vancouver Salt Company
- G13 Amato Gelato Cafe
- G14 Science World
- G15 Former Canada Packers Plant
- G16 Pacific Central Station
- G17 City of Vancouver National Works Yard
- G18 B.C. Place Stadium
- G19 Concord Pacific Place
- G20 Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre
- G21 Former Canadian Westinghouse Company Warehouse
- G22 Yaletown-Roundhouse Canada Line Station
- G23 Federal Motor Company Building
- G24 Yale Hotel
- G25 888 Beach
- G26 False Creek Yacht Club
- Downtown
- Map H
- H1 Hudson's Bay Company
- H2 Pacific Centre
- H3 Orpheum Theatre
- H4 Vogue Theatre
- H5 Telus House
- H6 Cavelti Building
- H7 Library Square
- H8 CBC/Radio-Canada Vancouver
- H9 Queen Elizabeth Theatre
- H10 Beatty Street Drill Hall
- H11 Del Mar Inn
- H12 Holy Rosary Cathedral
- H13 The Salvation Army Belkin House
- H14 West Pender Building
- H15 300-block West Pender Street
- H16 Century House
- H17 Standard Building
- H18 Harbour Centre
- H19 Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue
- H20 British Columbia Institute of Technology
- H21 Shoppers Drug Mart
- H22 Segal Graduate School of Business
- H23 Rogers Building
- H24 Toronto Dominion Bank Building
- Canada Permanent Building
- H25 Birks Building
- H26 Royal Bank Building
- H27 Sinclair Centre
- H28 Waterfront Station
- H29 Granville Square
- H30 Canada Place
- H31 Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre
- H32 Fairmont Pacific Rim
- Shaw Tower
- H33 Guinness Tower
- H34 Marine Building
- H35 AXA Place
- H36 Vancouver Club
- H37 Jameson House
- H38 Crédit Foncier Building
- H39 Bank of Canada Building
- H40 Douglas Jung Building
- H41 Bentall Centre
- H42 Burrard Station
- H43 MacMillan Bloedel Building
- H44 Shangri-La Vancouver
- H45 The Manhattan
- H46 750 Burrard Street
- H47 Dal Grauer Substation
- H48 The Electra
- H49 One Wall Centre
- H50 Robson Square
- H51 Hotel Vancouver
- H52 Christ Church Cathedral
- H53 Cathedral Place
- H54 Hongkong and Shanghai Bank
- H55 Hotel Georgia
- H56 Vancouver Art Gallery
- The West End
- Map I
- I1 First Baptist Church
- I2 St. Andrew's-Wesley United Church
- I2 St. Paul's Hospital
- I3 Dr. Peter Centre West End
- I4 Mole Hill
- I5 Nicholson Tower
- I6 The Beaconsfield
- I7 St. Paul's Anglican Church
- I8 Tudor Manor
- I9 Pacific Heights Housing Co-operative
- I10 Kensington Place
- I11 Gabriola
- I12 The Beaufort
- I13 The Queen Charlotte
- I14 Charlotte Gardens
- I15 Pendrell Suites
- I16 Thomas Fee House
- I17 Fire Hall No. 6
- I18 Barclay Square Heritage Park
- I19 Lord Roberts Elementary School
- I20 Beach Towers
- I21 Alexandra Park Bandstand
- I22 Ocean Towers
- I23 Sylvia Hotel
- I24 Eugenia Place
- I25 Park Board Offices
- I26 Hirshfield House
- I27 Chilco Towers
- I28 Vancouver Rowing Club
- I29 Stanley Park Pavilion
- I30 Aquaquest: The Marilyn Blusson Learning Centre
- I31 Brockton Point Totem Poles andInterpretive Centre
- I32 Brockton Point Lighthouse
- I33 Hollow Tree
- I34 Stanley Park Seawall
- I35 Lift Bar & Grill
- I36 Westin Bayshore
- I37 Performing Arts Lodge Canada Foundation
- I38 Coal Harbour Community Centre
- I39 Evergreen Building
- I40 The Qube
- I41 Former Crown Life Plaza
- I42 Residences on Georgia
- I43 Banff Apartments
- Shaughnessy Heights
- Map J
- J1 Hycroft
- J2 Hycroft Towers
- J3 Miramar
- J4 Henry M. Leggat House
- J5 Frederick M. Kelly House
- J6 The Hollies
- J7 Bryce W. Fleck House
- J8 L.W. Shatford House
- J9 Iowa
- J10 1098 Wolfe Avenue
- J11 1163 Balfour Avenue
- J12 Rosemary
- J13 Rockland
- J14 R.S. Lennie House
- J15 Glen Brae/Canuck Place
- J16 B.T. Lea House
- J17 John Hendry House
- J18 Greencroft
- J19 William Ditmars House
- J20 W.F. Huntting House
- J21 W.F. Salsbury House
- J22 Angus Place
- J23 Sir Thomas Shaughnessy House
- The West Side
- Map K
- K1 Museum of Vancouver and H.R. MacMillan Space Centre
- K2 Vancouver Maritime Museum
- K3 Kitsilano Beach Restaurant & Lifeguard Facilities
- K4 Arbutus Coffee
- K5 St. Augustine's Church
- K6 Former Canadian Bank of Commerce
- K7 Capers Building
- K8 Matthew Logan House
- K9 Tatlow Court
- K10 2100-block Macdonald Street
- K11 2900-3000-blocks West 5th Avenue
- K12 Shaw House
- K13 Hastings Mill Store
- K14 Brock House
- K15 Vancouver Jericho Beach Hostel
- K16 Ma House
- K17 J.F.J. Cashman House
- K18 Kania Castle
- K19 ROAR_one
- K20 New Vancouver Special
- K21 Arthur Erickson House & Garden
- K22 Horace Barber House
- K23 3979 West Broadway
- K24 CMHC Post-War Housing
- K25 Arbutus Walk
- K26 Ridge Theatre
- K27 St. George's Greek Orthodox Cathedral
- K28 Point Grey Secondary School
- K29 Bowser Block
- K30 Larchwood
- K31 St. Mary's Kerrisdale
- K32 Don MacFarland House
- K33 Golden Oak Stables
- K34 McLellan-Saddy House
- K35 Kenneth Gardner House
- K36 Casa Mia
- K37 Safeway Store
- K38 Joy Kogawa House
- K39 Shannon
- K40 Fire Hall No. 22
- K41 Unitarian Church of Vancouver
- K42 VanDusen Botanical Garden
- K43 Children's & Women's Health Centre of B.C.
- The University of British Columbia
- Map L
- L1 War Memorial Gymnasium
- L2 Chemistry Centre
- L3 Sauder School of Business
- L4 First Nations House of Learning
- L5 Asian Centre
- L6 C.K. Choi Institute for Asian Studies
- L7 Museum of Anthropology
- L8 Point Grey Battery
- L9 Cecil Green Park
- L10 Green College
- L11 Chancellor Place/Theological Neighbourhood
- L12 Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
- L13 Buchanan Building
- L14 Morris & Helen Belkin Art Gallery
- L15 Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
- L16 Biodiversity Research Centre & Beaty Biodiversity Museum
- L17 Fred Kaiser Building
- L18 MacMillan Learning Commons
- L19 Institute for Computing, Information & Cognitive Systems
- L20 Technology Enterprise Facility III
- L21 Life Sciences Centre
- L22 Earthquake Engineering Research Facility
- L23 Michael Smith Laboratories
- North Vancouver and West Vancouver
- Map M
- M1 Lions Gate Bridge
- M2 St. Paul's Church
- M3 British Columbia Institute of Technology Marine Campus
- M4 Lonsdale Quay Market
- M5 Insurance Corporation of British Columbia
- M6 Pacific Great Eastern Railway Station Museum
- M7 Shipyards Historic Precinct
- M8 Bank of Hamilton Chambers
- M9 Aberdeen Block
- M10 Stephens House
- M11 Queen Mary Elementary School
- M12 City of North Vancouver Library
- M13 McNair House
- M14 Doney House
- M15 Seymour Capilano Filtration Plant
- M16 Capilano University
- M17 Lynn Valley Town Centre & Library
- M18 District of North Vancouver Municipal Hall
- M19 Capilano Salmon Hatchery
- M20 Eye of the Wind
- M21 Park Royal Shopping Centre
- M22 Har-El Synagogue & Community Centre
- M23 West Vancouver Baptist Church
- M24 Forrest House
- M25 LeBlanc House
- M26 Gerson House
- M27 Ferry Building Gallery
- M28 Navvy Jack Thomas House
- M29 West Vancouver Museum & Archives
- M30 West Vancouver Community Centre
- M31 Crescent Apartments
- M32 Les Terraces
- M33 Binning House
- M34 McNab House
- M35 St. Francis-in-the-Wood Anglican Church
- M36 Point Atkinson Lighthouse
- M37 Smith House
- M38 Harbour House
- M39 Gleneagles Community Centre
- Richmond, New Westminster and Burnaby
- Map N
- N1 YVR Vancouver International Airport
- N2 Burkeville
- N3 BCIT Aerospace Technology Campus
- N4 Aberdeen Centre
- N5 John M.S. Lecky UBC Boathouse
- N6 Richmond Olympic Oval
- N7 Minoru Chapel
- N8 Richmond City Hall
- N9 Gulf of Georgia Cannery
- N10 Britannia Heritage Shipyard
- N11 London Heritage Farm
- N12 Finn Slough
- N13 Richmond Christian School
- N14 Lingyen Mountain Buddhist Temple
- N15 East Richmond Nurseries
- N16 Hamilton Fire Hall No. 5
- N17 New Westminster Armoury
- N18 New Westminster City Hall
- N19 New Westminster Court House
- N20 Galbraith House
- N21 Lookout Emergency Aid Society Rhoda Kaellis Residence
- N22 Fraser River Discovery Centre
- N23 Canadian Pacific Railway Station
- N24 Bank of Nova Scotia
- N25 Burr Block
- N26 St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church
- N27 Irving House
- N28 English Corners
- N29 Victoria Hill
- N30 Justice Institute of British Columbia
- N31 St. Mary the Virgin Anglican Church
- N32 Simon Fraser University
- N33 Overlynn
- N34 Woodward Mausoleum, Masonic Cemetery
- N35 Brentwood Town Centre SkyTrain Station
- N36 APEGBC Building
- N37 The Ismaili Centre
- N38 Burnaby City Hall
- N39 Fairacres/Burnaby Art Gallery
- N40 Shadbolt Centre for the Arts
- N41 Baldwin House
- N42 Kingsway Pedestrian Bridge
- N43 Burnaby Public Library, Tommy Douglas Branch
- Glossary
- Further Reading
- Index of Designers
- Index of Buildings
- Sponsors
- Copyright
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